How to cook rohu fish

Tilapia is loved by many families because it has few bones. However, as the weather gradually turns cooler, the amount of tilapia sold as food has begun to decrease. In order to still be able to eat a delicious dish of Tilapia, today we will talk about the different ways of cooking Tilapia. Of course, you can also try making these methods at home. Different cooking methods give Tilapia different flavors. Which cooking method do you like best?

1. Braised Tilapia

Fish is a must on the festive table, as it has good meaning and a good omen. Every autumn, my family always buys a lot of fresh tilapia. This fish is seasonal, and you won’t see it in the market when the weather gets very cold. Tilapia has tender and delicious meat without small bones, making it suitable for the whole family to enjoy. It is very suitable for braising, stewing, steaming, and hot pot fish. This braised version is a home-cooked fish dish that my mother often makes. It is delicate, flavorful and fragrant.

Home-cooked fish with a rich aroma and auspicious flavor - [Braised Tilapia]

Ingredients: 1 tilapia

Ingredients: 1/2 scallion, 1 small piece of ginger, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 star anise, 20 ml cooking wine, 15 ml light soy sauce, 25 ml dark soy sauce, 10 ml vinegar, 500 ml cold water, 3 grams of salt, a little sugar

How to make braised tilapia

1. After cleaning the tilapia, make four or five cuts on both sides of the fish body at equal distances, apply salt and cooking wine, add onion segments, garlic cloves, ginger slices, and star anise and marinate for about half an hour.

Braised Tilapia Steps 1-3

2. Then take out the tilapia, add cold water to the marinade bowl, pour in dark soy sauce and light soy sauce, bring to a boil over high heat and set aside.

3. Heat the wok, pour in cooking oil, and use kitchen paper to wipe the moisture on both sides of the fish.

4. When the oil is 70% hot, add the fish coated with dry flour and fry both sides until golden brown.

Braised Tilapia Steps 4-5

5. Then pour the cooked soup into the wok, covering the fish, and bring to a boil over high heat.

6. After skimming off the foam, add vinegar and sugar, and cook over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes.

7. Then turn to high heat to reduce the sauce and serve the fish with the sauce.

Braised Tilapia Steps 6-7

Food Tips

1. Tilapia has a strong fishy smell. There is a little trick to remove the fishy smell. Just pour vinegar when frying the fish, then quickly cover the pot and cook it. Or adding vinegar when stewing fish can help remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor.

2. Add water to the ingredients for marinating fish, pour in dark soy sauce and light soy sauce and bring to a boil over high heat. Use the boiled soup to stew the fish to make it more fragrant and flavorful.

3. The trick to frying fish without breaking the skin is to make the pan hot, have no moisture on the surface of the fish and coat it with a layer of dry flour. Mastering these three points ensures that the fish is fried intact.

4. After the fish is out of the pot, you can add a little starch to the soup and then pour the sauce over it, so that the soup will be thicker and more beautiful.

2. Pickled pepper whole fish pot

A skillful dish for entertaining guests [Pickled pepper whole fish pot]

Ingredients: Tilapia, pickled pepper, pickled radish, pickled ginger

Ingredients: Pixian bean paste, salt, cooking wine, sugar, chicken essence, shallots, chili peppers,

Pickled pepper whole fish pot

How to make pickled pepper whole fish pot

1. After cleaning the tilapia, wash and drain the water, gently cut a few diagonal cuts on the back, add cooking wine and salt and spread evenly, while marinating

2. Put a little oil in the pan and heat it to about 60% hot, then add the tilapia and fry.

3. Fry until both sides are golden brown, remove from the oil and set aside

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4. Chop the onion and garlic, and cut the pepper into sections

5. Chop the wild pepper and pickled ginger into fine pieces, and cut the pickled radish into strips for later use.

6. Leave some oil in the pan, sauté the minced ginger and garlic, add the bean paste, and stir-fry until red oil comes out.

7. Add peppercorns, pickled pepper, pickled ginger and pickled radish and stir-fry until fragrant

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8. Add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil, then add chicken essence, sugar and cooking wine.

9. Add the fried tilapia, bring to a boil over high heat then turn to low heat, cover the pot and simmer for about 5 minutes, until the fish is cooked and well-seasoned. Remove the fish from the pot, transfer it back to the pot, pour the soup on the fish, sprinkle with chopped green onions and serve. Simmer over low heat while eating.

Food Tips

1. When cutting the fish, do not cut too deep, otherwise the fish shape will become loose when frying.

2. Don’t apply too much salt to the fish, because the bean paste, pickled peppers and pickled radishes are already salty.

3. Grilled Tilapia

I saw fresh tilapia for sale in the supermarket. Such a plump fish was only over 6 yuan. I immediately thought of grilling it. Fresh fish is delicious when grilled, and it is also very easy to make oven dishes. Because I don't want to eat food with gravy splattered all over it, and it's too troublesome to clean the oven, so grilled fish is the most suitable choice.

Grilled Tilapia

Ingredients: 1 tilapia, 150g onion, 80g celery

Accessories: oil, salt, onion, cooking wine, pepper, dried chili, Pixian bean paste, broth, coriander, MSG, garlic, ginger

Grilled Tilapia

1. Wash the tilapia, scrape off the scales, and remove the gills and belly. Sprinkle the green onion and ginger, and stuff some of it into the fish belly. Pour cooking wine on the surface of the fish, sprinkle with a little salt, and marinate for 15 minutes.

2. Spread the onions on a baking sheet.

3. Sprinkle minced ginger on the fish and drizzle with two tablespoons of oil.

Grilled Tilapia Steps 1-3

4. Place in the middle layer of the oven and bake at 220 degrees for 20 minutes.

5. Pour oil into the pot, add onion, ginger, garlic, peppercorns and dried chilies.

6. Add two tablespoons of Pixian bean paste and three tablespoons of broth and cook for two minutes.

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7. Finally, sprinkle in the celery and turn off the heat.

8. Pour out the water from the baking tray, pressing down on the fish. Then pour the fried seasoning just now on the fish. Return to the oven and bake for about 8 more minutes. Sprinkle with a little MSG and coriander after baking.

Grilled Tilapia Steps 7-8

Tips

1 Turn off the heat after sprinkling in the celery, because it needs to be roasted for a while longer so that the celery will remain crispy.

2 Because Pixian bean paste contains salt and the fish also has salt, there is no need to add salt separately.

3 The secret to making this dish delicious is to use enough chili and saltiness, and to continue heating the soup while eating to keep it boiling. Dip the fish in the soup when eating, which is especially delicious.