Hairtail, grass carp, silver carp and many other fish are rich in protein, with high nutritional value and delicious taste, but these fish often have earthy smell. Here are several ways to get rid of the earthy smell:

1, wash the river fish, put it in cold water, and then pour a small amount of vinegar and pepper into the water, so that the treated river fish has no earthy smell.

2. You can soak the live fish in salt water with 5 kg of half salt water, and the salt water is immersed in the blood through the cheeks. After an hour, the earthy smell can disappear. If it is a dead fish, soak it in salt water for two hours to remove the earthy smell.

There are two white ribs on both sides of the carp's back, which is something that makes a special fishy smell. Pay attention to remove these two white tendons when slaughtering, so that there will be no fishy smell after cooking.

4. When the fish is slaughtered, the blood of the fish can be washed as clean as possible, and seasonings such as onion, ginger and garlic can be added when cooking, which can basically remove the earthy smell.