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There's a folk saying, 'Chicken meat, carp fish, and ba ba,' highlighting characteristic, nutritious dishes often used to entertain esteemed guests, friends. As winter approaches, dishes like boiled ba ba with banana blossom, carp fish cooked with pickles, salt-steamed chicken... are the easiest to eat, the most nutritious, and also capture people's hearts. Among them, the carp fish cooked with pickles stands out. Today, I'll share with everyone how to make delicious, fragrant carp fish cooked with pickles, simple, and especially without any fishy smell that anyone can make. Let's get started!
Preparation: 30 minutes
Cooking: 1 hour
Difficulty level: easy
With a non-fishy fish soup, along with the mild sourness of pickles and the soft richness of fish. Carp fish cooked with pickles will be an excellent choice for your family meals!
Ingredients for carp fish cooked with pickles:
- 1 carp fish.
- Pickles, just enough.
- 2 tomatoes.
- Scallions.
- Spoonful of coriander.
- Cooking oil, seasoning powder, fish sauce,...
- Chili peppers.
- Garlic.
- Fresh greens (according to preference).
Ingredients for delicious carp fish cooked with pickles
How to select fresh and tasty carp fish:
Secrets to choosing delicious carp fish: We should choose river carp, thick-bodied, and fresh. River carp are known for being agile, swimming stronger than farmed fish. River carp always have elongated bodies, not as round and plump as pond carp. The scales of river carp are thicker and darker in color.
Delicious fresh carp fish
How to prepare carp fish cooked with pickles:
Step 1: After purchasing pickles, rinse them with cold water and squeeze out all the water to avoid the overly sour taste of the pickles. Peel the tomatoes and cut them into wedges, then stir-fry them together with the pickles (for about 3 - 4 minutes).
Stir-fry pickles and tomatoes
Step 2: Once the pickles and tomatoes are stir-fried until tender, add 350ml of boiled water to the pot, then add 2 tablespoons of seasoning powder to make the soup more flavorful. Bring the soup to a boil for about 2 minutes, then reduce the heat.
Add boiled water
Step 3: While waiting for the soup to boil, continue preparing the carp fish. Clean the carp fish, cut it in half, and fry it in hot oil. Frying the fish helps to remove the fishy smell from the soup and also makes the fish meat firmer.
Put the fish in the frying pan
Fry both sides of the carp fish evenly for about 6-8 minutes until the fish skin turns slightly golden brown, then transfer to a plate.
Fry lightly on the outer fish skin
Step 4: When the soup boils evenly, add the fried fish to the soup and cook for about 7 minutes to complete. Pay attention to turning the fish sides to ensure even cooking and absorption of the pickle flavor. After cooking, add scallions to the pot and transfer the fish to a plate while keeping the soup with pickles in a bowl for serving. You can garnish the fish with additional herbs to enhance the flavor.
Put the fried fish into the boiling soup pot
Step 5: Carp fish cooked with pickles is usually eaten separately with both the fish and pickle soup. To enhance the flavor of the fish, the dipping sauce is essential. The dipping sauce determines 50% of the deliciousness of the fish meat, prepared with: 4 cloves of garlic, 1 chili, 4 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 lime, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of water.
Dipping sauce for carp fish cooked with pickles
Outcome:
The soup of carp fish cooked with pickles is not fishy at all, just the sweet and sour taste of pickles, the soft and savory taste of fish, and the fragrant aroma of herbs will surely be an excellent choice to enrich the daily menu of your family.
You can enjoy this dish with fresh greens for an added attraction and flavor!
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Here is how to make carp fish cooked with pickles. Enjoy your meal and good luck with this dish!
