Bashu Boiled Loach

Name: Bashu Boiled Loach
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g loach; 2 teaspoons Doubanjiang; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 celery; 5 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine; 30g Pickled red pepper; 1 tbsp Soy sauce; 1 teaspoon Sugar; 4 tbsp Vegetable oil; 20 capsules Fennel Seed; Some water; Some pepper powder

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4.8 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

15m

Serving

3

Many friends who have been to Sichuan know that Sichuan flavor is famous for its spicy. The "boiled" series of Sichuan dishes is one of the typical representatives of spicy flavor, such as "boiled beef", "boiled pork slices", "boiled loach", etc. They have a red color and a delicious, spicy and fresh flavor. Features, well received by diners. I don’t know who invented boiled water, but I use one word to describe it: spicy! Two words to describe: really spicy! Three words to describe: too spicy!
Loach has the reputation of "water ginseng". It is rich in nutrients, but has an earthy smell. The method of boiling in water can effectively cover this taste. When buying loach, ask the people in the vegetable market to kill them. When you go home, you must pay attention to the order and clean it up.

Bashu Boiled Loach

1. Cut the loach into the intestines and wash it off, put salt on it and rub it to remove the mucus on the surface, and rinse again

2. Wash celery and cut into small pieces

3. Garlic peeled ready

4. Sichuan bean paste is essential for this dish

5. Put oil in a pot and heat on medium high heat until 70% hot, add bean paste and garlic and stir fry until it is fragrant

6. Add the red pepper and stir fry together to get the red oil

7. Cumin

8. Put the loach, add Shaoxing butter, sugar, light soy sauce, add about half a cup of water, and cook over medium heat without a cover

9. When boiling the soup to light oil, add the celery section, be careful not to paste the pot, the loach is easy to stick to the pot, don’t add chicken essence or the like, the loach itself is very delicious

10. Stir-fry and put on a plate, sprinkle with pepper powder and top with hot oil.

Tips:
Loach has an earthy smell, so after buying it, kill it with salt. When making loach dishes, use Shaoxing rice wine, green onions, ginger, garlic and salt to get rid of it.