How to make steamed fish with lemongrass to warm the stomach on a cold day

Prepare
15 Minutes Processing
35 Minutes For
2 – 3 people

Steamed fish with lemongrass with an extremely simple but extremely delicious recipe is a dish that you can refer to to enjoy with your family on these cold days, let’s go to the kitchen to make.

Ingredients for steamed fish with lemongrass

• 1 floating fish
• Lemongrass, chili, red onion, garlic
• Spices: Salt and pepper, fish sauce, sugar, monosodium glutamate, chili powder, ground pepper, shrimp satay

Good tip
How to choose fresh and delicious floating fish
– You choose the drifting fish that are still alive, move flexibly, and have no wounds on the whole body.
– Should choose to buy fish with clear and bright eyes, not protruding, bright red gills and fish scales sticking to the body as well as having a certain iridescence.
– Besides, please observe and choose the fish that do not lack scales, the mouth is tightly closed and the meat has good elasticity.

Ingredients for steamed fish with lemongrass

How to make steamed fish with lemongrass

Step 1Process materials

Drift fish you cut off the intestines, scrape the scales and then wash with water . Then you wash and then slice about 4 lemongrass plants, 2 purple onions and 1-2 cloves of garlic you peel, cut into small pieces.

Good tip
To remove the fishy smell of drifting fish, you can soak the fish in water with a few slices of crushed ginger or with dilute salt water for about 5-10 minutes and then rinse with water.

Process materials

Step 2Marinated fish

You marinate the fish with 1 teaspoon salt and pepper, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper, 1/2 teaspoon chili powder, 1.5 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon MSG and 1/3 tablespoon shrimp satay .

Next, you cut about 3 chili peppers and add the sliced lemongrass, red onion and garlic to marinate with the fish. You marinate the fish for about 15-20 minutes for the fish to absorb the spices.

Marinate the fish for about 10-15 minutes

Step 3Steamed fish

To steam fish, you put a layer of banana leaves in the steaming basket, add a few cloves of lemongrass and fresh chili whole, then put the fish on top and cover the pot. Steam for about 20-25 minutes for the fish to be cooked and enjoy.

Steam fish for 20-25 minutes

Finished product

Steamed fish with lemongrass will stimulate your taste buds with the strong aroma of lemongrass and chili. The fish meat is sweet, succulent, rich in spices, retains a certain firmness, but is not crushed, eaten with rice or vermicelli is extremely delicious.

Steamed fish with lemongrass

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