Jan
Fried catfish with ginger sauce has a rich and seductive flavor that anyone who eats it will remember and never forget. If you have missed the taste, but don’t know how to do it, let’s learn how to make this dish right away.
Ingredients:
- Catfish: 2 fish
- Fresh lemon: 1 fruit
- Fresh ginger: 1 piece
- Chilli: 3-4 (depending on preference)
- Spices: cooking oil, sugar, fish sauce, salt, seasoning powder, monosodium glutamate, ginger powder, ground pepper.
Instructions:
Preliminary Processing of Catfish Without Fishy
After buying catfish, if it has not been made before, then you proceed to take the intestines and clean the fish. Next, prepare some boiling water, you use this water to water the fish. This can help remove the oily part from the outside of the fish.
After peeling off the oily layer on the surface of the fish skin, you wash the fish with a diluted lemon salt water mixture. Because the catfish is a copper fish, it will be very fishy, doing so can both reduce the fishy smell of the fish and remove the bacteria that stick to the surface of the fish.
Finally, wash the fish with cold water, drain. Buy ginger, use a razor to remove the outer skin, wash it and then grind it. Chili just picks up the stem, wash it and then mince it with ginger.
Marinated Catfish
Catfish after being cleaned and drained, use a knife to lightly cut the fish body on both sides. Doing this when marinating spices will penetrate evenly into the fish meat, and it will be easier to eat.
Put the fish in a large bowl, add ½ teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of ginger powder (optional), ½ teaspoon of MSG, ½ teaspoon of sugar and finally 1 teaspoon of ground pepper. mix. Let the fish marinate for about 30 minutes to absorb the spices.
Make Ginger Fish Sauce
While waiting for the fish to absorb the spices, you can go and make ginger fish sauce. To make fried catfish with ginger sauce more delicious, you can refer to my dipping sauce recipe below.
First, add the crushed ginger and chili to a mixing bowl. Continue to add 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and stir well. Because the fish has been lightly marinated in the above step, the sauce will be slightly sweeter to balance the dish more evenly.
Fried Catfish
Take a pan of oil on the stove, wait for the oil to heat up, then add 2 fish in turn to fry until golden brown. A little trick to prevent oil from splashing when frying is to put a little salt or chili in the pan, so when you drop the fish in the oil, it won’t splash around.
In addition, you should wait until the fish is golden and then turn it over, because if you flip it too quickly, the fish will be crushed and cling to the pan. In particular, when frying should be on medium heat, do not fry the fish with too high a fire, which will lead to the fish being burned but the meat is not fully cooked.
After frying the fish until golden brown on both sides, take it out and drain the oil.
Finished Product of Fried Catfish With Ginger Sauce
Fried catfish with fish sauce will taste better when you eat it with some raw vegetables and steamed rice. The fish meat is crispy, dipped with fragrant ginger fish sauce to create an unforgettable taste. This dish is also very delicious to use as a snack!
