Main Ingredients:
Mandarin Fish: 1 piece.
Additional Ingredients:
Ginger: 1 piece; Spring Onion: 1 bunch; Garlic: 10 cloves; Oyster Sauce: a little; Light Soy Sauce: a little; White Pepper: to taste; Green and Red Chili: to taste; Spicy Girl (type of chili): a little; Chicken Essence: a little; Onion: 1; Perilla Leaves: to taste.
Taste: Mildly Spicy; Cooking Method: Braised; Time: 20 minutes; Difficulty: Easy.
Detailed Steps for Cooking Red-Cooked Mandarin Fish
First, clean the mandarin fish.
Kill and clean the fish, marinate with ginger, spring onion, cooking wine, and salt for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan, fry the fish until golden brown on both sides.
Remove the fish from the pan and add lard.
Sauté spring onion, ginger, garlic, onion, green chili, and spicy girl together until fragrant.
After sautéing, add broth (or water) and cook for a few minutes.
Then remove the residue.
Add the fried fish, season with chicken essence, white pepper, oyster sauce, simmer on low heat for ten minutes, then remove the fish and plate it.
Add diced green and red chili, perilla leaves to the sauce in the pan, then pour it over the fish.
Finally, sprinkle with chopped spring onion and coriander, and it’s ready to be served.
