How To Make Fried Croaker: Quick Guide And Chinese Style

Fried Croaker is a very great dish that goes with wine if you like to eat fish. It is very popular in the coastal area of China. The croaker fish fried is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Small croaker (also called small yellow croaker, Chinese name is 小黄鱼 Xiao Huang Yu) is a kind of fish produced in the deep sea. Its meat is delicate and delicious. Little yellow croakers are often seen in our lives and are deeply loved by people. The nutritional value of small yellow croakers is very high. It is rich in protein, fat, minerals, and trace elements, and the nutrients contained in it are easily absorbed by the human body. Weak people should eat this fish often and it can speed up the normal metabolism of the body that helps people quickly restore physical strength.

After cooked, I like to put them on the tea table. Its taste will not change after it cold. Our family eats it as a snack while watching TV.

The inside of the fish is tender, fresh, fragrant, crisp, and tender are the characteristics of this dish. To drag small yellow croaker with flour is to wrap the fish in the batter and fry it in a frying pan. The batter protects the nutrition of the fish from being damaged by the high temperature, and the crispy fried fish has a clear contrast with the tender fish. The two opposite tastes blend in your mouth. Alas, the saliva is about to flow down. What are you waiting for, do it now!

In the fried croaker recipe, we use small croakers to fry. We think the small croaker is better to cook than other sizes of croaker. But you can also use the bigger croaker if you like. If you like to watch the detailed cooking croakers guide, you can watch it below.

Firstly, we should prepare ingredients for this food. Cut 3 slices of ginger. finely chop and save them for later. Cut 1 bunch of green onion. Then save them for later.

Next, we should prepare 700g small croakers for this food. Use the scissors to remove the head and gut of the croaker. Then use water to wash them. Then save them for later.

Next, we should marinate the croakers. Firstly, add ginger, green onion, 1/4 teaspoon monosodium glutamate, 1/2 tablespoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon sugar, 1 tablespoon cooking wine, 5g Sichuan peppercorns into the pot. Then rub them evenly. Then add croakers into the pot. Stir them evenly. Then marinate the croakers for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, remove other ingredients on the surface of the crokers. Then save them for later.

Please be careful that the fin is easy to stick our hands. We should stir them carefully.

Next, we should prepare the frying paste. Add 20g flour, 10g corn starch, 1/4 teaspoon salt, one egg into the pot. Stir them evenly. The egg will add flavor to the croakers when we fry them later. Then save them for later. If you use more croakers, we should prepare more frying paste. But we should not change the ratio of the paste’s ingredients.

Now, we can start to fry the croakers. Firstly, put the croakers into the frying paste. Stir them evenly. Then add enough sunflower oil into the pan. Make sure the oil can immerse the croakers later. Use a big fire to heat the oil. Put a drop of frying paste into the pan, if it floats quickly that means the oil is hot enough. Then transfer to medium heat and put the croakers into the pan.

Please don’t put them in the same place. If you put them in the same place, they are easy to stick together. If the pan doesn’t have enough space to hold all of the croakers, we can fry them in batches. After the croaker is fried to golden yellow, drain it out of the oil.

After that, keep the same temperature and put the croakers into the pan to deep fry for 10 seconds.

After that, we got the delicious fried croaker. You can also sprinkle some spiced salt on the surface of the croaker as you like. If you taste it, you will find that it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The more chewing will get more fragrant. Hope you can try it at home.