The chef teaches you: the home-cooked method of Sichuan cuisine "sauerkraut boiled fish", the fish fillet is smooth and tender, spicy and fragrant

Cooking Instructions

1. First of all, we prepare 1 piece of raw fish (about 3 catties), knock the fish head unconscious,
   and then use the back of the knife to remove its scales
   , the scales of the raw fish head are relatively firm
   , and you need to be careful when handling to avoid hand slipping and hurting yourself
   , it is recommended that everyone hand over to the enthusiastic and professional stall owner to deal with

   

2. Then add boiling water of about 90°C to blanch the skin of
   the fish slightly, the purpose of this step is to reduce its mucus,
   but the premise is that it must be completely knocked out to ensure that the fish does not move,
   and after the slight scalding, use a knife to scrape off the mucus of the slippery hand

   

3. The fish belly is then cut open to remove the internal organs

   

4. After removing the internal organs, cut the
   fish directly from the tail, and the whole process is best wrapped in a towel to prevent slipping

   

5. Finally, remove the fish bones and fish head, chop them into small pieces, and then clean them for later use

   

6. The next step is to prepare the slices
   , remove the belly of the fish, and then cut the fish into slices of about 2 mm with an oblique knife, and set aside
   
   

   

7. Next: Start preparing the marinated fish fillet,
   add 2 tablespoons of salt (about 4 grams) to the bowl,
   add an appropriate amount of rice wine (about 20 grams),
   and then grab and mix a few times to absorb the rice wine and salt

   

8. After the seasoning is absorbed, add 1 egg white
   , then add 1 small handful of potato starch and mix well
   , the amount of starch needs to be balanced
   with the amount of rice wine and egg white, and the marinated sashimi is best to be slightly dry,
   so that the fish fillet will be more compact and elastic after the dish

   

9. After the fish fillets are marinated, the next step is to prepare the accessories,
   prepare a large piece of ginger, chop it into large granules for later use (about 50 grams),
   prepare an appropriate amount of garlic and cut it into granules for later use (about 80 grams),
   prepare an appropriate amount of red pickled pepper and chop it for later use (about 100 grams)

   

10. Finally, prepare 500 grams of washed sauerkraut, cut into small pieces and set aside

    

11. Next, start to prepare the oil,
    prepare an appropriate amount of garlic, chop it into coarser minced garlic for later use

    

12. Add an appropriate amount of green peppercorns and red peppercorns
    to the bowl, and then add an appropriate amount of dried peppers
    , which needs to be matched according to personal taste

    

13. The next step is to start making
    , first of all, we heat
    the pot, after the pot is hot, add 1 small bowl of rapeseed oil
    , the oil temperature is 7, and then add the appropriate amount of lard

    

14. After the lard is completely dissolved, add the prepared sauerkraut and other accessories and stir-fry until fragrant

    

15. Until the sauerkraut is completely stir-fried, add the washed fish bones and stir-fry until it is broken
    , the purpose of this step is to use the heating characteristics of sauerkraut and other auxiliary materials to volatilize the fishy smell of the fish

    

16. After the fish bones are broken, add an appropriate amount of bean paste and stir-fry evenly
    , then add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat

    

17. After the fish soup boils, start seasoning
    , add 3 tablespoons
    of edible salt to the pot, then add half a tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon
    of pepper, and then add an appropriate amount of light soy sauce to adjust the umami,
    students should remember that there is bean paste and salt in the fish soup, and then you need to strictly control the salty
    fish soup, and the salty fish soup can also be slightly salty, which is the so-called "salted fish and light meat",
    and finally add a little "vinegar". Students who do not have vinegar can use aged vinegar instead

    

18. After drying the vinegar, remove the sauerkraut and fish bones and put them in the bottom of the basin

    

19. The next step is to slide the fish fillet,
    first of all, we pull the pot away from the heat
    , and then gently shake the marinated fish fillet into the pot
    , there is a standard for
    slippery fish fillet, that is, it must be in the pot
    when the fish soup stops boiling, so as not to cause the fish fillet to "lose powder" and become old and inelastic

    

20. After the fish fillet is set, cook it for another 10 seconds
    , then take out the fish fillet and pour out the original soup
    , the whole process of the fish fillet from the pot to the pot is about
    30 seconds, students should remember that it must be boiled
    before pouring out the original soup, otherwise the fish fillet cannot be guaranteed to be fully cooked

    

21. Next, let's prepare the frying oil
    , we heat
    the pot again, after the pot is hot, add 1 bowl of vegetable oil again and cook until it is 7 hot

    

22. After the oil temperature is 7 hot, add the prepared garlic, dried chili peppers
    and other accessories, and after the chili peppers are fried until brown-red, they will be "rushed" into the fish fillet at one time

    

23. A delicious dish of "sauerkraut boiled fish" is made

    

24. The following is a technical summary
    , this dish is the most common home-cooked dish on the table of Sichuan cuisine, mainly integrated with sauerkraut fish cooking techniques

    

25. Second, the treatment of raw fish scales is more difficult, you can blanch it with boiling water for 40 seconds before processing until the scales are warped, the purpose of this step is to remove the fish scales more easily

    

26. Thirdly, it is best for students to use rapeseed oil and lard to make this dish, vegetable oil is more fragrant, and lard has a flavor