Su Mei, the famous representative of high-grade fish ingredients. It is a coral fish with sexy thick lips that has been one of the most precious delicacies on the table for many years. The most commonly used weight of Sumei is about 600 grams, the best, and the price is also the most expensive. The price of Sumei of about 500 grams in the Chinese market is 600-1800 yuan per catty. The larger the fish, the cheaper it is.
Sumei belongs to the family Ofsaceridae, known as corrugated fish, mainly distributed in China's Hainan Wanning, Lingshui and other seas and Southeast Asian waters. Sumei is a valuable marine fish, living in the sea with rocks and coral reefs, because there are two stripes like eyebrows behind the eyes, so it has a very special nickname - "Sumei". Its body color will be bright with the habitat of the color, so it is also called coral fish.
Because of its tender flesh, the fish has long been traded as an economic fish, and large, hermaphrodite fish like the sumei have a long growth cycle, and overfishing can easily cause its population to decline rapidly. Many juvenile fish do not reach the breeding age that is caught, resulting in fewer and fewer adult fish that can reproduce, many so-called artificial breeding of Sumei on the market, in fact, the breeding of juvenile fish, artificial breeding of Sumei technology is not yet mature, can not be widely promoted.
Although there are public sales in the domestic aquatic market, they are basically illegal. This fish is listed as endangered in the 2004 IUCN Red Book and is a protected species in Appendix II of the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). Although listed as an endangered protected species, illegal acts such as poaching, smuggling, and black market trading in Sumei continue.
Sumei in the Chinese market is mainly from Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. A Sumei that weighs about 750 grams costs about 1500 yuan from the seafood market, and on the restaurant menu, such a fish can be sold for more than 3000 yuan with only a steam.
Not everyone can consume, but it still can't affect the just needs of its market, especially during the holidays, Su Mei's demand is very strong, and sometimes there will even be a phenomenon that it is difficult to find a fish. It is said that coral fish such as Sumei may contain ciguatera toxin in their bodies, and heating or freezing cannot destroy its toxicity. From a legal and health point of view, it is still recommended that everyone do not consume Su Mei.
The most suitable method for Sumei is steaming, because the Sumei fish meat itself has a unique sweet taste, and only steaming can best show its original taste. When steaming, ham, mushrooms and fungi can also be added, which can play a role in freshening. In addition, sumei fish can also be used to cook soup, but can not be seasoned with complex seasoning, and the basic cooking rules are not covered by the fresh flavor of the fish itself.
Eating more than one fish is also suitable for the cooking method of Sumei, fish meat can be boneless to make fish raw; fish head can be used to cook soup; fish brisket can be boiled porridge; fish skin is rich in collagen, suitable for cold mixing; fishbone fried or pretzel is good; Sumei's most extreme delicious is its fish lips, and a plate of milk soup fish lips can be sold for thousands of yuan.