Brilio.net - Catfish is a type of fish that has a lot of mucus . Not without reason, this mucus functions to protect catfish from infections and parasites. Apart from that, mucus can also appear due to the quality of the pond water, where catfish breed.
Even though it has advantages, this mucus is also troublesome, you know. When it comes to processing, catfish slime tends to be difficult to remove. Even though it has been scrubbed and rinsed many times, the mucus on the catfish will still stick to it and will not immediately disappear.
However, on the other hand, catfish slime can also cause an excessive fishy smell when processed. Therefore, this mucus must be removed completely. Basically, you need a special trick to remove catfish mucus.
A number of people usually use tricks, such as soaking catfish in lime juice. The acid content in lime juice is considered to be able to dissolve mucus by itself, making it easier to remove. But apart from lime, there are actually other ingredients that are no less effective for cleaning the mucus and fishy smell of catfish.
Furthermore, this material was used by the owner of the TikTok account @mamaholid23. Through one of the uploaded videos, he admitted that he only relied on 3 kitchen ingredients. Well, these ingredients are used with different methods, you know.
Reported by BrilioFood from TikTok @mamaholid23 on Wednesday (10/7), the kitchen ingredients in question are salt, vinegar and wheat flour. A number of these kitchen ingredients have special substances that can remove catfish mucus. Due to this, the catfish becomes cleaner and smoother and no longer smells fishy.
photo: TikTok/@mamaholid23
For the first method, he uses just salt and vinegar. So, put the catfish that has been cut and washed into the container. Then add salt and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Squeeze with your hands while rubbing so that the salt and vinegar are evenly coated on all parts of the catfish. After that, let it sit for 10 minutes.
photo: TikTok/@mamaholid23
After 10 minutes, the mucus on the fish will fall off by itself and pool at the bottom of the container. After that, rinse while rubbing with your hands. That way, the catfish will be cleaner and rougher and won't smell fishy.
photo: TikTok/@mamaholid23
So, for the second method, just prepare 1.5 tablespoons of wheat flour. Sprinkle this flour onto the surface of the catfish. Then stir while rubbing with your hands until the mucus disappears. This wheat flour is usually mixed with mucus, so the texture is denser and breaks down easily.
photo: TikTok/@mamaholid23
After rubbing with flour, wash the catfish clean. Only then is the fish ready to be cooked. You can fry it until crispy or process it into various delicious dishes.
As mentioned, these three kitchen ingredients have special ingredients that can remove mucus and fishy odor from catfish. Reporting from umamidays.com vinegar has acidic properties which can help break down and dissolve mucus. On the other hand, salt can cause the process of osmosis, which draws water out of mucus cells, making mucus easier to remove.
This is different from flour which has absorption properties. Wheat flour acts as an absorbent agent that helps remove mucus from the surface of the fish. When flour is mixed with slime, it forms a paste that is easier to clean.