Can Spanish mackerel be given away?
Spanish mackerel can be given away, but generally Spanish mackerel is given to parents-in-law by son-in-law. So don't give away friends who are not clear. As the saying goes, "When Grain Rain arrives, the Spanish mackerel jumps and the husband laughs." This is mainly the custom of Qingdao, Shandong Province.
How to choose Spanish mackerel for my father-in-law
Friendly reminder to your son-in-law, don't be greedy and cheap when buying Spanish mackerel. Teach you how to choose Spanish mackerel.
Frozen and fresh Spanish mackerel: The easiest way is to look at the fish's eyes. Fresh Spanish mackerel eyes are black and bright, while frozen Spanish mackerel eyes are white. Fresh Spanish mackerel gills are bright red and clear, while frozen gills are slightly dark red.
Due to the influence of low temperature, the skin elasticity of frozen Spanish mackerel is not very great, and many of them have even broken. When you lift Spanish mackerel with your hands, you will find that the fish is soft and not strong enough.
Local Spanish mackerel and southern Spanish mackerel: From the fish body color, local fresh Spanish mackerel is blue-green, with obvious blue spots on its back, and blue-green has fluorescence under direct sunlight; The back of Spanish mackerel in other places is gray-black, and the abdomen is white. The back and abdomen of fish are obviously colored.
The practice of stewing fish at home
1, boneless Spanish mackerel cut into large pieces and marinated with a little salt and cooking wine.
2, onion ginger slices, leeks cut into sections.
3, the eggs are broken into egg liquid.
4. Dip the fish pieces in the egg liquid and fry them in the pot until the meat turns white and cooked.
5. Put water, onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, pepper, cooking wine, soy sauce, a little vinegar and fried fish pieces into the pot and stew together. After the pot is boiled, cook for a few minutes, taste the soup and add salt.
6, stew for a while, let the fish taste, first remove the fish pieces and put them in the pot, then add the leeks to the fish soup and open the fire, add a little sesame oil to taste.
7. Pour the seasoning soup into the fish pieces and serve.
Stewed Spanish mackerel with tomatoes
1, Spanish mackerel is fresh and tender, fragrant in soup and persimmon, half soup and half vegetable, salty and slightly sour; Spanish mackerel is more delicious in the sour taste of tomatoes. Tomatoes are rich in nutrition. Every 100g of fresh fruit contains 94g of water, 0.6- 1.2g of protein, 2.5-3.8g of carbohydrates, vitamin C, carotene, mineral salts, organic acids and other trace elements. Chinese medicine believes that tomatoes are flat in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and have the effects of quenching thirst, promoting fluid production, invigorating the stomach and promoting digestion, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.
2. Stir-fry tomatoes with another spoon. When the Spanish mackerel is stewed, add it to remove the sour taste.
3. Heat another spoonful of pepper oil, add chopped green onion and stir-fry until cooked, that is, add tomato and stir-fry until soft, pour Spanish mackerel stew 10 minute until the soup is thick and white fish is cooked, then add monosodium glutamate, salt and pepper to taste, take out onion and ginger, put them in an alcohol pot, sprinkle with coriander powder and sesame oil, and heat them while eating.