The licefish is a very popular farmed fish along the coasts of southern China and southern Taiwan, and is a treasure to be eaten any way! The main output of licefish is in summer and fall, and the peak of production is in August, which is the best time to eat this "right time" fat and good taste!

What is the name of Chanos chanos Forskal in mainland China

Chanos chanos Forskal (Chanos chanos Forskal) in the domestic name to the sea grass fish, Chanos chanos, hemp lice fish, Semei fish, etc., there are differences in the regional name, Chanos chanos Forskal is a kind of warm-water grouping of fish in China before the introduction of the domestic distribution in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and China is from the introduction and trial breeding success in Shantou, Guangdong Province, from 1998, and the successful breeding of the fish. The licefish was introduced in Shantou, Guangdong Province in 1998, and has been successfully bred and promoted along the southern coast of China.

Can you eat lice

Of course you can eat lice, and affordable and delicious, in addition to fins and scales, all parts of the fish can be used to cook dishes, such as fish maw, fish intestines, fish dorsal fins with fat, suitable for sautéing; the back of the fish meat is suitable for deep-frying; and gelatinous fish head is suitable for marinade!

Fish Head

Fish Belly

Fish Dorsal Fin Meat

Fish Gut

Fish Skin

Fish Bone

Lice are full of thorns and are often a turn off for lovers or children. However, some manufacturers have made specific parts of lice without thorns, and you can also choose to taste the belly and skin of the fish, which are less thorny parts of the lice.

The whole lice can be purchased in traditional markets, where you can cut off the parts yourself, including the intestines. If you buy gutted lice from supermarkets or hypermarkets, you can also go to traditional markets or supermarkets and buy specific parts that are more difficult to handle by yourself, including: skin, belly, dorsal fins, dorsal belly, and so on. The dorsal fins of lice must be ordered from specific vendors or vendors or purchased online.

How to eat lice fish

1. fish belly? Pan-fried lice fish maw

After washing the lice fish maw, use paper towels to completely dry out the water first, to prevent spraying oil in the pan. Rub salt on both sides of the fish maw and let it rest for 20 minutes, then place the fish skin-side down in a frying pan; pan-fry the fish skin side until golden brown and then flip it over until both sides are browned, that is, finished.

Frying lice fish belly oil is not much, the whole medium-low heat, and do not keep turning, it will not be easy to spray oil.

2. Pan-fried dorsal fin meat

Lice dorsal fin meat is called "fish filet", and the meat is as delicious as the filet portion of beef, but you need to order it from a familiar vendor or buy it online.

The cooking method is similar to that of lice belly, but because the dorsal fin meat contains oil, it is not necessary to pour oil into the pan, but to fry it over medium-low heat, and it will be very tasty.

3. Fry fish intestines

The lice intestines are first smeared with salt and marinated for 20 minutes. Because the fish intestines are easy to oil, no need to add oil to the pan, directly put the fish intestines into the pan. Put the white side of the sausage in the pan first and fry it over medium-low heat until it turns brown.

If you have a bitter taste in your mouth, it's because the guts of the fish are broken, so be careful not to break the guts when you remove them.

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Start the pot and fire, when the water boils, put the fish skin into the cooking, and then sprinkle a little bit of ginger, fish skin soup after the pot, soup and then sprinkle a moderate amount of celery and garlic can be.

5. Fish, fish skin ? Louse fish porridge

Boil water, fish skin, fish belly meat into. When it is cooked, add celery, garlic crisps and a little salt to taste, and pour the white rice into the pot to finish.

All parts of the lice fish are cooked into porridge, you can eat nutritious fish meat, but also a full meal, is a common lice fish dishes in the south, and the fish skin porridge, fish belly porridge can be made. You can also put cooked rice in a bowl, then pour in the cooked lice soup and ingredients can be.

6. Fish bones? Boil soup

If you buy a whole lice, after the meat is used up, the leftover lice bones don't go to waste! As long as the collection of 3 pounds of lice bones (can also be purchased from the fishmonger), pour over the bones of the water to boil, turn on low heat and cook for 5 hours, you can complete the calcium-rich delicious concentrated fish bone broth, cooking lice soup, water 3: broth 1 ratio, can be diluted.

Tips for de-fishing lice

Ginger: not accustomed to smell fishy people, in cooking soup lice dishes, or brine lice, can be sprinkled with a little bit of ginger, lice can be removed from the fishy smell, and to enhance the flavor.

Beer: When brining lice head, pour the water, completely replaced by beer; when cooking fish skin soup, you can pour a little beer, can be deodorized.