When we were young, the old people told us that animals with four legs are not as good as animals with two legs, and animals with two legs are not as good as animals without legs. What does this mean? As we grow older, we find that our ancestors are really wise. This is about our diet, which is the health care that everyone is paying close attention to now. What we are talking about is protein intake. The higher the quality of protein, the fewer legs it should have. If you want to supplement protein, fish is better than chicken, and chicken is better than pork. So how do we make a good fish? There are many ways to cook fish, including deep-fried, pan-fried, sweet and sour, steamed, etc. This is an issue we are going to discuss today. How to make a steamed fish? Do you need to add salt when steaming fish?

My answer is don’t add salt when steaming fish. Why do you say that? First, let’s take a look at fish. Why do we choose to steam it? Everyone knows that steamed fish is tender, delicious and has an original flavor. Since we want this taste, if we add salt, it will destroy this taste. First, it will aggravate the taste, and second, it will cause the fish to become easily burnt. This is why we cannot add salt when steaming fish. Since salt cannot be added, how to ensure the taste of fish? Let’s take a look at how to make a steamed fish next.

In fact, if you eat sea fish, sea fish will have a faint salty smell. But if you eat river fish, then you must first solve a problem, which is how to remove the earthy smell from river fish. It’s the key part to making good steamed fish. We know that when buying fish, we have to remove the scales, internal organs and gills. When cleaning the fish, we must pay attention to removing the black film inside the fish belly, because 50% of the earthy smell comes from this black film. Clean the black membrane, which is the key to ensuring the taste of steamed fish. After cleaning, we apply the chopped green onions, garlic slices, and cooking wine evenly to the inside of the fish's head and belly. This is also a way to remove the fishy smell. Finally put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

To ensure that the meat is fresh and tender when steaming fish, it must be over high heat. After boiling the water, put the fish on it. The steaming time should not be too long, just ten minutes or so. This kind of fish will be tender and juicy. The final step of icing on the fish is here. After the fish is steamed, we pour steamed fish soy sauce on the fish, then add chopped green onion and ginger to the pot over high heat, then pour the hot oil on top of the fish, and you're done.