How To Cook Sour Pickled Fish (酸菜鱼 Suan Cai Yu)? Sour Pickled Fish (酸菜鱼 Suan Cai Yu) is a famous home-cooked dish in Shu Kingdom (now Sichuan), and it is also a signature dish in many restaurants! The authentic Sichuan-style pickled fish is made with boiled pickled cabbage mixed with fish meat that is sweet and slightly spicy, with a hint of chili pepper. The soup is sour and spicy, and the fish fillet is thick, tender and chewy, making you want to eat it! Its rich but not greasy taste is suitable for eating in winter, and it is also very appetizing in summer. It has high nutritional value!
The traditional and authentic Sichuan style pickled fish is difficult. There are many cooking methods. The unique seasoning and unique cooking techniques are very particular. It is not easy for novices to learn. But don’t worry, the method I teach you in this article is not the same. It’s too complicated. Changing the traditional grass carp to the local ingredient seabass makes it more convenient for you to buy. The carefully designed recipe makes the method much simpler. There is no need to drizzle hot oil. The simple method ensures that everyone can learn it. Hurry up and follow along at home. Do it and see!
How To Cook Sour Pickled Fish
When making this dish, you need to buy Salted Mustard Green (Cai Chua) from the supermarket or Amazon in advance. In addition to fish, it is an essential ingredient.
Cooking Tips
The fish is the most important ingredient in this recipe. As I mentioned in my previous Delicious Spicy Grilled Fish recipe, traditionally a whole fish is used to make dishes like Pickled Mustard Fish or Red Braised Fish. The fish bones are used to make the stock. The fish fillets are thinly sliced, marinated, and cooked in a stock flavored with various herbs and seasoning. Nowadays in Asia, a skilled seafood seller can do most of the fish preparation for you. But at least in the US, it’s not that easy to find that.
Ingredients
- Perch fillet 200g
- Salted Mustard Green 150g
- Dried chili flakes 3g
- Green onion 25g
- Ginger 7g
- Coriander 8g
- Rice wine 20g
- Salt 5g
- Sugar 5g
- White pepper 2.5g
- Sichuan pepper oil 10g
- Corn flour 10g
Make Sour Pickled Fish (Suan Cai Yu) Steps
- Cut the white scallions into diagonal sections, cut the green scallions into shreds, cut the ginger into thick shreds, and cut the pickled cabbage into shreds.
- Slice the sea bass and marinate with salt and rice wine for about 5 minutes. After washing, grab the corn flour and set aside.
- Add oil to the pot and stir-fry the shredded ginger over high heat. After the shredded ginger is colored, add green onion, dried chili flakes and pickled cabbage and stir-fry until fragrant.
- Add 1000c.c of water or seafood stock until fragrant. Season the cooked soup base and add white pepper, sugar, and peppercorn oil.
- Add fish and cook until the soup boils. Turn off the heat when the fish is cooked.
- Place the cooked pickled fish on a plate, sprinkle with coriander, add shredded green onions and enjoy.
Sour Pickled Fish Recipe
Sour Pickled Fish (酸菜鱼 Suan Cai Yu)
Equipment
- 1 Frying Pan
- 1 Cutting Board
Ingredients
- 200 g Perch fillet
- 150 g Salted Mustard Green
- 3 g Dried chili flakes
- 25 g Green onion
- 7 g Ginger
- 8 g Coriander
- 20 g Rice wine
- 5 g Salt
- 5 g Sugar
- 2.5 g White pepper
- 10 g Sichuan pepper oil
- 10 g Corn flour
Instructions
- Cut the white scallions into diagonal sections, cut the green scallions into shreds, cut the ginger into thick shreds, and cut the pickled cabbage into shreds.
- Slice the sea bass and marinate with salt and rice wine for about 5 minutes. After washing, grab the corn flour and set aside.
- Add oil to the pot and stir-fry the shredded ginger over high heat. After the shredded ginger is colored, add green onion, dried chili flakes and pickled cabbage and stir-fry until fragrant.
- Add 1000c.c of water or seafood stock until fragrant. Season the cooked soup base and add white pepper, sugar, and peppercorn oil.
- Add fish and cook until the soup boils. Turn off the heat when the fish is cooked.
- Place the cooked pickled fish on a plate, sprinkle with coriander, add shredded green onions and enjoy.
Notes
How To Cook Sour Pickled Fish (酸菜鱼 Suan Cai Yu)
