Aromatic mackerel

Description

Very unusual way of cooking mackerel. The fish is very soft, but dense enough to retain the shape, salty-sweet taste and a bright, spicy aroma. Great snack! As a bonus offer to make an analogue of Chinese spices Five spices.

Ingredients

Mackerel

1 piece
Ginger

1 piece
Green onions

1 piece
Soy sauce

50 ml
Vinegar

2 Tbsp
Bay leaf

2 piece
Chili

0.5 piece
Sugar

2 Tbsp
Seasoning

0.5 tsp
Oil corn

200 ml
Sesame oil

1 tsp
Salt

1 tsp

Cooking

Products quite common. The only complexity is the spice "Five spice" but we similar produce on their own, five spices - this is, after all, not thirteen.

So, let's prepare the seasoning. We will need: sweet pepper - 1 tsp, cloves - 1 tsp, star anise - 2 stars, ground cinnamon - 1 tsp nutmeg, ground - 1/2 tsp Better to take a cinnamon stick, but I doubted the capabilities of my old grinder and took ground.

All the spices warmed in a dry heated frying pan for 5 minutes before the appearance of a distinct flavor, and then in a coffee grinder and powder. Pour seasoning into a suitable container and use as needed.

Preparing the fish: cut off the head, tail and fins, remove the innards, opolaskivanie cold water. Cut the fish cut into steaks with a width of 1-1,5 see

Prepare marinade for fish: mix soy sauce with an equal quantity of cold water, add the sliced ginger and spice "Five spice. Put in the marinade the fish, cover with a lid and put into the fridge for 6-8 hours.

Remove the fish from the marinade and dry well with paper towels or napkins.

Heat in a saucepan or wok with vegetable oil and fry the fish pieces for about 5-8 minutes.

Fried pieces put on paper to soak up excess fat.

Boil in a saucepan 0,5 litre of water. If you have a large mackerel, it may require more amount of water should be such that all the pieces of fish were completely covered. Add in water, Bay leaves, chili, green onions, sugar, salt, vinegar. Boil on medium heat for 10 minutes.

Add the pieces of fried fish, allow the liquid to re-boil, diminish the heat to low and cook the fish without a lid for 20 minutes.

Lay the fish on a sieve and allow it to dry a little and cool down. Spread on a plate, pour a little sesame oil and serve the meal to the table.

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