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Chapter 552-Crying, Golden Crispy Fried Hairtail

Second day of sea fishing mission.

Wang Fan may have done a lot of good things and the Dragon King found out, so he gave out one novice gift pack after another.

Just this one trip to the sea unlocked skinned fish, yellowfin tuna, grouper, grouper, shark, squid, etc. The most amazing thing was that I caught 5 cutlassfish with one hook.

It’s not that the hook is very big, but that the first cutlassfish bit the hook, the second cutlassfish bit the first cutlassfish, and the ones behind it all bit the body of the front cutlassfish.

Wang Fan was quite shocked to see this long string of cuttlefish. He didn't expect that fish could work together so well. When they saw their companions being caught, they even wanted to pull them back.

He was a little touched and wanted to put the cuttlefish back, but Captain Wu decisively stopped him.

"Don't think the cutlassfish behind them want to rescue their companion just because they're pulled together. On the contrary, they simply want to eat the one in front."

This reversal made Wang Fan feel a little uncomfortable. He originally thought it was a case of deep love and friendship, but you tell me it was fratricide?

Captain Wu explained: "Cuttail fish are quite ferocious, and they usually stay together with the same species. If they encounter a smaller one, they will eat it directly."

When Wang Fan looked at the hairtail again, his eyes changed, and he looked at it as if it were food.

No need to say, golden crispy fried hairtail arrangement!
But to be honest, although this cutlassfish has a ferocious-looking head, its body covered in silver is really beautiful, completely different from those cutlassfish that have been frozen for who knows how long.

The five hairtails were all quite large. The largest one was the one at the back, which Wang Fan estimated to be over 5 centimeters long and five fingers wide. Its teeth were deeply embedded in the body of the hairtail in front.

Wang Fan brought five hairtails into the cabin and prepared to make them into lunch directly.

The first step he prepared was to boil a pot of water for soaking the hairtail fish, which would remove the fishy smell and make the fish more flavorful, so that it would make others dizzy with its fragrance.

Wang Fan’s favorite set of ingredients for removing fishy smells and enhancing flavors now includes celery, carrots, and onions. These three things can not only remove fishy smells, but also add some sweet vegetable aroma to the ingredients. They are really must-have ingredients for home and travel.

There were a lot of vegetables on the boat, which were prepared in advance by Shen Teng's instructions to the captain. After cutting the three vegetables, he added some bay leaves, peppercorns, salt and MSG, and then turned on the fire directly.

Then he took out a basin, tore the washed shallots into three sections with his hands and put them into the pot. This dish came from the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Special Economic Zone, where this kind of shallots are generally used, so Wang Fan did not use big shallots.

Then cut some ginger slices and flatten them to make it easier to season, then pour a little Fujian old wine and salt into the bowl.

Reach out and pinch the scallions and ginger, then stir them vigorously, squeezing out some of the ginger and scallion juice.

While preparing the scallion and ginger water, the pot of soaking water that had just been boiled was also ready. After turning off the heat and letting it cool, Wang Fan began to prepare the hairtail.

In a short while, all five cutlassfish had gone to see Grandma, which saved Wang Fan the trouble of killing them again. Cutlassfish have no scales, but in order to reduce the fishy smell, the outer layer of skin still needs to be scraped off.

It is also simple to handle. To save trouble, you can just rub it with a steel wool, but this can easily damage the meat. Wang Fan, who has a perverted pursuit of gourmet cooking, naturally would not do this.

He used a towel to wipe off the silvery outer skin bit by bit, revealing the tender white flesh inside.

The flesh wiped with the towel had no damage at all, and the skin looked extremely smooth, except for a few small holes bitten by its own kind, which looked a bit unsightly.

Wang Fan was very dissatisfied with the result, so he decided to make these hairtail fish taste better.

The hairtail fish is not gutted. Instead, it is turned over and cut at the navel.

The part below the navel is the most delicious part of the whole hairtail fish. Not only is the meat more delicious, it is also a pure meat part. If a high-end restaurant uses this dish as its signature dish, it must only use the meat from the back half of the fish.

However, firstly, it would be shameful to waste them, and secondly, these five hairtails were really too few, so he decided to use the whole one.

After cutting the hairtail into sections, use chopsticks to poke the contents of the fish belly gently to remove them so that they remain intact when frying.

It is very easy to handle fresh hairtail. Just rinse it with cold water to wash away the blood, and the temperature of the boiled soaking water will just drop down at this time.

Pour the soaking water and the onion and ginger water together, and pour the cut and cleaned hairtail directly into the basin to marinate.

Seeing that Wang Fan had finally finished his work temporarily, Captain Wu couldn't help but give him a thumbs up and praised him, "No wonder Boss Wang's food is so delicious. Every step is so precise."

Wang Fan smiled but said nothing. This kind of basic exercise was really unnecessary.

"You have something to do with me?"

Captain Wu quickly said, "A few guys just asked me if you'd like to sell this. There are already more than ten boats ready to go here."

Wang Fan shrugged: "I would like to sell it, but the ingredients are a bit insufficient, right?"

The grouper was a bit small, so the three of them had almost eaten it, so the sharks just caught it for fun. That thing urinates through its skin, and it is one of the few fish that can defeat the Chinese foodies.

There are relatively few squids and hairtails, and even if he calls them over, they are not enough to fill the gap. He has already prepared for the mission to fail.

Captain Wu laughed and said, "Isn't this hairtail fish quite suitable?"

Wang Fan pointed at the bowl, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Isn't this too little? It's not enough for the three of us."

Captain Wu shook his head. "Boss Wang, you don't know that when you go fishing for hairtail, you always bring your family with you. If you catch one hairtail, it means the fish are here. The water layer is fixed. And you caught five on your hook, which is enough to prove that the density of hairtail down there is very high. I estimate that they will bite as soon as you set the hook. Do you have any idea how deep these hairtail were caught?"

Wang Fan frowned and thought for a moment. The electric wheel had a water depth indicator on its display, so he had some idea of ​​it. "It seems to be around 50 meters."

Captain Wu chuckled and said, "Alright, I'll get some saury right away. I'll use it to make Tianya, and I guarantee that I'll be able to whip the hairtail until my hands cramp."

Wang Fan walked onto the deck. Shen Teng was still pouring bait into the sea in a depressed mood. Box after box of Antarctic krill were poured in as if they were free. A large number of sea fish had gathered on the water surface alone.

But these fish seemed to be possessed and ignored Shen Teng's bait. He is still a Turtle Hermit until now, and his life is extremely miserable.

Wang Fan said to Shen Teng, "Captain Wu said there are a lot of hairtail down there. I'm going to catch some for lunch. Do you want to join us?"

Shen Teng said gloomily, "I'd rather be Master Turtle than lower my standards to catch that lousy fish!"

After saying this, he felt that it was not a good idea to say so, and quickly added: "I didn't mean anything else."

Wang Fan laughed out loud: "I understand, I understand. It's okay, just go fishing. Captain Wu said he'll help me fish later. Just keep working hard. We'll be able to have lunch soon."

Captain Wu did want to help Wang Fan fish, but Wang Fan still had to pay, and the price was 200 yuan per fish.

Captain Wu moved quickly and soon took out a box of fresh chilled saury from the ice storage, followed by a strong fishy smell.

Captain Wu said, "These saury are very smelly. Let's cut the fish into pieces and put them on the lead hooks. When we get to the layer where the hairtail fish are, they will definitely swarm and bite."

Wang Fan took out the hook of his fishing rod. Captain Wu took off the hook and replaced it with the lead hook tied with the saury. Then he took out his own fishing rod and went fishing for cuttlefish with Wang Fan.

The situation was just as Captain Wu had said. Basically, as soon as the line was let out over 50 meters, a hairtail would instantly bite the hook. And they were quite large, usually around a meter long. Shen Teng's face turned green as he watched Wang Fan and the other two busy themselves.

I haven't done anything to offend the old Dragon King, have I?

Where's my fish?!

what? !

Would it be embarrassing if I went fishing for cuttlefish with them now?
I don’t know if these cutlass fish were really hungry, but they kept biting one after another, and the fish box prepared by Captain Wu was soon full.

Wang Fan saw that the quantity was definitely enough for him to sell, so he asked Captain Wu to stop and recorded the amount of fish Captain Wu had caught. Then Wang Fan helped him move the fish into the cabin.

Then Wang Fan began to pack the hairtail fish. When he finished packing them all and soaked them in pickling water, the fishing boats that had agreed to come over to buy lunch had arrived one after another.

There was only one ship on the first day, but today the number has skyrocketed to 7, and there are almost a hundred people on board.

The way these ships are tied together looks very much like Cao Cao's fleet during the Battle of Red Cliffs.

The fishermen looked at the people on other boats with great interest, and occasionally shared their catches.

Fishermen may be the purest group of people in the world. When they get together, they basically exchange their catches and fishing spots, and occasionally talk about the performance of equipment and bait, but it is rare to hear anyone bragging about how expensive their equipment is.

It is said that this circle is the only one among many circles that has not been harmed by some people with ulterior motives.

Of course, the most talked about topic today is what to eat for lunch.

"We've been at sea for four days now. We haven't had much fish this time, so we've only made back half our investment. But having a meal with Boss Wang today is definitely worth it."

"I'm doing OK. I made a small profit, but it's a shame I lost a 200-pound yellowfin. Otherwise, I'd have made a killing."

"My trip out this time didn't work out either. Not only did I not make any money, but a shark broke my fishing rod. I have to spend a lot of money to buy my equipment when I go back."

"Haha, don't think about those unhappy things. Does anyone know what you're going to eat for lunch today? I'm quite curious."

"Yesterday we made grouper skin, and Lao Pi and the others enjoyed it so much. Today's shouldn't be too bad, right?"

Some people looked curiously towards the fishing boat where Wang Fan was, sniffing from time to time to see if there was any information floating in the air.

At this time, Wang Fan had already taken out the marinated hairtail pieces and carefully wiped the moisture off the surface with absorbent paper.

Generally, dry-fried hairtail is fried directly without batter, but relatively speaking, Wang Fan prefers to coat it with a thin layer of batter before frying.

Mix corn starch into a batter and coat each piece of hairtail with a thin layer of batter. Put the hairtail pieces in after the oil temperature reaches 6% hot.

"Bah..."

The sound of oil popping continued to ring out, and what followed naturally was the delicious smell of hairtail fish.

With such thorough preparation, there will naturally be no accident when frying the hairtail fish. The air will be filled with only the unique and delicious smell of sea fish, without even a trace of fishy smell.

The high temperature of the hot oil turned the delicious taste into the most tempting smell. The people on the nearby fishing boats started drooling almost the moment they smelled the scent.

This dish is no stranger to people living in coastal cities or those who often go to the sea. They have even made it themselves when they are at sea. The unique taste is easy to recognize.

"Oh? It's fried hairtail?"

"No mistake, I can tell by the smell."

"As expected of Boss Wang, this little scent smells better than what we make ourselves."

"We're fishing majors, he's a culinary major. How can we compete if we're not on the same page?"

"I'm in for a real treat today. I've already made a small profit, so I won't fish today. I'll just have the fried hairtail with a bottle of old wine and a good night's sleep. I wouldn't trade it for anything, hahaha."

"Tsk, I envy Lao Li. I still need to work harder and eat more at noon so I can have the energy to ship large quantities of goods in the afternoon."

"Oh my goodness, I almost couldn't open my mouth. This little thing tastes so overbearing! I can hardly hold back my saliva."

"That's great! It's worth our long trip."

The hairtail in Wang Fan’s pot has turned golden yellow. Through the crispy shell fried in batter, you can still see the equally golden hairtail meat inside.

Take out the fried hairtail fish and put it back into the pot to fry again when the oil temperature reaches 8% hot.

The fried fish pieces were taken out after being fried once. In addition to the color becoming a little darker, the crispy skin on the outside also became more crispy.

Take out a piece without adding any seasoning, blow on it and then tear it gently with your hands.

The crispy shell broke, revealing the snow-white hairtail fish meat inside. A layer of transparent gelatin on the outside of the fish meat also stretched into tempting filaments. Transparent smoke floated over the white fish meat, making the whole piece of fried hairtail fish look even more tempting.

The torn part was a main bone of the hairtail fish, with a row of fish bones on each side of the main bone. At this time, all the fish bones on the torn side were exposed, and there was no fish meat left on it.

However, there were still dots of delicious juice on the piece of fish in Wang Fan's hand, which looked crystal clear under the sunlight.

Although Wang Fan picked a piece at random, he chose the first piece of meat below the navel. In terms of taste, this piece is definitely the essence, and there are almost no small thorns in the meat.

When you put the snow-white fish meat into your mouth and take a light bite, a crisp "crunch" sound reaches your ears, followed by the delicious smell of hairtail fish rushing into your nose.

When he pressed down with his teeth, a little juice squeezed out from the broken edge. The sweet taste made Wang Fan's taste buds cheer.

Soft and tender, delicious, extremely soft and tender, extremely delicious.

Wang Fan was very satisfied with his decision to add a thin layer of paste. This thin layer of paste perfectly locked the deliciousness of the hairtail meat into the meat, preserving the unique flavor to the greatest extent possible.

Moreover, the presence of the wet paste allows the little juice of the hairtail fish to remain in the meat. Although there is not much juice between the lips and teeth, the extremely delicious taste is definitely an unbearable top-level experience for the taste buds.

"call……"

Exhaling a breath filled with the fresh aroma of hairtail, Wang Fan couldn't help but sigh at the importance of fresh ingredients. If he had used frozen hairtail, the taste and texture would definitely not be so perfect. So what's next...

The golden crispy fried hairtail will arrive at the battlefield in 10 seconds.

Make them cry with envy!

(End of this chapter)