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Snakehead fish hot pot is a delicious and nutritious dish perfect for gatherings with family or friends. That's why in today's article, Cooking Made Easy will share with you a simple way to cook snakehead fish hot pot that tastes just like it's from a restaurant.
Ingredients for Making Snakehead Fish Hot Pot:
- Snakehead fish: 1 kg
- Pork bones or chicken bones: 500g
- 1 bunch of large betel leaves
- Fresh vermicelli: 2kg
- Side vegetables: banana flowers, water spinach, bean sprouts, water spinach shoots
- Onions, garlic
- Seasonings: Fish sauce, seasoning powder, sugar, salt, chili paste
- Scallions
- Chili peppers: 3 fruits
- Tomatoes: 2 fruits
- Pineapple (fragrant): ½ fruit
Steps to Prepare Delicious Snakehead Fish Hot Pot with Betel Leaves
Step 1: Prepare Ingredients
- Keep snakehead fish whole, clean off slime with salt and lime juice. Then rinse thoroughly, drain, and place on a plate.
Note: The best snakehead fish is eaten when still alive. However, if you're afraid of the fish moving, you can put it in the freezer for about 15-30 minutes.
- Finely chop shallots and garlic
- Pick water spinach, remove some leaves, wash thoroughly, and cut into small pieces.
- Cut banana flowers into small pieces, soak in water with a little salt to clean off sap and prevent browning. Then rinse thoroughly and drain.
- Pick and wash bean sprouts, then drain.
- Pick young shoots of water spinach, wash thoroughly, and drain.
- Wash tomatoes, cut into wedges.
- Wash and clean the sweet pineapple, then cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Crush and wash the giang leaves thoroughly. When purchasing giang leaves, opt for young ones as older leaves tend to have a bitter taste when used in snakehead fish hot pot.
Giang leaves add a gentle sourness and pleasant aroma to the snakehead fish hot pot.
- Blanch the pork bones in boiling water to clean, then simmer in a pot for 1-2 hours to make broth, approximately 3 liters.
- Wash the scallions thoroughly, then cut into pieces about 2cm long.
- Clean the chili peppers, then slice them thinly.
Step 2: Prepare the delicious snakehead fish hot pot broth
- Boil pork bones to make broth. In another pot, sauté half of the minced garlic until fragrant, then pour in the bone broth. Once boiling, add fish sauce, salt, seasoning powder, and sugar to taste.
Step 3: Prepare the dipping fish sauce for enjoying with snakehead fish hot pot
- Place 1 chili pepper, remaining half of minced garlic, and lime juice in a fish sauce bowl, then mix well.
Step 4: Complete the process of cooking snakehead fish hot pot
- Place the hot pot on the stove, set to medium-low heat, add a bit of chili paste, 2 chili peppers, and chopped scallions.
- Arrange the snakehead fish, fresh vegetables, tomatoes, pineapple, and vermicelli on plates and place them around the hot pot on the dining table.
- Dip the snakehead fish until cooked, add more fresh vegetables, and enjoy with fresh vermicelli.
Enjoying snakehead fish hot pot with betel leaves on a cold day is truly wonderful.
Video tutorial on how to cook delicious spicy and sour snakehead fish hot pot like in restaurants.
Guide to cooking delicious spicy and sour snakehead fish hot pot like in restaurants
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Total cooking time: 30 minutes
Home-cooked dish for: 5-6 people
Meal for: lunch, dinner
Origin of the dish: Vietnam
Total calories in the dish: 776 calories
Here's the delicious and spicy-sour snakehead fish hot pot recipe that Cooking Made Easy wants to share with you today. Wishing you good luck and success!
Posted by: Vu Thi Thu Hien
Keywords: How to cook delicious spicy and sour snakehead fish hot pot like in restaurants
