What is the wrinkled meat inside the head of a fathead fish?

Fat-headed fish fish head cut, in fact, is very simple, first use a kitchen knife to cut the connection between the fish head and the fish body (two centimeters), then tie the fish head with a rag, use a kitchen knife to split the fish head in half, be careful not to cut your hand, you need to use a hard ear smile, in fact, it is not difficult to handle!

Speaking of fathead fish, I have to talk about the practice of stewing fathead fish.

Prepare the necessary ingredients: 1 fathead fish, green onion, ginger slices, appropriate amount of garlic cloves, 3 star anise, 3 bay leaves, 5 dried chilies, 1 can of beer, 4 tablespoons of soybean paste, cooking oil, cooking wine, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, sugar.

Step 1: Buy fathead fish in the market, the stall owner will help deal with it, clean up the fish scales, and chop the fish head, so that you can save a lot of worry when you come back and process it yourself.

Step 2: Everyone thinks that it is more troublesome to make fathead fish, mainly because the fish head is too large and the size of the woks at home is limited. Generally, with a wok with a diameter of 30-32 cm, it is no problem to stew fathead fish within 4 catties.

Step 3: I think it is easier to process the fish head by cutting it longitudinally than by cutting it horizontally, so that the fish head will not be too bulging, and the two fish heads can be spread flat in the pot, so that the soup does not need to be put too much, and the time to stew the fish is not too long.

Step 4: You don't need to put too much cooking oil in order to fry the fish head, just put an appropriate amount of oil to heat it and fry the fish head into a more fixed shape.

Step 5: Cut an appropriate amount of green onions, ginger slices, garlic cloves, and prepare to guess 4-5 dried chili peppers, star anise and bay leaves. After stir-frying, add a tablespoon of cooking wine, and then add the fried fish head.

Step 6: If you want to have a mellow soup and tender fish, adding a can of beer and a few tablespoons of soybean paste is the key.

The addition of soybean paste can make the soup have a thick texture and richer taste, so that the soup is fragrant.

Step 7: Then pour in a teaspoon of dark soy sauce to adjust the color, an appropriate amount of light soy sauce to taste, and then pour in the warm water that will cover the ingredients. I didn't put salt here, the soybean paste was salty, and I put dark soy sauce and light soy sauce, and after boiling on high heat, turn to low heat, cover and simmer for about 40 minutes.

Simmer for 40 minutes, and the soup will have more than 1 3 left, so that you can turn off the heat, after all, the fish soaked in the soup is delicious. Such a delicious stewed fish head is made, it is really delicious to eat, the taste is very fresh, nutritious and delicious!

Fathead fish, commonly known as silver carp, is also known as fathead fish, bighead fish, silver carp, silver carp, baotou fish, etc. In the scientific classification, its Chinese name is bighead carp, which is one of the cyprinids of the class Radial-finned fish.

The bighead carp has a flattened body with an extra-large head and eyes in the lower half of the head. The back is dark black with irregular dark patches, and the abdomen is grayish-white and rounded. The caudal fin is forked, with 3 dorsal fin hard spines, 7 dorsal fin soft bars, 1 to 3 anal fin hard spines, and 12 to 14 anal fin soft bars.

Adult fish are usually around 60 cm in length, the largest can reach 140 cm, and weigh 40 kg.

Bighead carp lives in rivers and lakes, winters mostly in the riverbed and deep rock pits, distributes in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin, is rare in Northeast China and North China, and Chameng is one of the farmed fish in China. It has a long history of breeding, and is known as China's "four big fish" together with Qingyu Qiqi, grass carp and silver carp.

It is a warm water fish, and the suitable water temperature for growth is 25 30, which can adapt to a more fertile water environment. Docile temperament and slow to act. From the fry to the adult stage, it feeds on zooplankton and phytoplankton, and is a typical plankton-eating fish.

Under artificial feeding conditions, artificial feeds such as soybean cake, rice bran, and distiller's grains are also eaten, as well as the manure of livestock.

The black membrane in the belly of the fish is the inner peritoneal layer of the fish, the scientific name is "peritoneal visceral layer", all fish have this peritoneal layer, which lubricates and protects the internal organs of the fish, rather than filtering toxic substances. Some fish you don't see this layer of black film when you clean it, not because the fish doesn't have it, but because this layer of film is almost transparent and not easy to find. The color of the peritoneal layer of the fish depends on its species.

The fat content of this peritoneal layer is relatively high, and the fishy smell is also very strong, and it also contains histamine and other harmful substances, it is okay to eat a small amount, but eating too much is still not good for health, and the smell of the earth is so heavy that the taste is not good, so it is better to remove it during the cleaning process. However, there are two organs in the fish that are used to filter toxins, and these are the gills and the kidneys, which must be removed when cleaned.

Fathead fish is tarpon.

There are many common names, bearfish, silver carp, silver carp, silver carp, pine fish, and big-headed fish.

Among them, the common name of silver carp is the most widespread, and silver carp.

It is also called silver carp. It belongs to the same four major fish. Fathead fish grows very fast, 3-year-old adult fish, the weight can reach 8 10 catties, in the wild large waters, the weight can reach about 60 80 catties.

Fathead fish have a docile temperament, slow to move, live in the pelagic layer of the water, have the habit of migrating, mainly rotifers, cladopods, copepods and other aquatic insects in the water, and phytoplankton in the water, such as diatoms and cyanobacteria.

It is also one of the staple foods, and in autumn and winter, in order to replenish fat to cope with the winter, it will also feed on small fish and shrimp in the water.

Origin of the name

1. The fathead fish of fathead fish has a wide head, a wide mouth, and a slightly upturned head, and a relatively low eye position, so it is called fathead fish.

2. The upper part of the back and side of the body of the fathead fish is black, and there are many irregular black spots, which look like they have spots, so they are called tarpon.

Fathead fish is a high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol fish, which has a protective effect on the cardiovascular system. Fathead fish is rich in phospholipids and posterior pituitary hormone that can improve memory, especially the cerebral medullary content of its head is very high, and regular consumption can warm the stomach, dispel dizziness, improve IQ, help memory, and delay aging. Eating some fathead fish often can also play a role in moisturizing ** beauty.

Fathead fish meat also has the effect of soothing the liver and relieving depression, strengthening the spleen and lungs, replenishing weakness, dispelling wind and cold, benefiting muscles and bones, cough, edema, hepatitis, dizziness, nephritis, poor urination and weak people can use it for dietary therapy.