Chinese Food
Stewed eel with pickles
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As a Hainan native who grew up by the sea, eel is still a common food. There are various ways to make eel. Which one is delicious? Which is the best way to keep the original flavor of eel? Like all good food, the eel is not only full of belly, but also contains the memory of childhood. It contains the recognition of hometown in the blood gene. Almost all the ingredients of this dish come from my hometown, Hainan Orient...
Cooking ingredients
Cooking Steps
Step1:The eel (usually called eel in the market) is about 1 jin. Choose the fresh one (the difference between the fresh one and the expensive one in the market is nearly double). Cut it into small pieces and wash it. Keep the fish intestines and roes. It's delicious. Marinate it with onion ginger cooking wine for about 15 minutes.
Step2:Salted vegetables. Cut small pieces. Wash many times. Wring out the salty juice. The selection of salted vegetables is related to the success of this dish. You should choose the new salted vegetables on the market. Never choose the old salted vegetables. If you don't choose, you can directly ask the shopkeeper what kind of salted vegetables are used for eel.
Step3:Hot pot, cold oil. Stir fry ginger.
Step4:Eels in the pot.
Step5:It's very important to stir fry in a big fire. It's highly recommended that Huadi gather energy stove. The whole fire should be finished.
Step6:Stir fry for about 2 minutes. Add salted vegetables (sour melon). Stir fry and cover for 12 minutes.
Step7:With sugar.
Step8:Add yellow lantern pepper.
Step9:Add oyster sauce. The black one in the middle is oyster sauce. The yellow lantern pepper in the spatula. Stir fry.
Step10:Add boiling water to just submerge. Remember to add boiling water. Adding cold water will make the protein coagulate. It will seriously affect the taste.
Step11:Cover the pot. Collect the juice over high heat. Do not open the lid halfway. Do not dry the juice. Just thicken it slightly. Finally, add some scallion and stir fry. Out of the pot.
Step12:Finished product. Time is in a hurry. I can't use SLR. I took it on my cell phone.
Cooking tips:Salted vegetables can be replaced. There's a kind of small sour melon in the east of Hainan. It's pickled with half cooked watermelon. It's a perfect match with eel. If this is 100 points, salted vegetables can only get 85 points. Wandering tourists can only choose 85 points The choice of ingredients is very important. Eels should be fresh, pickles should be new, peppers should be yellow lanterns, and there is no shortage of ice sugar. Eel is very fishy. Many people can't get used to it. Marinating with cooking wine can remove fishy to some extent + ginger + pepper + crystal sugar. It's very important to remove fishy and fresh. Choosing a good stove is the key. The whole fire is the key. Finally, feelings are very important. After full mouth and full heart, it's very important for tourists. There are skills in making delicious dishes.
