Black herring, also known as black pomfret, etc. Black herring is flat and sweet, tender and delicious, and its protein content exceeds that of chicken, so it is the top grade of freshwater fish. Black herring has the effects of invigorating qi, tonifying deficiency, invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach, eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis, and can prevent pregnancy edema if properly eaten. People with weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood are suitable for eating herring.

How to make herring delicious?

Black herring can be braised, dry-roasted, stewed, sweet and sour or cut and smoked, or processed into strips, slices and slices to make various dishes. Tips for cleaning herring: Hold the knife in your right hand, hold the fish head in your left hand, scrape the fish scales from beginning to end with a knife, then dig out the gills with your right thumb and forefinger, cut the belly from the mouth of herring to the navel with scissors, dig out the internal organs, rinse it with water, scrape off the black film on the abdomen with a knife, and then rinse it off.

Here is a pregnant woman's recipe: iron steak herring.

Ingredients: 500g herring.

Accessories: 30g onion and 50g pea.

Seasoning: cooking wine 5g tomato sauce 10g white sugar 5g soy sauce 5g salt 2g lard (refined) 30g.

Cooking steps of iron row herring:

1. Cut herring into 8 cm long segments and season with soy sauce; Shred onion.

2. When the oil in the pot is heated to 70%, put the fish segments into the pot one by one, fry them until they are golden on both sides, take them out and control them to dry.

3. Leave the bottom oil in the pot, stir-fry the onion, add cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, salt, tomato sauce, peas and stock, then add the fried fish pieces, simmer for about 2 minutes to taste, then boil over high fire and pour a little sesame oil.

Nutritional value of herring

1. Black herring is fresh and delicious, and its protein content exceeds that of chicken, so it is the top grade of freshwater fish. Mainly selling fresh food, smoked products, inferior products, canned herring soaked in oil and fried herring with tomato sauce are also very popular.

2. Black herring is an important economic fish in China because of its large size and fast growth. The meat is tender and delicious, especially in winter. It contains protein15.8 ~19.5g, fat 2.6 ~ 5.2g, heat 96 ~ 125 kcal, calcium 25 ~ 72mg, phosphorus171~ 246mg and iron 0.

3. Herring is sweet, flat and non-toxic, which is beneficial to eliminating dampness, neutralizing malaria, nourishing liver, improving eyesight and nourishing stomach; Indications: beriberi with damp arthralgia, boredom, malaria, bloody stranguria, etc.

4. Herring contains 19.5% protein and 5.2% fat, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, B 1, B2 and trace element zinc. Adults need 12 ~ 16 grams of zinc every day, and the demand in adolescence increases accordingly. Zinc is an important component of enzyme protein, which is closely related to gonad, pancreas and brain droop. The content of zinc in human body only accounts for 3/100,000, but once it is insufficient, it will often reduce the sense of smell, listlessness and "I.Q.". In addition, there will be diseases such as insufficient growth height and difficult wound healing.