Can hairtail be steamed?

Hairtail fish must be familiar to friends in coastal cities. It is a relatively common seafood food with delicious meat. You can enjoy the freshness of hairtail fish in its original flavor by steaming it. It is actually very common to cook hairtail by steaming it, after all, this method can make the taste better.

Steamed hairtail fish recipe

Steaming hairtail is very simple and easy for beginners to learn. Let’s take a look at what ingredients we want to process and how to add seasonings.

1. Steamed hairtail seasoning

Main ingredient: Hairtail fish

Auxiliary ingredients: 5 grams of green onion, 5 grams of ginger, 15 grams of cooking wine, 2 grams of fine salt, 10 grams of seafood sauce, 1 gram of pepper, and 5 grams of coriander.

2. Steamed Hairtail Production Process

Remove the internal organs of the hairtail fish, clean the belly of the hairtail fish (remove the black film in the belly of the hairtail fish), do not remove the white film on the body of the hairtail fish, cut into 8 cm segments, cut the green onion into segments at an angle, cut the ginger into slices, remove the roots and old leaves of the coriander, wash and set aside. Put the hairtail into a plate, sprinkle salt, cooking wine, scallion segments, ginger slices and pepper powder on the hairtail, mix well and marinate. Steam for about 10 minutes (full steam) until cooked, take out, pick out the scallion and ginger slices, put them into small fish plates, add coriander, and drizzle with seafood sauce. Special attention should be paid to not steaming for too long to avoid loss of nutrients and affecting the taste. When steaming hairtail, you must pay attention to the use of fire, so that the hairtail will be fresh, tender and more delicious.

3. Nutritional value:

Hairtail is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and enters the stomach meridian. Hairtail contains protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and niacin. It has certain therapeutic effects on physical weakness after illness, insufficient milk after childbirth, sores, furuncles, and bleeding from trauma. Modern medicine has proven that the white membrane on hairtail contains an anti-cancer ingredient that can effectively treat acute leukemia and other cancers, and can also promote hair growth. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can replenish deficiency, detoxify and stop bleeding. People suffering from skin diseases such as scabies, eczema or skin allergies are prohibited from eating it.