Stir-fried Dried Fish with Pickled Vegetables

Stir-fried Dried Fish with Pickled Vegetables

　　Stir-fried Dried Fish with Pickled Vegetables is a specialty dish from Guilin, Guangxi. There’s a local saying in Guilin: “Dried fish with rice, you’ll scrape the pot clean.” This describes just how delicious this stir-fried dried fish dish is. The main ingredient, dried fish, is made from fish caught in Guilin’s Li River. The fish is smoked over charcoal and then sun-dried. Fishermen living along the Li River are especially skilled at making this kind of dried fish—for example, the town of Daxu in Guilin offers various high-quality varieties. The “acid” in this dish comes from locally pickled ingredients in Guilin, such as pickled green beans or pickled bamboo shoots. This dish has a delicious flavor and unique ingredients, making it a popular home-cooked meal in Guilin.

　　Ingredients: Dried fish, pickled green beans or pickled bamboo shoots, ginger, garlic, etc.

　　How to make Stir-fried Dried Fish with Pickled Vegetables:

　　1. Wash the dried fish and cut the pickled vegetables into small pieces for later use.

　　2. Wash the ginger and garlic, then slice them thinly for later use.

　　3. Heat the pan over high heat, add an appropriate amount of oil, and when the oil is 70–80% hot, add the ginger, garlic, and pickled chili.

　　4. Stir-fry the pickled vegetables and dried fish in the pan for a while.

　　5. Add a little salt and an appropriate amount of Guilin Sanhua wine, then cover the pan and simmer for a few minutes.

　　6. Season with chicken essence or MSG, plate, and serve.