Fried Octopus

Name: Fried Octopus
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300g Hairtail; 1 piece egg; About 30g starch; 2 tablespoons Thirteen incense; 1 tablespoon Black pepper noodles; Some salt

by Tiramisu

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

30m

Serving

2

One of my childhood memories about the New Year is this fragrant fried octopus.
Because it is located in the north, which is absolutely inland, I don't seem to have eaten aquatic products properly when I was young. Except for the New Year, I can occasionally live an addictive hairtail extravagantly. I remember at that time every year on the night of the 28th and ninth year of the New Year, adults would fry octopus in the house, and the whole house would be fragrant. I'm always so excited that I can't sleep. No matter how late, I must wait until I have eaten fish before I am willing to go to bed obediently.
Later, when I grew up, I saw and ate a lot, and I gradually became bored with certain things, but the unique feelings for hairtail never changed. Every time I ate hairtail, the happy times of the past appeared in front of me as clearly as a movie.

However, I can never go back.

The man who gave me life, gave me so many memories of happiness and joy, the most important man in my life-the man called "dad", disappeared from my life and life forever...

Sadly unable to be alone..."

Ingredients

300g Hairtail
1 piece Egg
About 30g Starch
2 tablespoons Thirteen Incense
1 tablespoon Black Pepper Noodles
Some Salt

Fried Octopus

1. Cut open the abdomen of the hairtail from the neck and clean out the internal organs.

2. Remove the head and tail. You can keep the bobbin that likes to eat fish head. Be careful when handling fish, this is the result of my absent-mindedness!

3. Scrape off the silver layer of hairtail with a knife, which can effectively remove the fishy smell.

4. Cut off the fins with scissors.

5. Wash thoroughly, cut into about 5 cm sections, and control the moisture.

6. Knock the eggs into a large bowl, add starch and mix well.

7. Add salt to taste.

8. Add thirteen spice powder.

9. Add black pepper and stir well.

10. Add the air-dried octopus to the starch paste and marinate for half an hour.

11. Add oil to the pot, with enough oil. When the oil reaches 70% of the heat, add the wrapped hairtail.

12. Fry it yellow on one side and turn it over, then deep fry on low heat until golden brown and remove it.

Tips:
1. When frying the fish, the fire should not be too high, so as to ensure that the fish can be cooked and not burnt.

2. The fried octopus can be eaten directly, or you can fry your favorite sauce, put the octopus into the flavor and eat it from the pot.