Qiao Zui is a very traditional Chinese delicacy, and its preparation requires certain skills and patience. The characteristic of this dish is that the mouth of the fish is tilted up to resemble a mouth, hence the name "Qiao Zui". Here’s how to make this delicacy.

Ingredients

_Fish: 1 piece

Salt: appropriate amount

Onion, ginger and garlic: appropriate amount

Cooking wine : Appropriate amount

Light soy sauce: Appropriate amount

Dark soy sauce: Appropriate amount

Sugar: Appropriate amount

Chicken essence: Appropriate amount

Starch: appropriate amount

Oil: appropriate amount

Steps

1. Preparation work

Slaughter the fish, remove the scales and guts , remove the head and tail, then wash the fish and dry it.

2. Cut the fish into thin slices

Cut the fish into thin slices, each slice is about 1.5 cm wide, 2.5 cm long, and about 0.3 cm thick.

3. Marinate the fish fillets

Put the fish fillets into a large bowl, add salt, onion, ginger, garlic, and cooking wine, mix well and marinate for 10 minutes.

4. Fried fish fillets

Add starch to the marinated fish fillets, mix well and fry in an oil pan until golden brown.

5. Cook the fish fillets

Put the fried fish fillets into the pot, add appropriate amount of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, chicken essence and water, and cook until the soup becomes soupy. Just thicken it.

6. Complete

Place the cooked fish fillets on a plate, sprinkle with chopped green onion and chili shreds and serve.