Kaiping Fish

Kaiping Fish

by Angel falling to earth

4.8 (1)
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Difficulty

Easy

Time

30m

Serving

3

Fish must be the highlight of the New Year’s Eve dinner. A New Year’s Eve dinner without fish is not complete. When I was young, I didn’t have a refrigerator at home. The fish I bought during the Chinese New Year should be wrapped and fried as much as possible, so that I can eat it from years ago to the end of the year. I used to have poor living conditions. I usually eat less meat. Only after the New Year can I eat big fish and meat every day. For the convenience of preservation, almost all of them are deep-fried, but at that time I thought it was very delicious. Now I don’t lack anything. It’s too greasy. I don't like it anymore, the deep-fried fish also lacks the umami taste.

I like steamed fish the most. It’s easy and delicious. I have children at home, so I usually choose fish with no small thorns. Pomfret, sea bass, mackerel, etc. are all better choices. They are often steamed whole, but it’s the Chinese New Year. In order to be festive, you can still make a shape. How about this open-screen fish? Please ignore my knife skills, my knife is not sharp enough, it is not cut because it can't be cut, so it is not even in some places.
In fact, in addition to the concave shape, after eating, you will find that it is good to do this: first, when you eat it, it will not be like a whole fish. The chopsticks will destroy the beauty of the fish. This is just right when you cut and eat. You can pick up a piece, which is very convenient to eat. The second reason is to cut and marinate one by one, and add the lemon steamed fish soy sauce at the end to make it more delicious.
It’s definitely a face to be on the table during the Chinese New Year. The meaning is: For more than a year, spread your wings and fly high, and good luck!
Having said that, steaming fish used to be very depressing, because sometimes the fish is very big and the steaming pot is very small. When there is no alternative, the head and tail can only be cut off. Ever since I had Changdi’s steaming oven at home, it’s really like a fish in the water. Steaming fish is a piece of cake. When I steamed the yam for the first time, I also said that it takes three minutes to steam. It may be the first time I use a new oven. There was a process that I saw clearly this time. In fact, I put the fish and closed the door and started to emit steam. It didn't take a minute at all. This speed is worthy of praise. The steamed fish is also tender and juicy. It is so worry-free to have a steaming oven this year.
When I was not at home, my husband used it to steam sweet potatoes and bake sweet potatoes. When I came back, I told me that this steaming oven is really good. The door is tightly sealed, because he used to bake sweet potatoes in the oven and it would give off air, so the steam won’t come out at all. , The outside is clean. After steaming the fish, he sighed again. When steaming the fish in the steamer, he would save one more pot, and just wipe it in the steamer. Hahaha, it’s a gospel for lazy people.

Kaiping Fish

1. Prepare the ingredients.

Kaiping Fish recipe

2. Cut the green onion and ginger well.

Kaiping Fish recipe

3. Remove the fins on the head, tail and back of the fish, and cut them into thin and even slices from the back of the fish. The bottom should not be cut off. The narrower part of the tail will affect the later shape, so don't cut it off.

Kaiping Fish recipe

4. Put the cut fish in a basin, add green onions, ginger, salt and cooking wine and marinate for about 1 hour.

Kaiping Fish recipe

5. Take out the marinated fish, put the head and tail in place, put the body of the fish in the middle, turn up the pieces and arrange them. Stuff with ginger slices in the middle.

Kaiping Fish recipe

6. Put a water box in the steaming oven, put the fish on the middle layer, and start the pure steaming function, 100 degrees for 30 minutes.

Kaiping Fish recipe

7. Heat the oil in a milk pan or a large stainless steel spoon.

Kaiping Fish recipe

8. After the fish is out of the pan, put some red pepper rings and chopped green onion, put small tomatoes on the mouth of the fish, and put hot oil on the fish body.

Kaiping Fish recipe

9. Pour the lemon steamed fish soy sauce and it's ready to start.

Kaiping Fish recipe

10.

Kaiping Fish recipe

Tips:

1 I think pomfret is more suitable for making open-screen fish.
2 The knife for cutting the fish must be sharp, and be careful not to cut it. When cutting the fish head, the fin must be left intact and not cut off.

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