Halfway through the year, I recently remembered the squeaky dish - squirrel cinnamon fish. The squirrel cinnamon fish has been eaten clean by us when it is Chinese New Year's Eve, and today I think of it again with a handful of saliva. Squirrel cinnamon fish, also known as squirrel mandarin fish, is a traditional dish in Suzhou, there are many legends and allusions about squirrel cinnamon fish, and the story of Qianlong patronizing the Yellow Crane Tower is the most popular. This time I will tell you a story about the source.
It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Gongzi Guang (later King Lu of Wu) wanted to kill King Wu and establish himself as king. Gongzi Guang knew that King Wu liked to eat fish, so he wanted to take advantage of this weakness of his to assassinate him. He first drew the pattern of the meat on the back of the fish and fried it in oil, so that the fish meat swelled up, and it sprinkled condiments on it, and the shape became swollen and could not see that there was a dagger hidden inside, so Gongzi Guang stabbed his hand and established himself as king, and later Gongzi Guang often ordered the chef to make this dish. Once, when serving a dish, the bystander asked Gongzi Guang that this dish did not look like a squirrel, so the dish was called open.
This traditional dish has evolved over the generations to become the way it is today, and it tastes sweet and sour, and it is also crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
ingredient
Mandarin fish / 50 grams of river prawns / 1 sachet of frozen corn kernels / 2 spoons of pine nuts / 1 tbsp of cooking wine / Salt to taste / 1 pot of corn starch / Sauce to taste / 1/2 bowl of tomato sauce / 2 spoons of rice vinegar / 1 spoon of light soy sauce / 3 spoons of sugar
steps
step1
After handling the mandarin fish, cut off the head.
step2
Cut from the spine on the back of the fish and cut along the spine.
step3
Cut off the fish against the spine of the fish, do not cut off the fish. (Use the same method on both sides)
step4
Use kitchen scissors to cut off the tail bone of the fish so that the tail of the fish is connected.
step5
This is to use the fish knife method, first slice the knife horizontally on the inside of the fish, and then cut the fish vertically. (Be careful not to scratch the skin of the fish)
step6
Sprinkle the fish and meat with cooking wine and salt and marinate for half an hour. Add salt, cooking wine, starch to the shrimp. Stir well and marinate for half an hour.
step7
Wrap the whole fish in starch, and wrap the inside and outside of the fish with flour. (After wrapping, the last fry can be fixed) Turn the tail out of the fish and fry until golden brown.
step8
After the fish is fried, pour in the shrimp and fry them until golden brown.
step9
After heating the pan, pour the tomato sauce in, fry the red oil and add the rice vinegar, soy sauce, salt and sugar and other condiments to a boil. Then add starch and cook until thick.
step10
Pour in the corn kernels and bring to a boil.
step11
Sprinkle the cooked sauce and accessories over the fried fish and you're done
finished product
If you want the squirrel fish to squeak, sprinkle hot oil on it, so that a squirrel fish is completed ~ it is also a good choice for banquet guests.