How to make braised mullet with rich soy sauce for a rainy day meal

Prepare
15 Minutes Processing
30 Minutes For
2 – 3 people

Braised fish is always a rustic, idyllic and familiar dish with many Vietnamese rice trays. Especially when using hot braised fish with cups of white rice in the cold of rainy days, it’s too “correct”! Today, Tnhelearning.edu.vn will show you how to make rich braised mullet with soy sauce to use on rainy days like that!

Ingredients for making braised mullet with soy sauce

• 1.5 kg of mullet
• 500ml coconut water
• 1 tomato
• Green onions, red onions, green peppers, satay peppers
• Condiments: Ketchup, soy sauce, fish sauce, colored water, salt, sugar, seasoning, monosodium glutamate, pepper, cooking oil

Good tip
To choose fresh mullet, you should choose big fish, iridescent body, bright eyes, gills clinging to star fruit, bright red or light pink color, no bruising and no smell. fishy, when pressed on the body of the fish, it does not peel off the scales, the meat is firm and elastic.

In addition, you can also make ketchup at home from basic ingredients such as soybeans, jaggery sugar, salt, soy beans, etc. With just 4 simple steps, you can have for yourself. 1 jar of quality soy sauce for my family without spending too much!

How to make braised mullet with soy sauce

Step 1Process materials

Process materials

First, you cut off the fins, gills, intestines of the mullet and then take them to scale . After that, you wash the fish with water and soak the fish in dilute salt water for about 10 minutes to remove the fishy smell, then rinse the fish with clean water and drain.

For the rest of the ingredients, wash the tomatoes and cut the areca pods, peeled and chopped red onions, and scallions remove the roots, wash and then finely cut the heads and leaves of the onions.

Good tip
In addition to the above way of deodorizing the fishy smell, you can rub the fish with lemon, vinegar, salt or soak the fish in rice water for about 15 minutes, the fishy smell of the fish will also be completely eliminated.

Step 2Marinated mullet

Marinated mullet

Next, you add 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of MSG, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of satay, 1 teaspoon of colored water, 50g of ketchup. , 50g of soy sauce and the part of red onion, finely chopped scallions just now in a bowl of mullet, mix well, then marinate the fish for about 30 minutes so that the fish can absorb the seasoning.

Step 3Mullet warehouse

Saute the purple onion and add the tomatoes and stir-fry

Next, you put the pot on the stove, turn on the heat, then add about 2 teaspoons of cooking oil, wait for the oil to heat up, then continue to fry the purple onion . When you see that the purple onion is fragrant, you add the tomatoes to stir-fry and then add about 50g of soy sauce and 500ml of coconut water to boil.

Put mullet in stock

When you see the water is about to boil, add the fish and cook on low heat , then add 1 teaspoon of pepper and 3-4 green chili peppers, depending on how spicy you want. Finally, you simmer for about 30 minutes to soften the fish, season to taste, add finely chopped scallions, gently stir again and then turn off the heat.

Finished product

Braised mullet with rich and beautiful sauce

When finished, the hot sauce braised mullet will have a very beautiful broth color. Especially when eating, you will feel the fatty flavor of the soy sauce, the mild sourness of the tomatoes as well as the rich taste of the broth that permeates every fiber of the fish, when used with white rice, this is a perfect tray of rice. Perfect for rainy days!

So through the above article, you have pocketed one more recipe to make a rich and unique braised mullet dish, right? Tnhelearning.edu.vn wishes you success with the dish and can have warm meals with your family, especially on such rainy days!

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