Fried Cobia with Salt and Chili

Name: How to cook Fried Cobia with Salt and Chili - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

cookpad vietnam

Fried Cobia with Salt and Chili

Last long holiday, my oldest brother and his wife took my family to Mui Ne. My husband and I both loved the delicious fried cobia with salt and chili: fatty and tender flesh with a mixture of salty and spicy taste, crispy skin. On the way back home, we stopped by Phan Thiet market to buy some cobia. And this is my “achievement”. Served with white rice and boiled vegetables. Or as a perfect snack with beer. When my child finished his meal, he begged me, “Mom, can I eat this again tomorrow?” (contributed by The Vy)

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

20 mins

400

-500 g cobia (2 slices)

lemon or 2 kumquats

3 cloves

garlic (unpeeled, crushed, to eliminate the odour of fish)

1 pinch

monosodium glutamate powder (skip if you don't want to use)

to taste

fresh chili (or chili powder)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Mix 1/3 tablespoon of salt, a little monosodium glutamate powder, a desired amount of chili. Coat evenly onto the fish from 5-10 minutes. (skip monosodium glutamate powder if you don’t want to use it, but do not use sugar instead)

* Step 2

Put a wok on the heat, pour the cooking oil into the wok (to submerge only about 2/3 of the fish). When the oil is hot, drop the fish into the wok and fry over medium heat. After about 3-5 minutes, drop 3 crushed cloves of garlic, flip the fish, fry until 2 sides are golden brown evenly. Squeeze the lemon or kumquat onto the mixture of salt and chili to dip the fish.

* Step 3

Final product: the fried fish is singed, evenly golden brown from 2 sides, flaky skin, tender, fatty and fragrant flesh. How to prepare the salt and chili dipping sauce: Mix 1 teaspoon of coarse salt (can be replaced by regular table salt but it is often more salty and pungent than coarse salt), a little monosodium glutamate powder and chili. Mix well and a squeeze of kumquat or lemon (kumquat is more aromatic than lemon).