Brilio.net - Its delicious taste and abundant nutritional content make fish a favorite side dish for many people. Apart from that, fish is known to contain the nutrients the body needs. As quoted by BrilioFood from the page kemkes.go.id, fish contains unsaturated fatty acids such as omega, iodine, selenium, fluoride, iron, magnesium, zinc, taurine and coenzyme Q10. In fact, the omega-3 content in fish is much higher than other animal protein sources such as beef and chicken, you know.
Not only that, in Indonesia fish is also quite easy to get in markets or supermarkets at relatively affordable prices. It's not surprising that fish is a side dish that is loved by various groups. Moreover, the process of cooking fish can also be said to be easy. You only need to marinate the fish with spices, then fry it in hot oil. After that, the fried fish is ready and ready to be served.
However, frying fish also has its challenges. One of them is the fishy smell that comes from cooking oil or the fish itself. This fishy smell often bothers those of you who are cooking or the people around you.
To prevent the fishy smell when frying fish, people usually add sliced ginger to the oil. This method is quite effective, but you have to give up whole ginger which you can use as a spice.
Well, it turns out there is another way to get rid of the fishy smell when frying fish. In fact, you only need one type of kitchen dregs.
Tricks for frying fish so it doesn't smell fishy.
photo: Instagram/@indah3yuni
An Instagram account user @indah3yuni shared his trick for frying fish so it doesn't smell fishy. You can apply this method when frying fish at home.
First, so that the fish is easy to process, cut it and separate the head and body of the fish. Reported by BrilioFood from the Instagram account @indah3yuni on Thursday (30/5), the ingredient prepared is lime peel. After using the juice, the lime peel is usually thrown away and ends up as kitchen dregs. Who would have thought, this kitchen dregs could actually overcome the fishy smell when you are frying fish, you know.
So, after cutting the fish, wash the fish pieces until clean. Next, marinate with spices according to taste. Then, prepare hot oil on the stove. Once hot, add the fish and lime zest together.
photo: Instagram/@indah3yuni
During the frying process, it turns out that orange peel that is placed in hot oil can absorb the fishy smell of the fish.
When it is cooked, remove and drain the fish along with the orange peel that was fried. The orange peel will immediately wilt and turn brown, while the fish is successfully fried perfectly without causing a fishy smell that spreads throughout the kitchen.
Well, that's the trick for frying in the kitchen without the fishy smell spreading. The method is quite easy, right? The ingredients are very simple, just using lime peel. Now, instead of throwing it in the trash, you can just use lime peel to fry fish.
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