Smoked small yellow croaker is a delicacy with small yellow croaker and dried shrimps as the main ingredients.

Ingredients

2 pounds of small yellow croaker

30 grams of dried shrimps

Ingredients

20 grams of white sugar< /p>

2 tablespoons of light soy sauce

2 slices of green onion

Two slices of ginger

2 star anise

A small amount of pepper< /p>

2 tablespoons of cooking wine

How to make smoked small yellow croaker at home

1. Wash the yellow croaker and remove the head and internal organs

2. Submerge the fish with cooking wine and light soy sauce for half an hour to remove the fishy smell

3. Pour oil into the pot and bring to a boil over medium heat, then place the fish on oil-absorbing paper to absorb the water and deep-fry until crispy

4. If you want to fry the fish for a longer time, turn down the heat and fry slowly

5. Control the oiliness of the fried fish and set it aside later

6. Then Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, add the shrimp skin, simmer over low heat to get the shrimp oil, then filter out the shrimp skin, leaving only the shrimp oil in the pot for later use

7. Prepare the smoked fish at this time Sauce ingredients: onions, ginger, bay leaves, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, light soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar

8. After the shrimp oil is boiled in the pot, first add chopped green onions, ginger slices, bay leaves, and Sichuan peppercorns , star anise and stir-fry until fragrant

9. Pour in the light soy sauce, cooking wine and sugar and bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat until it becomes a thick sauce

10. This is what it looks like when it is ready< /p>

11. Use a strainer to filter all the residue and leave only the soup.

12. Pour the soup into the fried croaker, then cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator. Marinate for more than 4 hours. The longer you marinate, the more delicious it will be.

13. This is after marinating, take it out and put it into a plate

Cooking tips

1. Yellow flowers Fish is easy to break when fried, so try to fry one side until crispy before flipping the other side;

2. Use more oil for frying fish, so that the fish can be fried thoroughly over low heat and then marinated. The fish tastes best when it is prepared;

3. I did not write down the amount of ingredients this time, because everyone has different tastes. You can taste it yourself when making the soup, and then add salt or sugar according to your preference. ;

4. The marinated yellow croaker does not need to be heated and can be eaten immediately.