Ingredients

  • hairtail 600g
  • Sichuan Sauerkraut 80g
  • Bell pepper 1 piece
  • Two Vitex 2 pieces
  • Vegetable oil 100g
  • Salt 1 tsp
  • Cooking wine 1 small spoon
  • Pixian Doubanjiang 2 tablespoons
  • Old ginger 3 slices
  • Garlic 5 pieces
  • Scallions 2 pcs
  • Dried chili 4 pcs
  • Zanthoxylum bungeanum 1 small spoon
  • Eight anise 2 pcs
  • Dry starch 80g
  • Light soy sauce 1 tablespoon
  • Balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon
  • White sugar 1 small spoon

Steps

Boiled Hairtail Fish

1. Prepare hairtail fish;

Boiled hairtail fish

2. Clean the hairtail, cut it, wash it and dry it with kitchen towel;

Boiled hairtail fish

3. Add appropriate amount of salt and cooking wine to the hairtail and marinate for a while;

Boiled hairtail fish

4. Prepare the auxiliary materials: wash and chop the pickled cabbage; wash and dice the bell pepper and wattle sticks; wash and mince the old ginger and scallions; cut the green scallions into chopped green onions; wash and prepare the garlic. Good dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, and star anise;

Boiled Hairtail Fish

5. Spread dry starch on both sides of the marinated hairtail and shake off excess starch;

Boiled Hairtail Fish

6. PotPour an appropriate amount of vegetable oil into it; the amount of oil is a little more than usual for cooking;

Boiled Hairtail Fish

7. Add the hairtail and do not turn it; shake the pot and the hairtail will move accordingly, then turn the hairtail over; when the hairtail can shake again, you can start the pot;

Boiled Hairtail Fish

8. Take out the fried hairtail;

Boiled hairtail fish

9. Heat another oil pan, add Pixian bean paste and stir-fry until fragrant;

Boiled Hairtail

10. Add sauerkraut and stir-fry until fragrant;

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11. Pour into two large bowls of water;

Boiled Hairtail Fish

12. Add minced ginger, minced scallions, garlic, dried chili peppers, peppercorns, and star anise; then add an appropriate amount of light soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, and white sugar;

Boiled Hairtail Fish

13. Cover and bring to a boil; after boiling, cook for about 5 minutes;

Boiled Hairtail Fish

14. Add hairtail, cover and cook for about 3 minutes;

Boiled Hairtail

15. Add bell pepper and two vitex branches, cook for 30 seconds and turn off the heat;

Boiled Hairtail Fish

16. [Boiled hairtail] is ready, take it out of the pot and sprinkle with chopped green onion.

Tips

  1. 1. The seasoning can be adjusted according to personal taste;