Mangrove snapper is a popular and favored fish in Vietnamese cuisine. With its sweet, fatty meat and distinctive aroma, mangrove snapper is an ideal ingredient for creating many delicious and enticing dishes. Here is a compilation of 9 delicious dishes from mangrove snapper, bringing you a wonderful culinary experience.
1 Mangrove snapper braised with galangal
Mangrove snapper braised with galangal
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Galangal, shallots, chili, garlic, lemongrass
- Seasonings: salt, sugar, fish sauce
Mangrove snapper braised with galangal is a famous traditional dish from the northern region. With its attractive brownish color, the braised mangrove snapper not only arouses curiosity but also stimulates the taste buds with its unique flavor.
The braised mangrove snapper is cooked until tender, with fatty and flavorful fish meat blending with the distinctive flavor of galangal. Galangal is a special spice with a strong aroma and unique taste. When combined with fish, galangal creates a wonderful harmony, bringing a unique and appealing flavor to the dish.
2 Mangrove snapper hotpot
Mangrove snapper hotpot
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Turmeric, lemongrass, chili, shrimp paste
- Vegetables: Water spinach, mushrooms, …
To add variety to your taste, you can try a hotpot dish that is different from traditional mangrove snapper dishes such as steamed or deep-fried. Mangrove snapper hotpot is popular for weekend gatherings or family parties. To have a delicious hotpot, you need to carefully prepare the ingredients and skillfully cook the broth to create a rich taste.
The black mangrove snapper broth has a distinctive sweet flavor from the fish meat and bone marrow, combined with a mild sour taste from tomatoes, pickled mustard greens, and other spices, creating a delicious and nutritious flavor. When enjoying, you can combine mangrove snapper hotpot with noodles and various vegetables such as water spinach, gunnywort, …, to create a complete and fresh meal.
3 Beer-steamed mangrove snapper
Beer-steamed mangrove snapper
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Beer, tomatoes, shallots, garlic, spring onions, chili
- Seasonings: Salt, sugar, cooking oil
Beer-steamed mangrove snapper is a delicious dish with an enticing aroma. The fish meat is tender, flavorful, with a hint of beer and spring onions, a slightly spicy taste from chili, and the fatty taste of the fish belly.
This dish can be enjoyed with white rice, wrapped in fresh vegetables, or rolled in rice paper, accompanied by a dipping sauce to create a harmonious and delicious combination.
4 Sour soup with mangrove snapper
Sour soup with mangrove snapper
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Tomatoes, pineapple, spring onions
- Seasonings: Cooking oil, broth powder
If you feel tired of greasy dishes, sour soup with mangrove snapper is a great choice to change your taste and create balance for your family meals.
The sour soup with mangrove snapper combines with pickled mustard greens, bringing the light, characteristic aroma of pickled mustard greens, fragrant and firm fish meat without a fishy taste. When eaten with rice, sour soup with mangrove snapper ensures that every grain of rice is gone in an instant.
5 Braised mangrove snapper with pickled vegetables
Braised mangrove snapper with pickled vegetables
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Pickled vegetables
- Purple onions
- Seasonings: Sugar, broth powder, salt, …
To change your daily taste, a great choice is braised mangrove snapper with pickled vegetables. A pot of braised black mangrove snapper with pickled mustard greens should have a sweet and sour taste from the fish meat and the thick broth, along with a slightly sour taste from the pickled mustard greens.
When enjoying, the outer fish meat is firm, attractive in color. When you bite into a piece, the fish meat is juicy, not dry. On cold days, pick up a piece of fish, put it on a piece of pickled mustard greens, and enjoy it with hot rice, it will bring a wonderful experience.
6 Braised mangrove snapper with turmeric
Braised mangrove snapper with turmeric
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Fresh turmeric, turmeric leaves
- Chili, garlic, purple onions, lemon, coriander
- Seasonings: Soup powder, broth powder, fish sauce, salt, sugar, pepper
After finishing, the dish exudes a complex aroma of turmeric, along with a little spicy scent from chili and ground pepper. The fish absorbs the spices, has a chewy texture, and an attractive color. When enjoying, you will feel the tender and sweet fish meat, the distinctive flavor of turmeric, along with the rich and fatty taste.
Just serve with a few boiled vegetables, this dish is enough to make the meal more interesting.
7 Braised mangrove snapper with bamboo shoots
Braised mangrove snapper with bamboo shoots
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Bamboo shoots, shallots, chili
- Seasonings: Fish sauce, sugar, vinegar, broth powder, salt, ground pepper, coloring water
Braised mangrove snapper with bamboo shoots is a familiar and favored dish in Vietnamese family meals. With its rich and flavorful taste, easy-to-find ingredients, and simple cooking process, this dish becomes an attractive choice.
The aromatic and rich-stewed broth, the dark brown fish meat with wood grain-like patterns, combined with crispy and sour bamboo shoots, brings a crispy, sour, and spicy sensation, truly appealing and filling to the meal. When accompanied with hot rice, braised mangrove snapper with bamboo shoots is even more delicious.
8 Braised mangrove snapper with lemongrass
Braised mangrove snapper with lemongrass
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Tomatoes, shallots, purple onions, chili, garlic, spring onions, dill
- Seasonings: Cooking oil, soup powder, fish sauce, salt, sugar, pepper
Braised mangrove snapper with lemongrass is an appealing fish dish that is not complicated to prepare. You will enjoy a piece of braised snapper with rich and flavorful meat, combined with the sweet and sour taste of lemongrass and tomatoes.
The meat is tender, flavorful, with the distinctive flavor of lemongrass, and a rich and fatty taste. Just serve with some boiled vegetables, this dish will make your meal enjoyable.
9 Deep-fried mangrove snapper with sweet and sour sauce
Deep-fried mangrove snapper with sweet and sour sauce
Ingredients
- Mangrove snapper
- Flour, egg, yellow bell pepper
- Garlic, shallots, ginger, purple onions, spring onions, dill, coriander
- Seasonings: Cooking oil, salt, fish sauce
Deep-fried mangrove snapper with sweet and sour sauce is a beloved dish thanks to the combination of crispy fried snapper and the sweet and sour sauce. This dish brings richness and deliciousness to the family meal.
When finished, the deep-fried mangrove snapper with sweet and sour sauce has a beautiful golden color, with crispy, natural, and tasty fish meat. The sweet and sour taste of the sauce adds an appealing touch to the dish.
To fully enjoy this dish, it is best to eat it while it is still hot and avoid letting it become cold as the fish may become fishy and lose its fresh taste.
Those were the 9 delicious dishes from mangrove snapper that we want to introduce to you. You can freely explore and enjoy these unique dishes, bringing richness and diversity to your family meals. Give them a try and enjoy the wonderful flavors of mangrove snapper today!
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