#头条创作挑战赛 # "Small summer and big heat, steaming and cooking", with the arrival of the solar term on July 5th, the hottest dog days of the year are getting closer and closer to us.
Dog days are the hottest and most humid time of the year, and this year's dog days are from July 15 to August 23, a total of 40 days.
Dog days are a more dangerous period of time according to the old folk tradition, because the weather is too hot, at this time many bacteria and insects become particularly active, and it is easy to bring harm to the body in the high temperature and humidity weather, so it is the top priority of dog days to prevent heat stroke and cool down and maintain the body.
Now there is still some distance before the dog days, this is the time to prepare the body for the ambush, and the fish is rich in nutrients, plus the meat is tender and easy to absorb, it is a very good choice.
Hairtail is a very common species of marine fish, and hairtail is a deep-sea fish that cannot be artificially cultivated, so it has become a common ingredient on people's tables, but in the hot summer, hairtail fish are frozen and slow-frozen, such fish is not fresh to eat, and it is likely to be adulterated with "technology and ruthlessness" by traders.
Grass carp is one of the "four big fish" in China, but this fish mainly eats plankton and grass on the upper part of the water, and there are more fish bones, and the hot summer is when the grass carp grows wildly, so the grass carp in this season is not easy to eat.
Dog days are approaching, it is recommended that everyone: eat less hairtail and grass carp, eat more than 4 kinds, nutritious and fatty is not expensive.
1. Large yellow croaker
After entering the fishing moratorium, it is the time when a large number of various cultured marine fish are listed, in which the meat is garlic cloves, the large yellow croaker with umami is very common, and the large yellow croaker is golden yellow, and the folk also pay attention to the "yellow" food in the middle of summer, so the large yellow croaker that is nutritious and tastes good and is not expensive is a very good ingredient in this season.
Recommended recipe: Garlic braised large yellow croaker
1. After peeling the garlic, cut off the roots, remove the scales, gills and internal organs of the large yellow croaker, scrape and clean the black membrane in the abdomen, and then evenly change the diamond-shaped flower knife on both sides of the fish body.
2. Put a little lard in the pot, add a petal of star anise to fry the fragrance and then take it out, wipe the large yellow croaker dry and put it into the pot, and fry it until golden brown on both sides.
3. Gently push the fried large yellow croaker to the side of the pot, add the garlic cloves and stir-fry until the color is golden brown, cook in cooking wine, fresh soy sauce and balsamic vinegar and add soup.
4. After the soup in the pot boils on high heat, turn to low heat, add a little sugar to enhance freshness, simmer until the soup is thick, add salt and pepper to taste, turn on high heat to collect the thick soup, and then you can enjoy it out of the pot.
2. Silver carp
"Spring carp and summer silver carp", the silver carp in summer is when the meat is plump, and the silver carp is also a relatively low price among freshwater fish, but this does not affect the deliciousness and nutrition of silver carp.
Recommended recipe: Dry-braised silver carp tail
1. The tail of the silver carp is scraped off the scales and then cut open, washing away the residual dirty blood inside, and then evenly changing the flower knife on both sides of the tail.
2. Put oil in the pan, add an egg, fry until the egg liquid solidifies, then put in the dried fish tail, and fry until golden brown on both sides. (Fry an egg before frying the fish, and then fry the fish in the oil of the fried egg so that it won't stick to the pan)
3. Gently push the fried fish tail to the edge of the pot, add the green onion, ginger, garlic and dried chili pepper to burst the fragrance, and add a spoonful of Pixian bean paste to fry the red oil.
4. Add cooking wine and rice vinegar to the pot and add soup, add a little sugar to the soup, turn to low heat and simmer slowly after boiling, add salt and pepper to taste after simmering until the soup is viscous, turn on high heat to collect the thick soup and then you can enjoy it out of the pot.
3. Catfish
Don't look at the catfish that is criticized by many people for being dirty, but that's talking about Egyptian pond lice, and the catfish that are normally bred in the pond is still good, and the catfish meat is spiny and less, and it tastes delicious and delicious, especially in the period before the ambush, the catfish is also fat.
Recommended recipe: Braised catfish in sauce
1. After the catfish is slaughtered, remove the gills and internal organs, scald the epidermis with hot water at 80 °C, then scrape off the mucus on the epidermis and wash it, and evenly change the knife on the fish.
2. Add oil to the pot and fry chives, ginger, garlic and dried chilies, add a spoonful of soybean paste to stir-fry the sauce fragrance, cook cooking wine and a fresh soy sauce and add soup.
3. Put the processed catfish into the pot, turn to low heat and simmer slowly after boiling, stew until the soup is thick, after the fish is mature, add salt and pepper to taste, turn on the high heat to collect the thick soup and then you can enjoy it out of the pot.
4. Carp
Carp is a fish that is especially suitable for hot summer consumption, because carp can reduce swelling and remove dampness, and dog days and dog days are the season of high temperature and humidity, at this time it is a good choice to eat some seasonal fat carp.
Recommended recipe: Spicy carp
1. After the carp is slaughtered, remove the gills, gills and internal organs, and evenly change the diamond-shaped flower knife on both sides of the fish body.
2. Put oil in the pot and fry a clove of star anise, pat a layer of dry starch on the carp into the pot, fry until golden on both sides, gently push the fried carp to the edge of the pot, add green onions, ginger and garlic, dried chili peppers and a spoonful of spicy girl chili sauce and fry until fragrant.
3. Pour beer into the pot to cover the fish, add a little sugar to enhance the freshness, turn to low heat and simmer slowly after boiling.
4. After stewing until the fish eyes are white, put the fish bladder and fish white or fish roe into the pot, simmer until the soup is thick, add salt and pepper to taste, pour some balsamic vinegar along the edge of the pot, and then you can enjoy the thick soup after high heat.
Dog days are coming, it is the time to replenish physical strength and nutrition, this season to eat more fish is a good choice, the above 4 kinds of fish nutrition and fat is not expensive, don't miss it.