NTO - Braised goby with pepper

Ingredients: Goby fish: 500 gr, chili peppers: 10 fruits, black pepper: 2 stalks, shallots, garlic: 50 gr, green onions, coriander: 50 gr, spices: fish sauce, sugar, seasoning powder, MSG, ground pepper, ground turmeric, cooking oil. In addition, to make the best braised fish, you should prepare an additional clay pot.

Steps to follow:

Put the goby fish in a basket, rub gently to remove all the scales, cut off the tail and fins, rub again to remove all the scales. Then, cut the belly of the fish and remove the intestines. Note: if there are any eggs in the belly of the fish, keep them, wash them, and drain.

Then, marinate the fish with 1.5 tablespoons of sugar and leave for 30 minutes. After the fish has absorbed all the sugar, add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce + 1.5 tablespoons of seasoning powder + 1 tablespoon of MSG + 1 tablespoon of pepper, stir gently and leave the fish for about 3-4 hours for the fish to absorb the spices. While waiting for the fish to absorb the spices, chop the shallots and garlic. Pick and wash the green onions and coriander, chop the green onions, cut the onion tops into 3cm pieces, split into 4, and cut the coriander into 3cm pieces. Remove the stems of the chili peppers, wash them, leave them whole, and separate the seeds from the peppercorns and wash them.

Heat the pan and add a little cooking oil, wait for the oil to boil, then add onion, garlic and 1 tablespoon of chili powder and fry until fragrant, turn off the stove and let it cool. Put the clay pot on the stove, add 1.5 tablespoons of sugar and turn on low heat to dissolve the sugar, then add about 1 bowl of water, boil until boiling, then turn off the stove and let it cool completely. At this time, arrange the goby fish, chili, black pepper and the fried onion and garlic in the pot, only keep the heat at medium until the fish pot boils, then lower the heat to low, leave it like that for about 30 - 40 minutes for the fish meat to thicken. When you see the fish stock thicken and have a beautiful brown color, the goby fish is cooked evenly.

When turning off the stove, add chopped green onions and coriander to the pot and sprinkle with some ground pepper.

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