How to clean the pen fish?

As we all know, there are many kinds of fish, and many fish are rarely seen in life, such as pen fish, etc. However, for some people who are particular about diet, they will often eat them. But everyone must remember that pen fish cannot be eaten with beer, fruit and tea, otherwise it will cause a lot of physical discomfort. So how to clean pen fish?

First, how to clean the pen fish? First of all, you need to clean the surface of the pen fish. I just bought it and I don’t know what kind of water it was raised in before. It is recommended to put the pen fish in water for about an hour, no matter whether it is dead or alive. Allow it to have a water change process. Next, cut the abdomen and tail (barbels) of the penfish apart from the connecting parts.

Second, use a knife to cut from the bottom of the abdomen and take out the internal organs of the pen fish. Be especially careful because the pen fish has bile. Anyone who has cut fish knows that the bile is bitter and must not be broken. If broken, the taste of the whole fish will be distorted. After gutting the penfish, clean the insides. As for the eyes of the penfish, it depends on your personal preference. You can take them out and eat them or do other things with them. The nutritional value of fish eyes is still good. The thin membrane on both sides of the belly of the penfish can be kept or not. Then separate the whiskers of the pen tube one by one. You can use scissors or a knife to cut them, depending on your personal preference, and then wash them one by one. The same goes for the belly of the pen fish. After cleaning, cut the entire belly of the pen fish into slices or strips. Then you can start preparing the vegetables. Whether you want to boil or stir-fry them depends on your personal preference.

How to clean the pen fish? Soak it for more than 4 hours. The time can be adjusted according to the size. Grab the head and pull it off gently to separate the head from the body. There are three eyes on the head, which is relatively hard. It is edible but it depends on your teeth... The Taiwanese restaurant Yi Cha Yi Zuo has fried squid mouths. Right this part. Pick up the body and you will find an ink sac inside. The ink is edible. Still quite delicious. Pull out the pointed one in the photo below. Throw away. It's a layer of skin. If you cut open the body, you can see the gray-yellow color is the sand sac, which is at the ten o'clock position on the upper left. The western ones have the tastiest seeds. Serve with stir-fried leeks. Please dry-fry the pen tube until the water is less and then add the chives.