How to make sweet and sour fried anchovies delicious and delicious

For Vietnamese people, especially coastal residents, anchovies are an extremely familiar cooking ingredient that can be processed into many different delicious dishes. In today’s article, Bach Hoa XANH will guide you how to make delicious and delicious fried anchovies!

Prepare
20 Minutes Processing
15 Minutes For
2 people

Ingredients for making roasted dried anchovies

• 300g dried anchovies
• Garlic, lime leaves, chili
• Seasoning: Fish sauce, sugar, chili sauce, vinegar, ground pepper, cooking oil
• Utensils: Pan, fork, brass,…

Tips to choose to buy delicious dried anchovies

You should choose dried anchovies with light yellow color, slightly clear, less fishy and no strange smell. Delicious dried anchovies, when picked up, will usually not cause your hands to stick. You absolutely do not choose dried anchovies with mold spots or unusual color streaks.

You can buy prepackaged dried anchovies, but you need to pay attention to the expiration date and only choose products with reputable brands and clear origins.

Dried anchovies

How to make roasted dried anchovies

Step 1Process materials

For dried anchovies, you fold the fish head forward and then strip it towards the belly of the fish to remove the head and intestines. Then, you soak the fish in warm water for about 10-15 minutes , then rinse with clean water and dry.

Note : The step of soaking the fish in warm water is essential to help dry anchovies after processing will not be tough. In addition, this step also helps to reduce the salinity of dried fish and create crunchiness for the dish.

While waiting for the fish to finish soaking, cut the roots of 2 garlic bulbs, peel them and mince them finely. Lemon leaves you need about 10 leaves, washed and cut into fine fibers.

Preliminary processing of dried anchovies

Step 2Fish fry

You put the pan on the stove, add 20ml of cooking oil and wait until the oil is hot, then add the fish to fry. Remember to maintain a moderate heat and regularly stir the fish while frying . You fry the fish until the fish is fragrant, the color turns yellow-orange, crispy, then turn off the heat and put the fish in a sieve to drain the oil.

Note : Do not over-fry the fish because it will dry or burn the fish.

Fish fry

Step 3Roast anchovies

You put a tablespoon of oil in the pan and add the minced garlic and sauté until fragrant. When the garlic turns yellow and fragrant, add the fried anchovies and roast them for 30 seconds.

After 30 seconds, reduce the heat to low, add 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon vinegar, ½ tablespoon sugar, ⅓ tablespoon chili sauce, ¼ teaspoon ground pepper.

Hot Tip : If vinegar and chili sauce are not available, you can substitute with lemon juice and fresh chili.

You continue to roast the fish with low heat, while roasting and stirring the fish until the water runs out, the fish is completely dry and fully absorbed, then add sliced lemon leaves and 1 fresh chili cut into the pan. At this point, you only need to roast for 1 more minute to complete.

Roasted dried anchovies

Step 4Finished product

The roasted dried anchovy is finished, you put the fish on a plate and enjoy it right away. Crispy fried anchovies, sweet and sour, sweet and fragrant, making people unable to refuse.

Dried anchovies are delicious and delicious

Enjoy

Roasted dried anchovies you can use as the main dish, served with hot rice or used as a wine aimer is also extremely suitable and attractive.

Enjoy roasted dried anchovies

Above is how to make delicious and delicious dry roasted anchovies that Tnhelearning.edu.vn would like to introduce to you. At times when it is not convenient to go to the market, you can immediately roast a portion for the whole family and store it in the refrigerator to use it gradually in 1 to 2 weeks. This dish is both delicious and economical, isn’t it? I wish you success!

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