How to make delicious braised loach

Braising is a common cooking method in Chinese cuisine. The most famous of them is braised pork. The method of braising is not complicated. You can replace the pork belly in the braised pork with loach and you can make braised loach. There are many ways to cook braising according to the steps, seasonings and heat. There are also many ways to cook braised loach. Loach is rich in nutrients and contains various proteins and minerals. The following will introduce several methods of braised loach.

Method 1

Material

Main ingredients: 400g loach, 3 tablespoons lard, 10g ham

Seasoning: 1 tablespoon rice wine, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 scallion, 10 grams of shredded ginger, 4 dried chili peppers, 1 teaspoon sugar, 5 cloves of garlic, appropriate amount of fine salt, 1 teaspoon chili powder.

Features: tender and smooth loach, spicy and delicious

practice

1. Cut open the abdomen of the loach and remove the intestines. Wash and drain the water. Add rice wine, soy sauce, scallion segments and shredded ginger and marinate for 15 minutes.

2. Put lard in the pot. When the oil is 50% hot, add dried chili peppers and stir-fry. Add loach and stir-fry. When it is 80% cooked, add salt, sugar, chili powder and garlic cloves. Continue to stir-fry until cooked. Serve on a plate and sprinkle with coriander.

Method 2

How to make braised loach

1. Prepare the green and red peppers (slice them).

2. Prepare the celery for later use (cut into sections).

3. Chop the onion, ginger and garlic and set aside.

4. Sprinkle salt (about 30 grams) on the live loach and quickly cover it with a lid (to prevent it from jumping out).

5. When you hear no more noise, open the lid and kill the fish.

6. After slaughtering, scald it with boiling water.

7. After removing the mucous membrane, clean it up.

8. Marinate with onion, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, salt and pepper for about 15 minutes.

9. Heat oil in a pan, add onion, ginger, garlic, star anise and dried chili and stir-fry.

10. Add loach and stir-fry, then add cooking wine and stir-fry.

11. Add green and red peppers and celery and stir-fry.

12. Add chicken stock and stir-fry.

13. Add soy sauce and sugar and stir-fry.

14. Add white wine and simmer for a while.

15. Add salt for seasoning before serving, then add onion and garlic and stir-fry before serving.

Method 3

Loach is rich in nutrients and is commonly known as the ginseng of the river. It is deeply loved by people, especially the young.

Materials

Loach Several

10 garlic heads (whole, not mashed)

Garlic slices a few slices

2-3 chili peppers (dried or fresh)

A little chopped green onion

How to make braised loach

1 Heat oil in a pan and sauté ginger slices until fragrant.

2 Add the drained loach and garlic and stir-fry.

3 Stir-fry for about 5 minutes until the loach is cooked through and a little browned, then add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, a little salt and sugar, and chili pepper. Continue stir-frying for 1 minute to color it, then add a little water (not too much), otherwise the loach will be overcooked and will affect the taste.

4 Remove from heat when the soup is almost dry (not too dry, it tastes better if some soup is left), and sprinkle with chopped green onions.