How to cook hairtail fish deliciously and easily

Hairtail is a relatively common marine fish. The taste of hairtail can be said to be full of freshness. There are many ways to cook it, and it is relatively simple to cook. For people whose cooking skills are not particularly high, you can make braised hairtail or fried hairtail. The methods are relatively simple and it tastes very good. The key is that the taste is relatively fresh, so the preparation method is not particularly important.

Braised Hairtail Fish

Ingredients: hairtail, chopped green onion, red pepper, onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, soy sauce, sugar, MSG, water starch. Method: 1. Wash the hairtail, take the middle section, and marinate with salt and cooking wine for 20 minutes; 2. Put the fish section in a ventilated place to dry the skin; 3. Heat the oil in a pan, add the hairtail and fry on medium heat until golden brown, remove from the pan and drain the oil; 4. Leave some oil in the pan, sauté the red pepper, onion, ginger, garlic and star anise, then add the fried fish section; 5. Add cooking wine, soy sauce and a small amount of sugar, add water to cover it, bring to a boil over rapid heat, then simmer over medium heat; 6. When the soup is basically dry, add water starch, cook over high heat until the soup is reduced, add MSG and serve, sprinkle with chopped green onion and coriander.

Sweet and Sour Hairtail

Ingredients : 500g hairtail seasoning: 5g scallion, 5g ginger, 5g garlic, 6g soy sauce, 6g vinegar, 10g cooking wine, 10g sugar, 4g salt, 2g chicken essence, 40g fresh soup. Method: 1. Divide the hairtail into 5 cm segments and marinate with salt. 2. Use kitchen paper to absorb the moisture on the surface of the hairtail and apply some flour. 3. Heat oil in a pan, add the hairtail slices and fry until both sides turn golden brown. Remove from the pan and drain the oil for later use. 4. Leave some oil in the pan, add scallion, ginger and garlic, stir-fry, then add the fried hairtail. 5. Add cooking wine, vinegar, soy sauce, a little soup, sugar and chicken essence, stir well after the flavors are absorbed.

Tips 1. The size of the fish slices should be moderate. If the fish slices are too narrow, there will be less meat and they will be dry and not tasty. If they are too thick and wide, they will not be easy to taste. 2. How to wash hairtail: Hairtail has a strong fishy smell and is greasy, so it is difficult to wash it clean with clean water. You can soak the hairtail in alkaline water first, and then wash it with clean water. It will be easy to wash and will not have a fishy smell. 3. Remove dirt from hairtail: If the hairtail is very dirty and cannot be washed clean with tap water, you might as well use rice washing water to scrub it. This way, your hands will not be stained and the fish can be washed very clean. 4. To remove the fishy smell from hairtail fish: Put the hairtail fish into boiling water at about 80 degrees, blanch it for about 10 seconds, then immediately soak it in cold water, brush it with a brush or stroke it with your hands, and the fish scales can be removed quickly. When cooking fish, both ginger and cooking wine are essential. 5. Removing fishy smell from cutting boards: There is a fishy smell on the cutting board that has been used to cut fish that is difficult to remove. Just sprinkle some vinegar on the washed cutting board, dry it in the sun, and then brush it with clean water and the fishy smell will be gone. 6. Removing fishy smell from utensils: Put waste tea leaves in the utensils and boil them for a few minutes to remove the fishy smell.

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