Generally, grass carp, snakehead, perch, Qingjiang fish and Basha fish are used for grilled fish.

grass fishbone is abundant, but its meat is delicious and rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which is beneficial to blood circulation and is a good food for cardiovascular patients. Rich in selenium, often eaten, it has the effect of anti-aging and beauty, and it also has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on tumors; For people with weak body and poor appetite, grass and fish are tender but not greasy, which can stimulate appetite and nourish.

snakehead has a tight meat quality, delicious taste, few bone spurs, high meat content and rich nutrition, which is higher than protein contained in chicken and beef. Black fish contains protein, fat, 18 kinds of amino acids, etc. It also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins necessary for human body. It is suitable for people with weak body, hypoproteinemia, deficiency of spleen and stomach, malnutrition and anemia. People in Guangxi often regard snakehead as a precious tonic to promote lactation and replenish blood.

The meat of perch is tender and has high nutritional value. Carassius auratus has high medicinal value, and its nature is flat and sweet. When it enters the stomach and kidney, it has the effects of harmonizing the middle energizer, tonifying deficiency, eliminating sputum, warming the stomach and eating, and invigorating the middle energizer. Carassius auratus from February to April and from August to December are the fattest.