Chongqing Taian Fish
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After tidying up the chub, wash and drain the water
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Preparation materials: pickled pepper, pickled ginger, green onion, garlic, coriander, dried peppercorns, pickled radish
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Cut the cleaned fish
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Then add salt, cooking wine, and sweet potato starch to marinate. Add a little more starch, this amount is: more starch than the starchy meat, less starch than the crispy meat
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Cut green onions, coriander, thick garlic slices
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Pickled pepper, pickled ginger, cut into strips, pickled radish, cut into strips
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Oiled. Use high heat to fry the fish in a frying pan for a little bit, then you can fish them all. This process is just to make the starch and the fish fully bond, so as not to boil them apart, not to make the fish cooked
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Wash the mushrooms and set aside
9.
Heat the oil pan, add vegetable oil, pour the pickled ginger and pickled pepper, a large handful of dried Chinese pepper, 1 tablespoon of bean paste and stir fry to get the red oil
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Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
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Add star anise and fennel, stir fry for a fragrant flavor
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Add the right amount of water and half a spoon of sugar to the pot
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Pour in the washed shiitake mushrooms and bring to a boil
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After boiling, put the fried fish pieces in, add 1 tablespoon of cooking wine and half a tablespoon of chicken powder, simmer for 5 minutes and turn off the heat, put a large spoon of vinegar (the main purpose of putting vinegar is to get rid of greasy)
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Put in a pot and sprinkle with coriander and green onions. It’s best to pour it directly into the basin, because the fish is very tender, and it’s easy to break with a shovel.
Tips:
1. Do not fry the fish for too long. Fry it until the skin is slightly yellow, so as not to affect the taste. This process is only to make the starch and the fish fully bond, so as not to boil it, not to make the fish cooked;
2. Pickled ginger and pickled peppers and bean paste are salty, so add salt as needed.