The custom of eating fish on New Year's Eve.
People in China are divided into the north and the south. The most indispensable dish in traditional New Year's Eve dinner is fish, and it is usually the whole fish, which symbolizes "more than one year".
Eating fish on New Year's Eve is different according to different regions. Some places eat fish instead of fish head and tail, which means "there is a head and a tail". In some places, you just look at the watch and don't eat it, or you don't eat it all. There is still a little left, which means "more than one year" Some places will eat crucian carp with carp, which means good luck. There seems to be no custom of serving fish on the table in the northeast.
What is the must-eat dish in your hometown for the New Year? Figure 2.
Selection of carp
When our family cooks fish on New Year's Eve, they generally prefer to choose carp. It is estimated that there is also a saying of carp yue longmen, which has not been thoroughly studied. Anyway, our family eats carp the most. Choosing the ingredients of a dish is the most important step. When the raw materials are selected, the chef behind will have room to play.
Better buy live fish. The dishes cooked by live fish are delicious and tender, and dead fish can never make such a taste.
Look at the size. It is best to have a flat and compact fish. This kind of fish has more fish and less internal organs, so it is healthier and more delicious to cook.
Look at the eyes. The eyes of fresh fish are slightly prominent, some are black and white, and there is no bloodshot.
Look at its gills. Fresh gills should be bright red, not sticky or smelly.
Look at these scales. Fresh fish scales will cling to the fish and will not fall off or loosen. The surface of the fish will naturally have a layer of normal mucus, which will have a little fishy smell, but it will not have a rancid taste.
Look at the elasticity. Fresh fish is firm and elastic. The flesh of stale fish is loose.
What is the must-eat dish in your hometown for the New Year? Figure 3.
Presumably, everyone has their own tricks to buy fish. These are some precautions that I will pay attention to when buying fish. If you have any different tips, please share them and we will learn a lot.
Fish for New Year's Eve.
When cooking fish on New Year's Eve, you don't usually make small fish like hairtail yellow croaker, but you can make complete big fish like carp, grass carp and chubby head fish. Let's share the practices of several kinds of fish.
Braised carp
Scaled carp, especially the black film on the abdomen.
Cut a few knives on each side of the fish, don't cut them off, then marinate them with cooking wine and salt for 20 minutes.
Boil the oil in the pot. When the oil temperature is 60% hot, add the fish, fry the fish until it is solidified, and pour out the excess oil. Wipe the water off the fish's body and stomach before putting it in to avoid oil leakage.
Leave the bottom oil in the pot, add leek, ginger, garlic and star anise and stir-fry until fragrant.
Cook cooking wine, soy sauce and vinegar along the pot. Add salt and sugar, and pour the water into the fish.
Bring the fire to a boil, and then simmer for 20 minutes on medium heat. You can sprinkle chopped green onion or coriander at will after going abroad.
What is the must-eat dish in your hometown for the New Year? Figure 4.
Fried carp in sweet and sour sauce
Buy fresh carp, scale, gills and wash, especially remove the black film from the belly. Don't break your guts when you clean the fish.
Cut the fish with an oblique knife, but don't cut it.
Coat the fish with ginger salt cooking wine and marinate for 20 minutes.
Starch flour 1 mixed with 1. Add an egg and water, and stir into a paste. Carp slices are wrapped in batter.
Boil the oil in the pot, wrap it on your face when the oil temperature is 50% hot, fry the carp and set the plate. You can put the fish in a beautiful shape when frying. Put it on the plate.
Let's start with the sauce, sugar, vinegar, salt, tomato sauce, starch and water, and mix well.
Pour the sauce into the pot and fry until it is thick. Pour the sauce on the fish on the plate and sprinkle with some side dishes or parsley slices. Serve.
What is the must-eat dish in your hometown for the New Year? Figure 5.
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Because I'm from the northeast, when I say I'm from the northeast, I believe everyone knows what I want to eat. The famous pig-killing dish in Northeast China, in the countryside of Northeast China, every family kills pigs. As the old saying goes, it is a pig that kills pigs, and relatives and friends will come to help. The pigs that eat the pig-killing dishes here must weigh more than 200 Jin, and they are local pigs in Northeast China, one every other year, and they should be eaten from scratch. Moreover, in the first month, a pig will eat until February 2, and the pig head will stay until February 2. When cooking, cut the meat into four squares, put it in the pot and take it out. Don't throw the broth, put it directly into the sauerkraut, and then cut the meat into pieces. Finally, the whole fresh blood sausage is cooked in sauerkraut. After cooking, cut the blood sausage into pieces, and then take out the meat and sauerkraut. Friends from the south can go to the northeast to have a look and taste when they are free. What I said is not very comprehensive. I hope you can understand. thank you