How to stew fish in iron pot

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  1. One grass carp, cleaned.Note: There are four major sources of fishy smell in grass carp: fish blood, black membrane on the abdomen, fish teeth and fish gills.

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  2. Cut off the grass carp keel and cut a section every 8 cm.This is done to make the fish more flavorful.At the same time, apply salt on the surface of the fish, pour cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, and add green onion slices to evenly coat the fish body.Marinate for 15 minutes.

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  3.Cut the pork belly into large pieces and set aside

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  4.Pour the bean paste, braised soy sauce, thirteen spices, salt and MSG into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of oil and then pour in 10 gram cooking wine and stir evenly.

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  5. Heat a pot of cold oil, pour in an appropriate amount of vegetable oil, add star anise and dried chili peppers and fry them Fragrance comes out.

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  6.When the oil is 80% hot, add the pork belly.This step is to allow the pork in the pork belly to soak out and make the base oil more mellow.

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  7.After the surface of the pork belly turns golden brown, remove the pork belly and set aside.

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  8. Heat the lard-rich base oil to 80% heat again, first Pour the green onion slices into the pot and stir-fry until fragrant, then put the marinated grass carp into the iron pot and fry on both sides.After the skin is set, place the grass carp in the pot and continue frying.

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  9.Add the fried pork belly, stir-fry the pork belly and grass carp gently with a wooden spatula Shoveling is prohibited.

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  10. Apply the previously prepared sauce evenly to the surface of grass carp, and use the remaining sauce Add a small amount of water and pour it over the pork belly.

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  11.Add boiling water to cover the fish body, then add scallions.Note: Be sure to use boiling water!

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  12. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.

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  13.If you want the soup to be richer, you can add two potatoes.The starch in potatoes makes the soup thicker.

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  14.After the fire boils, turn to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes.Join the fans.

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  15.After the vermicelli has absorbed enough soup, add minced coriander or green vegetables to enhance the color.A pot of delicious iron pot fish stew is ready to enjoy!