Sour Vegetable Fish
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Sour Vegetable Fish

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person 4 servings
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Sour Vegetable Fish

About This Recipe

This Sichuan-style boiled grass carp is a mouthwatering dish that combines tender fish slices with bold, spicy flavors. Thinly sliced grass carp is marinated with salt, starch, cooking wine, and egg white for a silky-smooth texture. The magic happens in the fragrant broth—ginger, garlic, chili peppers, and Sichuan peppercorns are fried until aromatic, then simmered with tangy pickled vegetables for a rich, umami-packed base. The delicate fish slices are gently poached just until tender, then finished with a sizzling pour of hot oil infused with more Sichuan peppercorns for an irresistible numbing spice. Perfectly balanced between heat and savoriness, this dish highlights the freshness of the fish while delivering the signature mala (numbing-spicy) kick of Sichuan cuisine. A must-try for lovers of bold flavors and melt-in-your-mouth seafood!

Instructions

Detailed preparation guide

servings 4
Total Time 15m

shopping_basket Ingredients

Main Ingredients
  • grass carp 300g
  • pickled vegetables 100g
The aromatics
  • egg white 1 large
  • starch 2 tbsp
The sauce & seasonings
  • ginger 20g
  • garlic 10g
  • chili peppers 2 medium
  • Sichuan peppercorns 1 tsp

menu_book Directions

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Step 1
Step 1
Clean the grass carp and slice it into thin pieces. Rub the fish slices with salt and then rinse them clean. Add salt, starch, and cooking wine to marinate the fish slices for a while. You can use cornstarch, potato starch, or tapioca starch. Add egg white to make the fish slices smooth and tender. Start boiling the soup on the other side!
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Step 2
Step 2
Heat oil in a pot and fry ginger, garlic, chili peppers, and Sichuan peppercorns until fragrant. Add water and pickled vegetables. Season with salt and other seasonings according to your taste. Do not add soy sauce or cooking wine. After seasoning, cover the pot and boil for 10 minutes to bring out the flavor of the pickled vegetables.
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Step 3
Step 3
Add the fish slices to the pot one by one. Cover the pot and wait until it boils. Then, remove the fish slices from the pot.
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Step 4
Step 4
Finally, add more oil to the pot and heat it until it boils. Add Sichuan peppercorns and fry them until fragrant. Pour the fragrant oil over the fish slices and serve.

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