Squirrel Mandarin Fish

Squirrel Mandarin Fish

by Liangsheng deliberately, falling flowers ruthless

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Difficulty

Normal

Time

15m

Serving

3

Squirrel mandarin fish is a classic dish in Huaiyang cuisine. It has been listed as the top delicacy in banquets all over the Yangtze River. This dish is processed from mandarin fish. After alive, the backbone is removed and the fish is smashed into a cross. Knife, deep to the skin, dipped in dry starch, fried with cooked lard for a second time, the whole body is golden, the head is open, the tail is slightly tilted, shaped like a squirrel, the marinade is poured over the body of the mandarin fish while it is hot At times, it makes a chirping sound, just like a squirrel shouting, so it is called squirrel mandarin fish. According to legend, the squirrel mandarin fish evolved from the squirrel carp. When Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River and wandered to Songhe Tower, he insisted on eating fish in order to entertain the emperor. Later, carp was replaced by mandarin fish with less osteoporosis and tender meat. In Tang poems, there is "peach blossom and flowing water mandarin fish fertilizer", so the best time to taste squirrel mandarin fish is between March and April each year. The squirrel mandarin fish made in Suzhou Songhe Tower is the most authentic and famous. The characteristics of this dish are squirrel-like, beautiful in shape, sweet and sour, bright in color, crisp on the outside and loose in the inside. Let's start making

Squirrel Mandarin Fish

1. The raw materials are a mandarin fish, sweet beans, corn kernels, shiitake mushrooms, pine nuts, ginger (mandarin fish is best bought fresh, I used it today is not very fresh, you can also add some shrimp and bamboo shoots to the ingredients). Remove the head of the mandarin fish, then cut a knife in the neck so that it can stand on the plate

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

2. First remove the head of the mandarin fish, then cut a knife in the neck so that it can stand on the plate

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

3. Then use a knife to take out the spine in the middle of the fish without cutting off the tail

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

4. , And then use a knife to remove the thorns from the fish's belly (if not, you can ask the fish market seller to do it for you, but you must make it clear to him that you cannot cut off the fish tail)

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

5. Cut it like this

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

6. Then cut a straight knife on the fish meat vertically, not cutting the fish skin

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

7. After cutting it vertically, use a knife like a slice of fish horizontally, and the skin of the fish cannot be cut. The formula is to lean with a straight knife and slant to the slice (just like the method of squeezing a squid roll, the cutting force should be controlled. Okay, there is another way to hit diagonally, which is to cut the slice diagonally first, and then cut straight)

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

8. Cut it like this

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

9. After cutting, put the fish head and fish meat in a bowl, add cooking wine and salt, marinate, take an appropriate amount of ginger, mince it, put it in a bowl and then add water to make ginger water, and then take a container, add cornstarch, and mix the fish The head and the fish meat are patted in turn (the flour must be photographed on each part, and the excess flour must be shaken off after the pat)

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

10. Every part must be photographed

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

11. After the fish head is patted, put a toothpick in its mouth to make the mouth open, and then put the ingredients together in the pan and fry slightly

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

12. Add oil to the pot, heat it to 60% heat, and fry the fish head first.

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

13. After frying, remove and drain the oil,

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

14. Then turn the tail over so that the fullest part of the fish faces upwards, hold the tail with your hands, and then use chopsticks to hold the other end.

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

15. Put it in a frying pan and fry (the oil temperature is 30 degrees, and the temperature should be controlled well. If it is too low, the cornstarch will melt in the oil, which will spoil the oil. If it is too high, the outside will be burnt, and the inside will not be cooked)

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

16. Then perform the second re-fry, heat the oil to 80%, add the fish head and fish meat and fry for 5-10 seconds to remove (the second deep-fry can make the surface crisp, so that it is topped with hot tomato juice , There will be a sizzling sound, the oil temperature of each re-exploitation is higher than the first time, and the time is shorter than the first time)

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

17. After being fried, put it on a plate, take 2 sweet beans and use them to make eyes.

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

18. Add tomato sauce, ginger water, sugar, a little salt, red vinegar, lemon juice, appropriate amount of water to the pot, add an appropriate amount of wet starch, then add an appropriate amount of hot oil, stir quickly, quickly blend the oil and juice, and then Pour on the fish, sprinkle with the freshly fried ingredients, and serve it on the table (the taste is similar to that of French fries with ketchup. The specific taste can be adjusted according to your own taste. For example, if you like desserts, you can add more sugar. Add more vinegar to the sour ones, the ones that suit you are good taste)

Squirrel Mandarin Fish recipe

Tips:

The taste is similar to that of French fries dipped in tomato sauce. The specific taste can be adjusted according to your own taste. For example, if you like desserts, add more sugar, and if you like sour, add more vinegar. The taste that suits you is good)

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