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Braised Hairtail Fish

Braised Hairtail Fish

Egg-battered hairtail segments are fried until golden, then gently braised with ginger, garlic, and scallions in a glossy sauce of soy, sugar, and a splash of vinegar, yielding rich, savory, flaky fish.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Clean the ribbonfish and marinate it with cooking wine and salt for 20 minutes.

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    Crack the eggs into the bowl.

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    Use your hands to evenly coat the marinated hairtail.

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    Place the pot on the stove, pour in the oil and heat it until it is about 60% hot, then put the hairtail pieces coated with egg mixture into the pot.

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    Pan-fry until both sides are golden brown.

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    Scoop it out and place it on a plate for later use.

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    Prepare slices of ginger and cloves of garlic.

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    Cut the green onions into sections and set aside.

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    Mix a little dark soy sauce, white sugar, cooking wine, salt, vinegar, and an appropriate amount of water to make a sauce.

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    Heat the remaining oil in the pot, add ginger slices and garlic cloves to stir-fry until fragrant, pour in the seasoning sauce, add the cut ribbonfish, bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and simmer for about 10 minutes. When the sauce is thickened.

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    Sprinkle chopped scallions and it's ready to serve.

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    Ready to serve.

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    Delicious and tasty.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Cleaned cut hairtail
    400g
  • Egg
    一个
  • Pure water
    to taste

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • scallion segments
    10g
  • Ginger slices
    10g
  • Garlic clove
    10g

Seasonings

  • Peanut oil
    to taste
  • dark soy sauce
    10g
  • white sugar
    10g
  • Vinegar
    10g
  • cooking wine
    10g
  • Salt
    2g