Need Ideas on How To Cook That Cheap Fresh Trout from Costco? (红烧小鳟鱼)

Braised Soy Sauce Trout (红烧小鳟鱼) is a great way to prepare trout, the cheap fish, that you can buy in Costco. This is a dish that my mother-in-law has often made for our family and we love it. Well, everyone but me but that’s because I generally don’t like to eat seafood, especially fish. But that doesn’t stop my family from enjoying this dish every time it gets made.

Ingredients 食材用料 价钱:

• 4 Whole Trout 4条小鳟鱼 $15.00
• 1/2 Cup Flour 一盘米粉 $0.12
• 3 Stalks Green Onion, sliced to 2 inches in length 3 棵青蔥 $0.16
• 8 Slices Ginger 8 块儿姜 $0.50
• 1 Head of Garlic 1 个大蒜 $0.33
• 1 Star Anise 1 个八角 $0.12
• 2 Tbsp Chinkiang Vinegar 30 毫升镇江醋 $0.10
• 2 Pieces Fermented Rose Tofu 2 块儿 玫瑰腐乳 $0.40
• 3 Tbsp Sweet Bean Sauce 45 毫升 甜麵醬 $0.34
• 3 Tbsp Sugar 45 毫升 甜麵醬 $0.05
• 1 Tbsp Salt 15 克 盐 $0.12
• 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce 15 毫升 生抽 $0.07
• 1 Tbsp Dark Soy Sauce 15 毫升 老抽 $0.10
• 2 Tbsp Chinese Rice Wine 30 毫升 米酒 $0.08
• 3 Tbsp Water 45 毫升 水 $0.00
• 1/4 Cup Oil 60 毫升 油 $0.47
• 1 Tbsp Szechuan Peppers 15 克 花椒 $0.19
• Boiling Water to Cover the Fish 许多开水 $0.00

Total 总价: $18.17

Full Video Tutorial

Preparation:

1. Make diagonal slices into the trout about 1 inch apart
2. Cut off the head and tail of the trout and cut the body into 2 inch slices and dredge in flour
3. Chop the green onion, slice the ginger and peel and slice the garlic.
4. In a bowl add vinegar, tofu, sweet bean sauce, sugar, salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rice wine, and mix it all together
5. Add oil to a pan over high heat. Add Szechuan peppers and cook till black.
6. In the mean time boil a pot of water to add to the dish in the end
7. Fry the fish in the pan and take the peppers out. Once one side of the fish is golden brown, flip the fish over to fry the other side to golden brown. Then remove the fish.
8. Add more oil to the pan and fry the ginger, green onions and garlic till fragrant.
9. Add the fish back in and then add the sauce. Add the boiling water to the pan – enough to mostly cover the fish, then cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes until the sauce is thickened.
10. Take out and serve

Kitchen Items used in this recipe

Meat Cleaver	SENZER Gravity Electric Salt and Pepper Grinder Set