Everyone must have eaten pickled fish. It is a special food from Chongqing, also known as sour soup fish. It is made of fish and pickled kimchi as the main raw materials. The tender fish is accompanied by a sour and refreshing taste, which brings people a sense of taste. The traditional pickled fish generally chooses grass carp, but in recent years, we will find that many restaurants like to make pickled fish with Longli fish. Why? Why do restaurants now like to use "Longli fish" to make pickled fish? Listen to what insiders say. In recent years, we will find that the pickled fish in many restaurants are branded as Longli fish. Longli fish is a kind of high-quality marine fish produced in China's offshore waters. The market price is more than 50 yuan a catty, and a pickled fish is only tens of yuan. So, isn't it a loss for merchants to use this fish to make pickled fish? If you really believe that merchants will use such high-cost Longli fish to do it, it is too simple.

No matter in restaurants or supermarkets, most pickled fish under the banner of Longli fish are not Longli fish, but a freshwater fish from Southeast Asia, called "Kabasha", which is commonly known as Basha fish. It belongs to the classification of Catfish, and it is a kind of freshwater fish. Its advantages are high yield, short growth cycle, tender meat and no fishy smell and strange smell. Merchants sell Basha fish under the banner of Longli fish because the wholesale price of Basha fish is only 6-7 yuan, while the traditional wholesale price of grass carp is 8-9 yuan, and the loss rate of grass carp is as high as 20%. Therefore, many merchants now choose Basha fish as the ingredients for making pickled fish. However, if Basha fish is directly used, the price of pickled fish will drop. If it is Longli fish, the price can be raised and the profit can be increased.

Finally, the meat quality of Basha fish is relatively thick, and it can be cut into patterns after being cooked for a long time, which also makes up for the shortcomings of grass carp. Therefore, more and more shops choose Basha fish as pickled fish. Although Basha fish tastes good, I think customers should have at least the right to know. It is not advisable to sell dog meat by hanging sheep's head.