Reading guide: The beginning of spring is coming, the east wind is warm, and the earth thaws all things. Because there are a lot of things at home this year, the big brothers and sisters in Liaoning and Sichuan are ready to take the whole family back to their hometown to have a lively New Year. In order to welcome the eldest brother and sister, my uncle and I cleaned up the room for them, and also prepared a lot of hometown food, hoping that they could feel the love of their family for him. After the eldest brother and sister went home, they also brought us a lot of local specialties, such as the eldest brother brought us back Sichuan bacon, smoked sausage, rabbit head, and the eldest sister brought us home a lot of seafood, and I felt that the feeling of mutual payment between relatives was really good!
For example, the 4 kinds of fish brought back to us this time are the fattest times around the beginning of spring every year, and these 4 kinds of fish can not be artificially farmed, these 4 kinds of fish sister ran 3 docks to buy some, that is, to prepare for us to eat at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, by the way to add some freshness to the Chinese New Year's Eve meal! If your home is in the coastal area or there is a seafood market around your home, you can properly stock up on these kinds of fish, and after visiting the family, make them to eat, which is delicious and beautiful!
The first type: redhead fish
Redhead fish are also known as "shortfin red lady fish, red embroidered shoes, red baby fish, red fish", because their body color is red, and the head also has a particularly eye-catching red, so people are used to calling this fish "redhead fish". The redhead fish after adulthood is only 30 cm in size, but its meat is particularly firm and delicious, so the redhead fish is most suitable for stewed soup or steaming, and most people like to drink the redhead fish stew soup, because everyone believes that drinking the redhead fish soup can replenish the qi and blood, and put a plate of redhead fish in the Spring Festival, which has the meaning of good luck.
Redhead fish are found in the "Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea" and other places on the mainland, and it has migratory properties, the meat quality of the redhead fish is the fattest around the beginning of spring every year, and people who know how to eat fish will often buy redhead fish to eat. Redhead fish is not very expensive seafood, generally 10-15 yuan 1 catty, and the price of meat is about the same, buy 3-4, only 15 yuan, is more affordable, we don't have to worry about buying farmed redhead fish, because of its unique living habits, the redhead fish we eat are wild.
The second type: big-headed treasure
Datoubao is also called "Huangpi, Meitong, Datouzi, Dingzhu, Meizi", because its appearance is very similar to the small yellow croaker, and many people will recognize it as "small yellow croaker". In fact, there is a clear difference between the big head treasure and the small yellow croaker, the big head wraps the body flattened on the side, the front is high and the back is tapered, the tail stalk is slender, the head is large and blunt, the forehead is protruding, and the head accounts for about 1/3 of the whole body, while the head of the small yellow croaker will obviously be a little smaller, and the mouth will be obviously sharper. If you don't know how to distinguish a big-headed fish, the easiest way is to touch the top of the fish's head directly, if you can touch two small spines, it is a big-headed treasure, and vice versa.
Don't look at the big head treasure small, before and after the beginning of the spring big head treasure, he can be called "second to none" in the sea fish, because the big head treasure is fresh and tender, the spines are also very soft, when eating the big head fish, all the internal organs in the big head treasure are cleaned, and then stew it to eat or simply steam it, can retain the original umami of the big head treasure. The economic value of the big head treasure is not high, and the wild production is relatively large, so the big head treasure on the market is wild.
The third type: anglerfish
Anglerfish is also known as "toad fish, sea toad, anglerfish", although its appearance is very ugly, but its flesh is tight like a lobster, strong and not loose, the fiber elasticity is full, the fresh fragrance is better than most fish, and the anglerfish is also rich in collagen, women often eat, can nourish the skin! In addition to the delicious meat, the anglerfish eats rich and fat, and the taste is delicate, and the foie gras is not inferior, so when dealing with the anglerfish, don't throw away the liver, fry it and eat it, the taste is super good!
Because anglerfish often live at a depth of 500~5000 meters at sea level, they have unique living habits, and there is no way to simulate this environment, so the anglerfish we eat are wild. When you eat anglerfish, the simpler the method, the more it can retain its umami.
Fourth: silver pomfret
Silver pomfret is the most delicious species of marine fish in fishermen's mouths, because its meat is particularly tender, and there are no spines, and there is no fishy smell, it is super delicious to use it to steam or dry roast. And this year's price of silver pomfret is not expensive, 15-20 yuan 1 catty, you can buy a particularly good appearance of silver pomfret, like to eat fish, before and after the beginning of spring, must not miss the silver pomfret!
When you buy silver pomfret, you have to learn golden pomfret and silver pomfret, the scales on the surface of the golden pomfret are golden, the surface of the silver pomfret is silver, most of the golden pomfret is farmed, only the silver pomfret is wild.
Before and after "Lichun", these 4 kinds of seafood are fat, "red-headed fish, big-headed treasure, anglerfish, silver pomfret", and they can't be artificially cultivated, so they can be stocked up properly, just to add some freshness to the "Chinese New Year's Eve Meal"! These 4 kinds of fish can be steamed directly, and the taste is particularly fresh! If today's article is helpful to you, then click a follow-up, a like, and Master Hu will explain more cooking tips to you in the future!