How to cook fish stewed in iron pan?

There are two ways to cook fish in an iron pan. One way is to use an iron pan as a tool, but the heating method is not fixed, and it can be heated by fire, liquefied gas or induction cooker. The other is "iron pot stew", which is what we usually eat. This kind of stewed fish is basically a catering business. The stove is the dining table, and the fish is stewed directly in the pot. After stewing, start eating around the stove. This kind of iron pot stew is very popular in northern China. Because of the cold weather, it is becoming more and more difficult to sit around the fire and eat stewed fish.

How to cook stewed fish in northeast iron pot? How to prepare the sauce for stewed fish in iron pan? I'll explain them to you one by one.

Let me share the cooking method of stewed fish in iron pot. Stewed fish in iron pot has low requirements for the use of fish, which are basically common freshwater fish such as carp, crucian carp, catfish and three scales. Because we seldom eat marine fish, these common freshwater fish are the main ingredients, and northerners generally have a salty taste. When making fish stew in iron pan, various sauces are used as the main seasoning and various side dishes are added, so the amount of fish stew in iron pan is generally large.

Making method of stewed fish in iron pan.

Ingredients and seasonings used: Take stewed carp as an example, one fresh carp, about1.500g, 400g of potatoes, 300g of tofu, 300g of eggplant, 200g of stewed fish sauce, 200g of vermicelli or vermicelli, 50g of cooking oil, two star anises, three or four dried tree peppers and sliced ginger with chopped green onion.

Practice steps:

One. The scales and internal organs of carp are removed and cleaned, and then both sides of the fish are cut with a knife to make the fish taste as much as possible during the stew.

Two. Add cooking oil to the pot. After the oil is heated, first put the chopped green onion, ginger slices, star anise and dried tree pepper into the pot and fry until fragrant.

Three. Stir-fry potatoes, eggplant and tofu in a pot, so that the ingredients can absorb the smell of oil and seasoning.

Four. After the potatoes, eggplant and other ingredients are fried, we put the stewed fish sauce in the pot and stir it evenly.

Five. At this time, we will put the sorted carp on the fried side dish, add water to the pot, and the carp will not eat. After boiling over high fire, stew for half an hour.

Technical points in making fish stew in iron pan.

(1) When we stew fish in an iron pan, you may notice why we didn't fry the stewed fish in advance.

There are still some differences between stewed fish in iron pan and stewed fish made in our family. Stewed fish in iron pot mainly reflects the freshness of fish, which needs to be stewed with a lot of water, and there are many vegetables in it. If the fish is fried in oil and then stewed, it will affect the soft taste of the fish. Therefore, when stewing fish in an iron pan, it is best not to fry it, but to stew it directly with water.

② Why not add refined salt to stewed fish?

Because when we stew fish, we add a special sauce for stewing fish. This sauce already contains enough salt, so there is no need to add refined salt.

③ When will the vermicelli or pink mouse be released?

Because vermicelli will fall to the bottom of the pot and stick to the pot if it is put early, we add vermicelli or vermicelli when the fish is cooked to maturity (vermicelli is a vermicelli-like product made of potato starch, which is very suitable for stewing fish in iron pot and tastes soft and delicious).

A method for preparing fish sauce stewed in an iron pan.

When we cook this fish stew in iron pan, we use a special sauce for fish stew, and its main ingredient is basically soy sauce.

Sauce formula: 400g of soy sauce, garlic chilli sauce 100g, medlar sauce 100g, 2g of monosodium glutamate, 3g of refined salt 10g, 3g of spiced powder, seasoning oil 100g, 20g of pepper slices and oil 100g.

Cooking method of sauce: put seasoning oil into a pot and heat it, then add these sauces and seasonings and cook it with low fire. When stewing fish, just add sauce according to the weight of the fish. 1500 grams of fish, 200 grams is enough, probably like a small bowl. Because soy sauce itself is very salty, don't add too much.