Simple way to cook the best eel dish

There are many dishes made from eel, however, to have the best eel dish, you need to choose the eel that is suitable for the dish. When marinating eel, you need to use the right spices.

Choose the right eel for the dish

There are many delicious dishes made from eel: eel porridge, stir-fried eel vermicelli, crispy fried eel... To make a delicious dish, first you need to choose the type of eel that is suitable for the dish you are going to make:

If cooking eel porridge, eel hotpot, eel vermicelli, shredded eel, grilled eel fillet wrapped in betel leaves...: you should choose large eels weighing over 400g/eel.

If making fried, stewed, stir-fried, chopped, stir-fried with lemongrass and chili and served with sesame rice paper: choose small fish, under 300g/fish.

To cook eel vermicelli, choose eels over 400g.

Clean and gut the eel

To clean eel slime, in the past, people in the countryside often used wood ash. However, if you don't have wood ash, you can use lemon juice or rice water to clean it. You can also clean eel slime by dropping a pinch of salt into a plastic bag, the eel will wriggle and clean itself, then wash it with warm water.

Note, do not clean eel slime with vinegar because vinegar can lose the characteristic flavor of the eel.

When cutting, remember to remove all the organs. After cutting, wash again with warm water mixed with light salt, if you use plain water, the eel will have a fishy smell.

After cleaning the eel, you can marinate it with salt, pepper, turmeric powder and a little white wine. Do not use fish sauce and ginger because it does not suit the taste. You can also marinate or cook the eel with lemongrass and chili to avoid the fishy smell, leave it for 15 minutes to absorb the spices.

Braised eel with banana and bean is simple and delicious

Process to keep eel from sticking to the pot

If you stir-fry eel, use very hot oil so that the eel does not stick to the bottom of the pot. Stir-fry for a moderate amount of time so that the eel meat curls up, stir-fry for too long and the eel meat will dry out.

According to VNE