Winter Recipe【5】Fish Head and Tofu Soup

Winter Recipe【5】Fish Head and Tofu Soup

Overview

[The World of Foodies] There has been a widely circulated jingle: women who eat fish are more beautiful, men who eat fish are healthier, children who eat fish are smarter, old people who eat fish live longer, and the nation who eats fish is more prosperous! The combination of fish head and tofu makes a delicious and nutritious soup. The fish head is low in fat and calories. It is rich in collagen and has the effect of beautifying and moisturizing. Long-term consumption has the effect of strengthening the spleen, replenishing qi, and warming the stomach. Tofu is rich in protein and calcium, and has the functions of clearing away heat and moisturizing, promoting body fluids, detoxifying, and lowering blood lipids. The combination of fish head and tofu is stewed into a delicious and nutritious soup. It can not only warm the body and strengthen the brain, but also moisturize the skin.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Wash the fish head and cut it in half without cutting the bottom; use 1 spoon of cooking wine and an appropriate amount of salt to mix well and marinate for 15 minutes. Drain the marinated fish heads with kitchen towels.

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  2. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the hot pot and wipe the inside of the pot with ginger. This will avoid oil splashing when frying the fish head. This way the fish head won't stick to the bottom of the pan when frying. Put the fish head into the pot, turn on medium heat and fry on both sides; turn to low heat and fry until brown and take out. Do not reuse the oil used for frying fish heads. First put the fish head into a pot without oil to dry the water on the surface of the fish head before frying; this will prevent oil stains everywhere when frying the fish head.

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  3. Place the pot on the induction cooker and turn on the fry button. Add 2 tablespoons of oil and sauté the ginger slices until fragrant.

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  4. Put the fish head into the fried ginger slices; pour an appropriate amount of water to cover the fish head, add cooking wine, bring to a boil over high heat and cook for about 3 minutes. Only when the fish used to make fish soup is fried and then simmered in boiling water over high heat will the fish head soup appear milky white; this is the result of the oil and water being fully mixed. This way the fish head soup will have a richer flavor.

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  5. For tofu, choose soft tofu specially made for soup. Cut the tofu from the middle and cut it into equal-sized cubes for later use.

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  6. Bring water to a boil in a pot, pour in tofu cubes and blanch them; blanch them to remove purines. Or you can apply salt on it and rinse it with water afterwards.

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  7. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-low heat and simmer for 8 minutes until the soup turns milky white. The fish head soup should be milky white, which depends on the degree of frying of the fish head. The time needs to be determined according to local conditions. As long as the soup is cooked to milky white, the soup will be successful.

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  8. Add the tofu cubes and stir gently; bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Continue to boil over high heat, then switch to low heat and simmer for about 5 minutes. It is best to cook until the soup turns white and add pepper. Do not pour milk into the fish soup, because milk will form when the soup is boiled. Not only will the color of the soup not look good, but the original flavor of the fish head soup will also be lost. [If you like the milky flavor, you can try it]

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  9. Put a spoonful of salt into the fish head soup. Do not add salt too early when making the soup. Add salt when the fish head soup is cooked to reduce the penetration of salt into the fish head and keep the nutrients of the fish head soup from being lost.

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  10. It’s a good time to take supplements in autumn and winter. Fish head soup is delicious and has high nutritional value; fish heads can be the first choice when eating aquatic products. The protein content of fish head soup is twice that of pork. It is rich in high-quality protein because the soup is thick and easily absorbed by the human body. Tofu is known as "plant-based meat". Contains a variety of trace elements, sugars, vegetable oils and high-quality proteins necessary for the human body. The soup made of fish head and tofu is something you won’t get tired of no matter how you make it. How is it? If you don’t want to give it a try, feel free to ask any questions! Just leave it in the comments, I will answer it when I see it~~~

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