Introduction
Squirrel guppy is a famous dish in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.
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Fry it in a frying pan until crispy, arrange it on a plate and pour the sauce over it while it's still hot.
It is served in a squeaky dish, red in color and crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Ingredients
Guppy: one, ginger, green onion, garlic: each appropriate amount, cooking wine, tomato sauce: each two spoons, pepper, salt, cornstarch, starch, vegetable granules, oil: each appropriate amount of a little, sugar: one spoon.
Steps
Step 1: Remove scales, gills, fins and guts from guppies and rinse well.
Step 2: Cut off the head of the fish, and use a knife to slice it horizontally from the center along the fish bone into three pieces, do not cut off the tail.
Step 3: Use a knife to cut off the fish bones in the center, and then remove the blood and thorns from the middle part of the fish belly.
Step 4: Make equal diagonal cuts across the fish flesh, skin side down, without cutting the skin.
Step 5: After cutting, reorient the fish and make equal diagonal cuts in the opposite direction.
Step 6: After cutting, the skin of the fish is intact and the flesh is in a diamond pattern.
Step 7: Place the fish head, cut fish body and fish meat into a large bowl with ginger, green onion, cooking wine, salt and pepper and marinate for a while.
Step 8: Pour some cornstarch into the pan and coat the fish evenly with the cornstarch, then shake off the excess cornstarch.
Step 9: Heat oil in a wok over medium-high heat until it is about 70% of the way to medium-high, then deep fry the fish. Fry until both sides are golden brown.
Step 10: Cut the fish into small pieces and fry the fish head and meat together in the frying pan.
(Fish head and fried fish body can be served on a platter, and the fried fish can be eaten directly, the crispy texture is also very flavorful.)
Step 11: Add the tomato paste to the bottom of the pan and stir-fry over low heat, then add the water. Add sugar and salt to taste.
Step 12: Add diced vegetables and cook over high heat. Add water starch to thicken, stir well and cook until the soup thickens.
Step 13: Pour the soup over the fish while it is still hot.
Step 14: Eat it while it's still hot, it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Tips
1,Buy slightly fat guppies, too small or too flat fish is not easy to cut.
2,When handling guppies, use a kitchen cloth to hold down the fish and then cut across the body to prevent slipping and make it easier to handle.
3, in the fish body cut knife, strength to pay attention to not cut off the fish skin.
4, enjoy the process of food should also pay attention to safety Oh!