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Simple and effective way to make delicious steamed beer fish, perfect for relieving stress during Tet holiday, everyone will love it.

"With the recipe for steamed beer mackerel, you'll have an additional dish to alleviate the monotony of traditional Tet dishes like banh chung and gio cha."

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14 February, 2024

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The snakehead fish is one of the delicious and nutritious foods. This type of fish is commonly raised in freshwater areas like Thai Binh or coastal areas like Thua Thien Hue. The snakehead fish has a strong, sweet, and tender flesh which is ideal for making delicious dishes such as snakehead fish salad, sour snakehead fish soup… However, the easiest and most delicious dish is probably steamed snakehead fish with beer.

1. Ingredients for steamed snakehead fish with beer

– Snakehead fish: 1 (ideally weighing from 2 to 3kg)

– Beer: 1 can of about 330ml

– Lemongrass: 1 stalk

– Ginger: 2 bulbs

– Wood ear mushrooms: 10 pieces

– Carrot: 1

– Chili: 1

– Tomato: 1

– Purple onion: 1

– Garlic: 4 cloves

– Scallion: 4 stalks

– Dill: 100 grams

– Seasonings: 2 tablespoons fish sauce, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 teaspoons soup powder, seasoning powder, salt, ground pepper, sugar

2. How to make steamed snakehead fish with beer

Step 1: Prepare the ingredients

– After buying the snakehead fish, you need to clean it, remove the intestines, and scales. Then, rinse the fish and cut it into edible pieces.

– Peel the purple onion, garlic, and finely chop them.

– Soak the wood ear mushrooms in water for about 3 to 4 hours until they soften, then remove the roots and slice them in half.

– Peel and clean the carrot, then thinly slice it. Rinse the chili, remove the stem, and slice it thinly.

– Remove the outer layer of the lemongrass, then rinse it with clean water and slice it.

– Peel and clean the ginger, divide it into 2 parts: 1 part finely chopped, 1 part thinly julienned.

– Rinse and remove the head of the tomato, then cut it into wedges.

– Remove any damaged or withered leaves from the dill, scallion, then wash and cut them into small sections.

Step 2: Season the fish

– Take a large bowl, then add the fish and marinate it with 1 teaspoon seasoning powder, 2 teaspoons soup powder, 2 teaspoons ground pepper, 2 teaspoons sugar, chopped garlic and shallot.

– Mix well and marinate the fish for about 15 minutes.

– Then, arrange the marinated fish on a suitable plate, and add the wood ear mushrooms and chili.

Step 3: Prepare the sauce

– In a bowl, add chili, ginger, finely chopped garlic, 2 tablespoons fish sauce, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 2 tablespoons of water.

– Mix well with a cooking utensil like a spoon or chopsticks so that the mixture blends together.

Step 4: Steam the snakehead fish with beer

– Place a pot on the stove, then add 330 ml of beer and place the plate of fish on the steamer. Cover with a lid and steam the fish for about 15 minutes until it is cooked.

– Add the tomato, carrot, julienned ginger, and lemongrass to the plate of fish, then cover and steam for an additional 3 minutes.

– Finally, add the dill and scallion and steam for 1 more minute before turning off the heat.

– Taste and adjust the seasonings according to your preference, then remove the plate and sprinkle some ground pepper on top before enjoying.

Steamed snakehead fish with beer has an incredibly enticing aroma. The fish has a sweet and firm texture without any fishy taste. When eating, you will experience the faint smell of lemongrass, the spicy taste of chili, and the perfect combination with tangy fish sauce.