Cooking snakehead fish hotpot is not difficult, but to have a delicious snakehead fish hotpot with the standard Southern flavor, you must pay attention to how to prepare the snakehead fish. This hotpot can be eaten with any vegetables you like, but combining it with typical Western vegetables such as snakehead fish, water mimosa, bitter vegetables... is still the preferred choice.
Catfish hotpot with typical Southern vegetables is a dish loved by many families. (Photo: TL)
Ingredients for cooking snakehead fish hotpot
Goby fish: 1 kg or more or less depending on your needs and the number of people eating, and you will also increase or decrease the amount of vegetables and hot pot spices according to your needs.
Pig tail bone: half kg
Bitter vegetables: 0.5kg
Water spinach: 0.5kg
1 bunch of water spinach, 1 bunch of water mimosa, 2 ounces of bean sprouts, 3 ounces of shredded banana flower.
1 handful of hibiscus leaves, or can be replaced with tamarind.
3 - 4 tomatoes, half a pineapple, green onions, Vietnamese coriander, cilantro.
Preparing the goby fish so that it doesn't smell fishy is the most important step to cook delicious goby fish hotpot. (Photo: BHX)
Garlic, shallots, green onions, chili…
1 kg fresh vermicelli or you can eat rice vermicelli, instant noodles...
Fish sauce, seasoning powder, sugar, MSG, cooking oil...
Raw material preparation
Choosing to buy live goby fish and cleaning them while keeping them alive is the most important step to have a delicious goby fish hotpot. To clean the goby fish slime and reduce the fishy smell, you have many ways. Salt, vinegar, and lemon are effective supporting ingredients.
You can mix salt and vinegar and rub it on the goby fish many times until the slime is gone, then rinse it with water. Or you can use ash in a pot or basin, put the goby fish in it, rub it to remove the slime, then rinse it with cold water.
Water fern, lotus, bitter vegetables, banana flowers... are indispensable vegetables for eating snakehead fish hotpot. (Photo: TL)
Many people also use fresh banana leaves, crush them and rub them many times on the fish body, then rinse with water.
You also pick the vegetables to eat with, wash them thoroughly and soak them in salt, then take them out and drain. As for the banana flowers, wash them and soak them separately in diluted salt water with lemon juice to prevent them from turning black.
Wash tomatoes, cut into wedges. Wash sorrel leaves and green onions. Peel onions and garlic, crush and chop finely.
Cook goby fish hotpot
There are many ways to cook snakehead fish hotpot. You can use pork bones to increase the sweetness and fat of the hotpot broth. You can also skip the bone stew and just saute onions and garlic until fragrant, add sorrel leaves and tomatoes, then cook as usual, seasoning to taste.
If using pork bones, wash the bones and put them on the stove to simmer for about 30-40 minutes to get the sweet broth. Remember to keep the heat low while simmering the bones.
The finished goby fish hotpot must have the sour taste of giang leaves, the sweet taste of tomatoes, pineapple, fish dipped in chili sauce and served with fresh vermicelli is very delicious. (Photo: TL)
Put another pot on the stove, add a little cooking oil to saute the onions and garlic. When the onions and garlic are golden brown, chop 1 tomato and add it to stir-fry to make the hot pot broth more beautiful. Then add the bone broth, you can add enough water for the number of people and bring to a boil.
When the water boils, crush the giang leaves and add them. If you don't have giang leaves, you can replace them with ripe tamarinds. Add 2 tomatoes and sliced pineapple. Season with fish sauce, salt, sugar, and MSG to taste. When the water boils again, ladle the hot pot broth into the pot, add fresh chili, lemongrass, coriander, and Vietnamese coriander, then put it on the stove. Pure fish sauce, side dishes, and fresh noodles are ready.
When the hot pot water boils again, add the goby fish. Because the fish is still alive, you have to put it in the boiling water carefully so that the boiling water does not splash around. It is best to put the fish in a bucket of ice, the fish will be stiff all over, making it easier for you to put it in the hot pot.
When the fish is cooked, add vegetables and the whole family can enjoy the authentic snakehead fish hotpot.
Delicious snakehead fish hotpot must have the sour taste of giang leaves, fresh fatty snakehead fish meat dipped in a very special chili fish sauce.
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