foto: Instagram/@rumah_stia
Brilio.net - Processing catfish can be a challenge for many people, especially because of the fishy smell and lots of mucus. The strong fishy smell and thick mucus discourage many people from cooking it at home. In fact, if prepared well, catfish can be a delicious dish, you know. You can even fry it directly to eat catfish.
However, before frying, catfish must be processed first. You can copy the tricks shared by Instagram user @rumah_stia for processing catfish. Through one of the uploaded videos, he admitted that he only relied on two simple ingredients in the kitchen.
Reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @rumah_stia on Friday (26/7), the kitchen ingredients in question are flour and lemon. Well, these two materials have different functions. Therefore, you also need to pay attention to how you use it.
photo: Instagram/@rumah_stia
First of all, wash the catfish and remove the dirt inside. If so, place it in a bowl and sprinkle with flour. After that, rub the catfish so that the flour mixes with the mucus. This method will make the mucus shed more easily when rinsed.
If it has been scrubbed, then wash the catfish thoroughly under running water. At this stage, you can rub the catfish again one by one to make sure there is no mucus attached. After that, drain and marinate the catfish with spices.
photo: Instagram/@rumah_stia
Next, heat the oil in a container. Then sprinkle the oil with flour so that the catfish doesn't explode when fried later. Then, when it's hot, add the catfish that was marinated earlier.
photo: Instagram/@rumah_stia
In the video, Instagram user @rumah_stia also adds pieces of lemon peel to hot oil. These pieces of lemon peel will be fried with the catfish until dry. The aim is to minimize the fishy odor that arises. With this trick, fish, oil, or even the kitchen won't smell fishy.
photo: Instagram/@rumah_stia
So, if the catfish is cooked and dry, drain the catfish. With this trick, the fried catfish will be more delicious because it is free of fishy smell and mucus. Apart from that, catfish also doesn't stick to the pan when fried because there is no mucus attached to it. Well, not just catfish, you can also apply this trick if you want to fry other types of fish, you know.
" Fried fish means less drama, doesn't it ," said Instagram @rumah_stia.
Since it was uploaded on May 29, this video has been watched more than 3 million times. It's not surprising that the video received a flood of comments from netizens. Most Instagram users also provided other suggestions for processing catfish.
" This is an important tip, " said Instagram @ceritaibuhappy.
" The catfish was covered in salt, left it in the dryer for 15 minutes, the mucus disappeared, it came out on its own, " explained Instagram @geckooutdoor.
" If I remove the slime using lime, 1 kg contains 7-8 oranges, only 1 of which is a bit big, then stir it while massaging the catfish, the slime comes out like a lot of soap foam, " wrote the Instagram account @ prita_2712.
" Does pouring flour into oil affect the taste of the fish, bro? (asking because I've never cooked before) ," asked the Instagram account @kaaxvyz_.
" Not at all ," replied Instagram user @rumah_stia.
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