Seven fish cuisine is one of the most unique in Fuzhou, since floating in cooked noodles, such as starry distributed in space, so overseas Chinese call it “Seven fish.” Seven Fuzhou fish balls white color, smooth eat crisp, flexible, meat broth fragrant and not greasy, think of all people salivate.
Seven specialties Fuzhou fish balls
Seven Fuzhou fish balls Profile
Seven balls are stuffed with meat balls to do the skin, originated in the early Qing Dynasty, the main raw material for the fish, lean pork, dried shrimp, sweet potato powder, Fuzhou is one of the most gourmet local specialties. Cooked, and islets as white walnut-sized balls, floating in steaming noodles, such as starry distributed in space, therefore, overseas Chinese called it “Seven fish.”
Seven legends Fuzhou fish balls
Seven fish dishes on this road, there is a legend: In ancient times, the Minjiang River with fishermen. One day, a businessman southbound take his boat business, boat out of Minjiang River Estuary, into the sea, and, behold, typhoons. Boat into the harbor sheltered, unfortunately ran aground damage. Tarry ship repair time, grain off every day to fish when the rice. Businessman exclaimed: “every day with fish, eat boring. Else can a change of taste?” Ship woman said: “The board has been broken grain, only a packet of flour.” Just put the ingenuity of women fishing boats to a large eel, peeled except gill, the minced fish, cast tapioca, made meatballs, cooked a taste distinctive flavor. Later, the businessman returned to Fuzhou, will be in town to open a “Seven small shop,” Distinguished Women of the ship cooks, exclusive “fish soup.” Beginning, business is not booming. One day, a Beijing to sit for Candidates passing this shop dining. Shopkeeper hospitality, endorse fish. Candidates after eating, feels very beautiful taste, they inscribed a poem:
Little star cloth empty dilute, Yulu Ganxiang tourists fans.
Although southern Chiaki drink, rare Seven Qin Shi spleen.
Owner will hang in the stores on poetry, guests Come taste. Since business is booming, shop spring day. “Seven fish” also from the name.
Seven specialties Fuzhou fish balls
Seven practices Fuzhou fish balls
[Material] carp, pig meat, shrimp, corn starch, egg, soy sauce, ginger water, pork, broth, sugar
[Practice]
1, the grass carp slaughter clean, pat down after removing fishing line fish and fish bone fish bone knife to separate, remove the spine, the main thorn fish scraping along the fiber lines.
2, with a clean gauze wrapped fish floating in clean water to remove blood, tendons and turbidity impurities. Until fish is white, then with a clean gauze filtered water.
3, shelled shrimp, shrimp line picked wash stand.
4, the fish, shrimp flat on a cutting board, beat with a rolling pin until the fish is slightly turn white, feel sticky, so that all the fish into the mud.
5, in the meat, add soy sauce, 2 tablespoons salt 1/2 tablespoons sugar 1/3 spoon, stir. To be tasty, the meat is added to the ginger water, stirring supreme strength. It is best to head meat made uniform, the same size meatballs
6, the mud fish put in a container, to join the fish paste 1/3 of the water, corn starch, salt, whipping uniform force. At this time the suspect fish paste glue protein, was transparent; put a little lard Stir stand.
7, wiping his hands a little lard, take appropriate fish mud pack into the filling, rub round.
8, casseroles placed on the fire, pour broth till hot.
9, the fish one by one under the wok, stir boiling instead. Wait until the surface of the protein is relatively solidified, hand spoon back down into the soup gently push forward, to prevent damage to their balls stick pot shape.
10, skim foam after the fire to medium boil until just cooked fish, poured into a bowl, sprinkle with a little diced green onion, pepper, sesame oil and serve.
Tips: To master the Cuan system time to fish just cooked for the degree, if the time is too long, will not tender the old fish quality, loss of elasticity.
See this road white jade, enticing aroma of seven balls, is not it great urge to bite? Fuzhou specialties, Barbara’s delicious!
