Salted fish is a common food in life, especially during the Chinese New Year and festivals. Many families will pickle the fish and bacon. The salted fish will last longer after being pickled, and tastes salty and fragrant. Many people may have only eaten salted fish, but they don’t know exactly how to pickle it. Here I will introduce you to some methods of making salted fish.

1. How to make salted fish

(1) Salted fish pickling method one

1. When pickling salted fish, you can choose the common ones in life. After slaughtering the fat-headed fish, wash it with clean water, chop off its head, and marinate only its body. The removed head can be used to make soup.

2. Prepare an appropriate amount of edible salt. The ratio of edible salt to fish meat should be one to fifteen. Then apply the edible salt evenly on the body of the fathead fish and marinate it in a cool place every day. The fish must be turned over.

3. The fish will be marinated in a week. At this time, you can take it out and tie it with a rope, hang it in a cool and ventilated place, and let it dry slowly. It will take about ten to fifteen days. It can make the fish dry just right, and the salted fish will be marinated at this time.

(2) Salted fish pickling method 2

1. The common big herring in the pot can also be used to pickle salted fish, and it is best to choose big herring when pickling. The middle part, so that the marinated salted fish will have plump meat and an attractive taste. After canceling the interruption of the big herring, split it in the middle, and then prepare an appropriate amount of salt, cooking wine, ginger and aniseed.

2. Evenly apply the prepared edible salt on the surface of the big herring, then put it in a clean container, add cooking wine, minced ginger, and aniseed ingredients, mix thoroughly, and marinate. When marinating, you can put heavy objects on top of the fish. After marinating for 4 to 5 days, the fish will be flavorful and can only be taken out to dry.

3. Thread the marinated herring on a rope and place it in a sunny place to dry. Generally, it can be dried in five to seven days. However, the longer the salted fish is dried, the more likely it is to dry. The taste will be better, so when you make it at home, it is best to let it dry for a longer time.

2. How to eat salted fish

How to eat dried salted fish:

The first method: Soak the dried fish in cold water for 3 hours, wash Put it into a bowl, add oil, salt, chili pepper (dried or fresh), shredded ginger, a small amount of vinegar, green onion, a small amount of red wine, a small amount of pepper, etc., add some water as appropriate, and then slowly steam it for 20 It takes just a few minutes and tastes great.

Second method: Wash the fish after soaking in water. Add oil to the wok. Flip the fish a few times, pour in soy sauce, stir again, add soybeans and an appropriate amount of water, and cook for a while. , add milk, salt, ginger, onion and other condiments, cook until cooked, add MSG and serve. This way, even I, who am very picky about food, think it tastes delicious.

The third type: Same as mentioned above, of course, it can be braised with other prunes, etc.

There are many ways to eat salted fish:

1] Stir-fried salted fish with silver sprouts: Soak the salted fish in water, then drain the water after softening. Remove the heads and tails of the bean sprouts, wash and drain the water. Sauté the salted fish with hot oil until crispy. Dish it up and then use the remaining oil in the wok to sauté a tablespoon of minced garlic until fragrant. Pour in the silver sprouts and stir-fry over high heat. Stir-fry for a while, add salted fish, a little soy sauce, sugar to taste, garnish with shredded green onions and red pepper, and serve.

2] Salted fish fried rice: overnight rice, two bowls of salted fish, bean sprouts with the above Method: Heat the oil for one egg, sauté a tablespoon of minced garlic until fragrant, pour in the dandelion liquid, stir-fry until dispersed, add the soy sauce, don't stop, continue to stir-fry, pour in the rice when the aroma is overflowing. At this time, you need to be patient and fry the rice thoroughly until fragrant. Finally, add salted fish and silver sprouts, season with salt and sugar, and sprinkle with a large amount of green onions

After understanding the above method, everyone can make their own at home. Let’s start pickling salted fish. You can eat some salted fish with your daily meals. Salted fish can also be eaten with other ingredients. However, although salted fish is delicious, you should also pay attention to eating it in moderation. You should not eat too much pickled food. There are many, and everyone should also pay attention to eating some cured fish and bacon in moderation!