As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea, Ningbo people located on the coast of the East China Sea, seafood is naturally a pawn on the table. To say which dish is the most famous, some people may say "red cream choking crab", yes, this dish is indeed a big dish, Ningbo people have no choking crab is not a table. But today I want to introduce another big dish - snow vegetable yellow croaker, a delicacy among many seafood.
Now the market is basically farmed yellow croaker, wild is very scarce, the price difference between the two is about ten times. Wild strips weigh about four or two, the price is 180 yuan per kilogram, and the farmed strips weigh about half a kilogram, 20 yuan per kilogram. In order not to be pitted, let's first learn how to distinguish between wild and farmed.
Appearance differences
Wild yellow croaker: Because it has to rely on its own foraging to survive, its body shape is generally slender and athletic, the head shape is sharper than that of aquaculture, the fish lip is brightly colored, the scales are rough and blunt, the tail is slender and powerful, and the dorsal fin tip is long and serrated, transparent or yellowish.
Farming of yellow croaker: because of the lack of movement in cage culture, the body is relatively bloated, the head is round, the belly is thick, the tail is short, and the dorsal fin is gray-white.
Taste difference
Wild Yellow Croaker: The meat is firm, the taste is sticky and long, and it is not scattered for a long time.
Breeding of yellow croaker: the meat is weak, loose, and boiled for a long time.
The main material is selected, the auxiliary material is also very important, oh, the quality of snow vegetables directly affects the taste of the soup yellow fish.
The pickles in the general vegetable market are far inferior to those pickled at home. Ningbo people pickle snow vegetables, especially Qiu Ai is the most famous, the world calls Qiu Ai snow vegetables "O tank salty", the name is not elegant, but it is the favorite of Ningbo people. There is an old saying that fully illustrates the feelings of Ningbo people and snow vegetables: "I don't eat salty soup for three days, and my two feet are sore."
Ningbo people pickle pickles, first pile the fresh vegetables together, cover the yellow, wash and then dry the water, and then a layer of salt and a layer of fresh vegetables, each layer is tightened with the feet. Occasionally turn the cylinder once in a while, lift the lid after a month, the whole house is fragrant, and the pickles are yellow and shiny.
The yellow croaker has to be served with such a pickle to make the most delicious soup.
Cooking method
1 Heat the pot first, slide the pan, add the green onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant.
2 Fry the yellow fish until yellow on both sides, add the snow vegetables and stir-fry, sprinkle some rice wine.
3 Add warm boiling water without yellow croaker and pickles, first bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to a low heat for about 5 minutes.
4 Sprinkle in the green onion and pot.
nutritive value
Yellow croaker is rich in protein and trace element selenium, which can remove free radicals produced by human metabolism, delay aging, prevent arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease; yellow fish glue can replenish vitality, regulate qi and blood, etc.