Mandarinfish Stew with Lean Pork and Tofu
Pan-fried spotted grouper is slow-stewed with lean pork and tofu to create this dish, featuring a rich, savory broth and tender, fall-apart meat.
Ingredients
Mandarinfish (cleaned and gutted)
500 g
Lean pork (sliced into thick pieces)
300 g
Tofu (cut into 8 pieces)
500 g
Refined salt
10 g
MSG (monosodium glutamate)
10 g
Rendered pork fat
150 g
Water
1750 ml
Instructions
1
Ingredient preparation
Clean and gut the mandarinfish. Rinse the tofu and cut into 8 pieces. Rinse the lean pork and slice into thick pieces.
2
Fry the fish
Heat a wok over high heat, add rendered pork fat, place the mandarinfish and fry until golden on both sides.
3
Stew
Take a covered clay pot, add 1750 ml of water and bring to a boil. Add the lean pork and tofu pieces and bring to a rolling boil. Then add the fried mandarinfish, cover, and simmer on low heat for about 1.5 hours until done.