Fish Cake
Ingredients
🦑 Fish Cake - Delicious Seafood Dish
👨👩👧👦 Servings: 4 people
⏱️ Preparation time: 30 minutes
🍳 Cooking time: 40 minutes
🕒 Total time: 70 minutes
Fish cake is a perfect combination of the natural sweetness of fresh squid and distinctive spices, creating a delicious seafood dish with a crispy texture. With its attractive golden color and soft, sweet squid filling, this will surely become a favorite dish for parties or family meals.
🛒 Ingredients Needed
Main Ingredients
- 1kg squid tubesor baby squid
- 2 tablespoons white wine
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon seasoning powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons shallotsfinely chopped
- 2 teaspoons garlicfinely chopped
- 1 tablespoon potato starch
- Cooking oilas needed
🔪 Ingredient Preparation
Preparing squid
- Remove the squid head, cut out the eyes, then cut the body without completely separating it
- Remove the innards and ink sac, then peel off the skin to make the squid white
- Add 2 tablespoons of white wine to the squid bowl and rinse to reduce fishiness
- Rinse thoroughly with water several times and drain
Preparing seasonings
- Pat the squid dry with paper towels
- Cut the squid into thin slices to prepare for mincing
- Finely chop shallots and garlic
👨🍳 Cooking Instructions
Cut the squid into thin slices and mince thoroughly
Mix the seasonings: 1 teaspoon sugar + 1 teaspoon seasoning powder + 2 teaspoons fish sauce + 2 teaspoons chopped shallots + 2 teaspoons chopped garlic + 1 tablespoon potato starch + 2 tablespoons water
Add the seasoning mixture to the squid bowl and mix well to absorb
Place the squid bowl in a nylon bag, spread thinly and freeze for 2 hours
Take out the frozen squid bag, break it into small pieces or cut into small pieces and put into a blender to knead for about 6 minutes
Oil your hands, take a full tablespoon of squid, roll into a ball and flatten slightly
Shape the squid this way until all the squid is used
Heat oil in a pan, add plenty of oil to deep fry the fish cakes
When the oil is hot, reduce the heat and fry the fish cakes until golden for the first time
When eating, fry again for the second time until crispy and golden
If you want to store for a long time, after the first fry, let it cool and put it in a bag or box and freeze
🍽️ Serving and Consumption
The fish cake has an attractive golden color, with the natural sweetness of squid blended with fragrant spices that are very delicious. The crispy fish cake is suitable to eat with sticky rice, rice paper rolls, or as a snack. This is a special dish suitable for family gatherings or entertaining guests.
Pro tip: To make the fish cake more delicious, you should choose fresh squid and mince the squid thoroughly to create good binding. When frying, use low heat so that the cake cooks evenly without burning on the outside.
❤️ Conclusion
Fish cake with natural sweetness and crispy texture is an excellent choice for those who love seafood. With this detailed and easy-to-follow recipe, you can easily recreate this dish at home to treat your family. Try it today to experience the special flavors of this seafood dish!
