As the saying goes: relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the sea to eat the sea. This long coastline allows Yingkou people to obtain rich ingredients from the sea, so seafood large and small has become a regular customer on the yingkou people's table. Today, Xiaobian brings you another Seafood-based Yingkou dish - sea catfish stewed tofu.
Sea catfish scientific name goby, in China's Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea coastal shallow water area common species, mostly speartail compound goby, sea catfish head, large mouth split, fine teeth, small eyes, sub-cylindrical body, thick front, slightly flat tail. Although there are hundreds of species of sea catfish, because of the high salinity of the sea water in Bohai Bay, the sea catfish produced in Bohai Bay can be said to be the best of the sea catfish, and in the shrimp ponds artificially farmed along the beach in Yingkou, the sea catfish that eat small shrimp grows up is a fine product.
The nutritional value of sea catfish is very high, according to the "Food Materia Medica" record: sea catfish, warm in the qi, the main food aphrodisiac, healthy bones and blood veins and other effects, is a good product for medicinal dietary supplements. Modern medicine proves that the high content of vitamin A in the meat of sea catfish can promote the normal metabolism of the skin and maintain the elasticity and tenderness of the skin. Sea catfish is rich in water and has few soft spines, making it a good cooking ingredient.
As the old saying goes: a dish has a taste. So every household cooks sea catfish with the same ingredients, but the taste is very different. In the cooking of sea catfish stewed tofu does not mix useless ingredients, does not damage the rich and nutritious meat quality of sea catfish, the right amount of vinegar, material, wine, onion ginger, star anise to remove the fishy taste of sea catfish, with Yingkou local Yingkou sauce to increase the deliciousness of fish, watercress and sugar melted in the sauce will make the sea catfish better retain tender, the local brine tofu has a small water content, the taste is sturdy, the fish aroma and bean flavor are soaked together after cooking with the fish, when the sea catfish stewed tofu is eight or nine minutes ripe, add a little pepper, not only can decorate the dish, It can also increase the nutrition in the dish.