Eat hairtail during the winter solstice. There is a saying that goes well: "After the winter solstice and the end of the year, the hairtail becomes flakes." That is to say, before the winter solstice and the Spring Festival, the hairtail will be as plump as flakes. , the most delicious taste and the best texture.

To give a brief introduction, hairtail is a marine fish with relatively high nutritional value. Each 100 grams of hairtail contains 17.7 grams of protein, 4.9 grams of fat, and 29 micrograms of vitamin A. Hairtail is also affordable and cost-effective. The hairtail in Zhoushan is the most popular. most famous.

There are also many ways to cook hairtail. Common methods include steaming, dry-frying, and braised. Without further ado, let me briefly introduce to you how to dry-fry hairtail. In fact, this time it is dry-fried. , mainly based on the Italian method, which is to top the fried hairtail with a thick layer of garlic and onion sauce, which is so delicious.

Our country implements a fishing moratorium policy during the winter months. Fishing boats are prohibited from fishing from May 1st to the end of August every year. However, there are still fresh hairtails on the market, but the stocks are very small. These hairtails are mainly taken out to sea. Although fishing boats are prohibited from catching hairtail, sea fishing is not prohibited. In addition, some fishing boats illegally go out to sea to fish during the fishing ban period, and a small amount of hairtail will flow to the market.

In fact, we are all familiar with hairtail, which is known as one of my country’s famous “four seafoods” along with large and small yellow croaker, pomfret, and squid. Even in inland cities where there are not many aquatic products, hairtail is not uncommon. , frozen of course. Although hairtail has a long and flat body, like a belt, it has a very high meat yield, and it is almost all meat except for one spine in the middle. It is suitable for various cooking methods such as frying, steaming, and braised, and it is of high quality and low price.

There is currently research on hairtail, and the artificial breeding of Zhejiang Zhoushan Fisheries Research Institute has initially achieved success, but there is still a long way to go before large-scale popularization of breeding. At present, the main products on the market are wild East China Sea hairtail and open sea hairtail. East China Sea hairtail is more delicious, while open sea hairtail is fishier and the meat is rougher, and the meat contains bone nodules similar to limestone.