How to cook flat fish

The flat fish looks a little different from other common fish. Because the flat fish looks flat, it is also called flat fish in some areas. Flatfish is a fish that lives in the sea, so it is also seafood. If you choose the correct method when making flat fish, you can make the flat fish bring out its delicious taste. Let’s learn about the method of making flat fish today.

Flatfish, scientific name Stronateoides argenteus, is also called pomfret. Commonly known as carp fish, pomfret flat fish, maple leaf, Changlin, flat fish, Baicang, Ulun, mirror fish, grass pomfret, mountain pomfret, flat fish, etc.

Pomfret recipes

Ingredients: 1 pomfret, 1 tablespoon black bean sauce, a pinch of ginger, 2 green onions, 1 chili

Seasoning: 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 1 tablespoon wine, 2 tablespoons sesame oil

practice:

1. Remove the gills and internal organs of the pomfret, cut three times on both sides, mince the ginger, cut the green onion into sections, and cut the chili into round slices.

2. Mix dark soy sauce, wine, onion, ginger, chili and fermented black beans, then spread evenly on both sides of the pomfret and marinate for about ten minutes.

3. Put the fish into the steaming tray, put the marinade on the fish, and steam it over high heat for ten minutes.

4. Heat 2 tablespoons of sesame oil and pour it over the steamed fish.

Lemon Fish

Ingredients: 700 grams of pomfret. 60 grams of butter, 1 medium spoon of fine salt, 1 teaspoon of pepper, 1 tablespoon each of water, coriander and lemon juice, and 1 lemon.

practice:

①Mix lemon juice, chopped coriander and butter.

② Wash the pomfret and dry it, then spread the mixture of salt, pepper and butter evenly on the fish body.

③Put the fish into a plate, add water, and cook over medium-high heat for 6 minutes. Take the fish out and garnish with lemon slices.

Smoked Pomfret

Material】

1 pomfret, 3 scallions, 2 slices of ginger

【Seasoning】

(a) 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon wine

(b) 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons boiling water

(c) A little sesame oil

【practice】

1. Clean the pomfret, make 3 diagonal cuts on the fish, apply seasoning a evenly, put it in a steamer and steam it until cooked.

2. Put a layer of tin foil in the iron pot, put the mixed smoking materials on the tin foil, then put the iron rack on it, put the green onion, ginger and pomfret on it, then cover the pot. Heat the pot over medium heat first, then turn to low heat when white smoke comes out.

3. Pour seasoning b over the fish, apply seasoning c, and place on a plate.

【Cooking Tips】

The fish body should be cut obliquely so that the bones are not exposed when the fish is steamed, so as not to affect the appearance. The smoked fish will be a bit bitter, so you can drizzle it with sugar water or honey to enhance its flavor.

Smoked Pomfret

【Cuisine】 Shanghai cuisine

【Features】 The meat is tender, the taste is salty and fresh, and the aroma is rich.

[Ingredients] Pomfret, chopped green onion, ginger slices, liquor, soy sauce, refined salt, sugar, MSG, maltose, salad dressing, wet black tea leaves, brown sugar, and cooked peanut oil.

[Production process] Scrape the scales of the pomfret, remove the gills, remove the internal organs, wash it, cut it into three sections with a slanting knife and place it in a soup plate, add chopped green onions, ginger slices, koji wine, sugar, soy sauce, malt sugar, MSG, and refined salt, and marinate for 90 minutes; use a wire mesh rack to spread cooked peanut oil on the net, then place the fish soaked in juice flat on the wire mesh, put it in the oven and bake for about ten minutes, then add tea leaves and brown sugar in the oven, close the oven door and let it burn and emit thick smoke, so that the pomfret is heated and smoked in the oven. After about six minutes, the surface of the fish is reddish-brown, and the fish pieces are cooked. Take them out, use an oil brush to apply cooked peanut oil, and arrange them into a whole fish on a plate, and put salad sauce on both sides of the plate for dipping.