Authentic Hunan chopped pepper fish head recipe

The diet in Hunan and Hubei has always been based on spicy food. People can't live without spicy food. For those who can't eat spicy food, they will be very surprised to see the way Hunanese people eat chili peppers. Hunan's chopped pepper is quite famous. When it comes to Hunan dishes related to chopped peppers, I believe everyone will think of Hunan chopped pepper fish head first. In daily life, we rarely eat fish heads, but the combination of fish heads and chopped peppers is just right. The peppers themselves can be used as seasoning and can remove fishy smells. So what is the most authentic way to cook Hunan chopped pepper fish head?

raw material:

1 bighead carp head, 10 fresh red peppers, perilla leaves, ginger slices, scallion segments, coriander segments, salt and oil as appropriate.

Preparation:

1. Wash the head of the bighead carp and chop it in half from the middle (do not chop it completely off), marinate it with salt, ginger slices and cooking wine for 1 hour to remove the fishy smell and add flavor.

2. Wash the fresh red pepper, drain the water and chop it into pepper powder.

Steps:

1. Place the marinated fish head in the steaming plate, put the washed basil leaves around the fish head, and put the chopped red pepper on top of the fish head.

2. After the water in the steamer boils, put the fish head in and steam for about 10 minutes. Take out the steamer, heat some boiling oil and pour it on the chopped pepper and it's done.

Hunan's chopped peppers are now very famous. Every household in Hunan will make "chopped peppers" in autumn, and they are made in big jars.

· Ingredients

1.7 catties fresh red pepper

Ingredients

Two heads of garlic

A piece of ginger

One or two bottles of strong liquor

Salt to taste

1Wash the fresh red peppers you bought;

How to cook Hunan chopped pepper

2

Put the washed peppers on a grate or other tools to dry them;

How to cook Hunan chopped pepper

3

Remove the stems from 2 and chop into small pieces; use a knife to chop the chopped chili into small pieces (choose the size according to personal preference) and put them into a clean bowl;

How to cook Hunan chopped pepper

4

Chop the garlic and ginger into foam and pour into the chopped chili. Add appropriate amount of salt and white wine, stir evenly and put into the jar.

How to cook Hunan chopped pepper

Precautions

Five points to note for successful chopped pepper:

1. Be sure to choose fresh red peppers. Of course, you can also use green peppers, but the taste will be different and the green peppers will change color. You can also choose chili pepper, but that is too spicy and costs several times more. This one is very spicy and I think it is good.

2. When washing peppers, you don’t need to remove the skin, otherwise water will enter, making it difficult to dry. Chopped peppers are easy to go bad, and the chopped peppers themselves will produce soup, and adding some water will make it into "pepper porridge". The drying time is generally one day. I dried mine for two days, as long as it doesn't become dry peppers;

3. If you don’t like the seeds, you can cut them out before chopping, but be sure to wear gloves otherwise it will be very spicy. When chopping, you can wear gloves or take one pepper at a time, chop it little by little by holding the stem, so that your hands will not be spicy. I used the second method and it was very fast. I chopped more than a pound of peppers in just ten minutes.

4. Adding garlic, ginger and white wine can increase the aroma of chopped pepper. Ginger can also be directly put into the chopped pepper and used as a pickle. Adding white wine can also prevent the chopped pepper from deteriorating. The amount of salt depends on your preference. If you want to eat something sour, put less salt. It will definitely be sour after two days, but it won't go bad. If you don't want to eat something sour, you can taste it, because it's ready to eat right away. It's just right to be a little saltier than usual when cooking.

5. If there are few chopped peppers, you can put them in a bottle. If there are many, you can put them in a jar. But it must be sealed. If air enters or it comes into contact with raw water or oil, it will definitely go bad.