Fried dog fish and drizzled with sauce, the meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and fragrant, and the lips and teeth are fragrant
Spring is in full bloom, it is the season when dog mother fish are in full bloom, and there are many small dog female fish for sale in the market, although inconspicuous, but very fat and tender. After being fried and drizzled with a layer of homemade sauce, the meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and fragrant, and always inseparable from every family's table.
Dog mother fish, also known as nine ganfish, dogfish rockfish, white pigeon fish, sand ganfish, etc., commonly known as lizard fish in English, is one of the more than 2,000 species of goby. This small carnivorous fierce fish, completely different from the dog mother fish with the scientific name dragon fish, is not large, reproduces quickly, is abundant, and is not easy to catch. Among them, some are like jumping fish, the body surface is dark gray, the abdomen is white, the body is as thick as a little finger, this fish is fickle in color, most of them are not strong swimming, the range of activity is narrow, mainly inhabiting the sand and gravel gaps, using the changeable patterns on the body as a camouflage, waiting for the opportunity to prey. They also have the most prominent morphological feature, that is, the ventral fins merge into one, forming a suction cup-like structure, often like lizards with ventral fins to support the body to feed, but also like to swim upstream, when the big wave hit, can tightly adsorb the suction cup on rocks or other fixed objects without being swept away.
Dog mother fish is rich in protein, fat, unsaturated fatty acids, carbohydrates, vitamin A, B vitamins, as well as calcium, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium, iron and other trace elements, its protein content is very high, is a nutritionally balanced protein source. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine food therapy, the dog mother fish is sweet and salty and cold, and has the effect of nourishing the essence and tonifying the kidney, nourishing and replenishing the blood.
The meat of the dog mother fish is soft and tender, sweet and fishy, and Chaoshan people like to eat it, and they are used to stewing or frying it with vegetable oil and soy sauce. When cooking, the purchased female fish is washed, dried, and lightly coated with corn starch, at the same time, sauce is made with oyster sauce, cooking wine, soy sauce and sugar; Add more cooking oil to the pan, heat it, put the dog fish in batches, fry until the surface is golden, take it out, drizzle with sauce and eat; If you like to eat crispy ones, let them cool and fry them again.
