Tofu Stewed Fish Head
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Main ingredients: fresh grass carp head (the best silver carp head), 300 grams of soft tofu. Accessories: vegetable oil, salt, dark soy sauce, chives, ginger, coriander, sugar, 1 gram of chicken essence, cooking wine, one star anise, 1 gram of peppercorns
2.
Clean the grass carp heads and wash them, cut them with a flower knife. When cutting the fish heads, it is best to leave more fish meat, so that the stewed fish heads are delicious, and then evenly pour the cooking wine on the fish heads, and then evenly sprinkle a layer Thin salt. The salt used here is about one gram. After these are processed, put the fish head aside and marinate for 20 minutes. The purpose of this is to remove the fishy smell from the fish head.
3.
Wash the green onion and ginger and cut into small pieces, wash the coriander and cut into sections, and cut the tofu into pieces. Do not cut the tofu too small, because the fish head is relatively large, so it looks good and has appetite. Blanch the tofu with hot water to remove the beany taste. You can make tofu not fragile. Depending on your operating time, you can also not blanch the water
4.
Heat the pan with cold oil, heat 70% of the fish head and fry slowly
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Fry until golden on both sides and pick up
6.
Leave the bottom oil on the bottom of the pot, add spicy peel, peppercorns, and star anise to stir fry for a fragrance
7.
Add the fish head without turning, pour the cooking wine (the best with Huadiao wine), so that the flavor of Huadiao wine and spices are forced into the fish.
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Add water to the fish, add a little vinegar, boil on high heat for 5 minutes to remove the fishy smell, then add green onions, ginger and appropriate amount of soy sauce, salt, and sugar
9.
Add tofu and boil over high heat
10.
Turn to medium heat and cook for about 10 minutes. Shake the bottom of the pot if the tofu is fragile, do not stir
11.
Add chicken essence (optional) and cook for 2 minutes
12.
Cook until the soup is thick, sprinkle with coriander and serve
Tips:
1. Add the tofu into the pot, don't turn it too often, so as not to break, hold the handle of the pot and shake it gently or turn it gently
2. The spice must be fried before the fish head
3. Fish can be chosen freely, and grass carp is just my family's preference.
4. If you like to eat fried tofu, you can fry tofu and fish together, which not only tastes good, but also makes it more vigorous.
5. However, it should be noted that when marinating, you can sprinkle some salt on the fish head to marinate it, which can effectively remove the fishy smell from the fish head.
