Chongqing Grilled Fish

Name: Chongqing Grilled Fish
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1000g grass carp; 50g Loofah; 1 celery; 1 shallot; 5 slices ginger; 5 cloves garlic; 15g Cumin seeds; 1 tsp Five spice powder; 30g oil; 1 tablespoon Pixian Hot Sauce; 1 tsp Tempeh; 1 tsp Sugar; 15g sesame; 5 Dried chili; 20 capsules pepper; 50g Soaked dried bamboo shoots

by He Xiaohe

4.6 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

30m

Serving

4

Sure enough, grilled fish is better if you cook it yourself.
I always like to eat the grilled fish in Sichuan restaurant, but I don't like the soup in it. Since it is grilled fish, it should be delicious if it is dry and fragrant.
This time I made it at home. The fish bought by the buyer was too big, nearly 4 catties, which was too much. In addition, my son loved to drink fish head soup, so I only grilled half of it.
The seasoning is adjusted appropriately according to my taste, and it is delicious.
The fish skin is crispy, the fish flesh is tender and smooth, and the cumin and sesame seeds add a complex aroma, which is really good.

Chongqing Grilled Fish

1. Wash the fish, cut it in half, and hit a cross knife

2. Sprinkle with salt and appropriate amount of five-spice powder, add ginger and green onions, and marinate for 20 minutes

3. When pickling, prepare the vegetables. It’s better to cut all of them into sections.

4. Marinated fish, remove ginger and green onion, sprinkle with cumin

5. Put it in the oven and bake at 200 degrees for 20 minutes

6. Prepare condiments and other ingredients

7. Put the oil in the wok, heat it up, add the bean paste and fry the red oil, then add the tempeh, garlic and ginger slices, etc., stir fry, and then add the sugar

8. Add the cut vegetables and stir-fry them evenly, because the tempeh and bean paste are salty, and the fish is also marinated, so I didn’t add any more salt. There is no need to fry the vegetables too well in this step, because they will be roasted later. If you like a lot of soup, you can add broth in this step. I want to eat dry grilled fish, so I didn’t add any soup.

9. Spread the fried vegetables on the fish

10. Put it in the oven and bake for another 5 to 8 minutes, until the vegetables are cooked.

11. Add oil to the wok, add the peppercorns until fragrant, sprinkle sesame seeds and red pepper on the fish, pour the hot pepper oil on the fish and it is ready to eat

Tips:
Sesame and cumin are the finishing touches, and the fish will be more fragrant, so don't remove them. There is also celery, which brings a special fragrance to grilled fish.