Saury-braised cabbage (hairtail fish stewed with cabbage)

Overview

People in Qingdao call hairtail fish saury. Qingdao’s local saury is narrow and slender. It tastes very fresh and has no fishy smell. It is delicious fried or stewed. I don’t understand. Every time I buy something, I always pretend to ask: Is it local? In fact, I don’t know if it’s true. However, I read on the Internet that there are very few local swordfish in these two places, so let’s try to get a feel for it. Qingdao is rich in seafood, and Shandong is rich in Chinese cabbage. The two most common things collide together, with the freshness of saury and the sweetness of cabbage, and the taste is simple and earthy.

Tags

• hot dishes
• cabbage
• cooking wine
• flour
• onions
• star anise
• starch
• swordfish
• black pepper
• ginger
• salt
• soy sauce

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Clean the swordfish, remove the head and tail, and cut into small pieces. When buying fish in this step, you can ask the fish seller to do it directly for you.

   

2. 2 Put the saury in a container and add some black pepper.

   

3. 3 Add appropriate amount of salt.

   

4. 4 Add appropriate amount of cooking wine.

   

5. 5 Mix well and marinate for 20 minutes.

   

6. 6 Prepare a small bowl, mix flour and starch in a ratio of 9:1 and set aside.

   

7. 7 Drain the saury, place it in a flour bowl and roll it until the entire saury piece is evenly coated with a thin layer of flour.

   

8. 8 Heat oil in a pan.

   

9. 9 When the oil temperature is 70-80% hot, add the saury wrapped in flour.

   

10. 10 Add all the fish pieces and fry until golden brown on both sides.

    

11. 11 Add scallions, ginger slices and star anise, and pour in boiling water until the saury is covered by about 1 cm. After the fire comes to a boil, lower the heat to medium and simmer.

    

12. 12 Wash the cabbage and cut into evenly sized pieces.

    

13. 13 Take another pot and add oil.

    

14. 14 After the oil is hot, put the vegetable stems first, then the vegetable leaves.

    

15. 15 Stir-fry until the vegetable leaves are soft.

    

16. 16 Put the cabbage into the pot where the saury is stewed, and spread it evenly on the saury.

    

17. 17 Add appropriate amount of light soy sauce to taste.

    

18. 18 Cover the pot and simmer for 10 minutes. You can add a little coriander before serving.