Braised catfish. Photo: KIEU MAI
Along with linh fish, he fish is considered a specialty of the flood season in the West. He fish often lives in the natural environment, hiding in flooded bushes, eating insects, filamentous algae, small fish, and crustaceans. Because of this characteristic, he fish has sweet, soft, and fatty meat. Westerners often process he fish into many delicious dishes: sour soup, braised fish, fried fish, especially braised fish.
He fish has many small bones, so stewing is always the preferred choice when preparing this fish. The way to make this dish is also simple, it only takes time to soften the fish bones. To make delicious stewed he fish, when catching him fish, clean the slime, clean the fins and remove the intestines. Usually, with stewed fish, many people still leave the fish scales to make the dish more flavorful. After cleaning and removing the fishy smell, the fish will be marinated with spices and then stewed. People in the West often stew fish in a clay pot, using caramel water from sugar, adding a little coconut water to make the fish meat sweet and fragrant. Normally, it takes about 7-8 hours to stew fish bones to soften them. Depending on taste, when stewing, the chef will add a few slices of pineapple, or young tamarind, fresh mangrove to stew with. These ingredients not only help soften the fish bones quickly but also make the dish more flavorful and less boring. When the fish is cooked, the fish will have a fragrant, sweet taste, the fish bones melt in the mouth.
In Can Tho , visitors can enjoy braised he fish at ecological restaurants, such as Song Hau Restaurant, Can Tho Riverside Cuisine...
MINH NHIEN
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