How to make delicious small catfish?

Catfish is a relatively common fish. In many people's impressions, catfish looks relatively large, usually weighing several kilograms, but there are also small catfish for sale in the market. As the saying goes, essence is concentrated, so many people particularly like to eat small catfish. But after buying the little catfish, I didn’t know what to do with it, which was a bit embarrassing. Here I will teach you a way to eat small catfish, but it cannot be done without tofu!

Catfish stew with tofu

Main ingredients: catfish (one), tofu (one piece)

Accessories: 2 onions, 1 garlic, 1 piece of ginger, 5 dried chilies, 20 peppercorns, 1 star anise, 1 can of beer

Kitchenware: soup pot, cooking pot, frying pan

Category: Common dishes Chinese cuisine Northeastern cuisine Hot dishes Salty and fresh stew for one hour Normal difficulty

1. Clean the catfish after slaughtering it.

2. Boil water, blanch the tofu cubes, then take them out and put them in cold water.

3. Put the catfish into the boiling water used for blanching tofu and blanch it evenly. Remove and clean the white mucous membrane. Slice the ginger, cut the chili into sections, chop the star anise, and cut the green onion into sections.

4. Drain the tofu and set aside.

5. Put oil in the pot, stir-fry onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, pepper, chili and five-spice powder over low heat until fragrant.

6. Add the catfish and shake the pan, do not flip it with a spatula.

7. Coat the catfish evenly with oil and put it in the tofu. Don't move the pan, just fry it.

8. Pour in beer, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce and bring to a boil over high heat.

9. Cook over low heat for 20 minutes and add salt.

10. Turn down the heat and add chicken essence to enhance the flavor before serving. It would be best to sprinkle some coriander, but I didn't buy it so I didn't put it in.

11. Cook over high heat until the sauce thickens, and add chicken essence to enhance the flavor before serving. It would be best to sprinkle some coriander, but I didn't buy it so I didn't put it in.

Tips:

1. It is best not to choose a catfish that is too small. 600-1000 grams are both fine. Farmed catfish have eight whiskers, while wild catfish have four.

2. It is best to throw away catfish roe and not eat it. Some fish sellers will not throw it away for you, so you have to remove it when you come back to clean it.

3. Catfish feels very slippery, but after being scalded with boiling water, a layer of white "skin" will appear all over its body, which is easy to wash off. After washing, the catfish will not be slippery.

4. Fry the pepper, onion, ginger, garlic and other ingredients on low heat, and the dish will be fragrant.

5. Catfish is very tender and smooth, so don't cook it for too long, but it shouldn't be cooked for too short a time either, 15-20 minutes is fine.

6. Catfish and tofu can also be cooked with sauce, but I don’t think it is suitable for summer. The flavor of the sauce is very strong, so cooking it this way is more refreshing. Very delicious. Very delicious.