Una Bruja en la Cocina: " Chicharrón de Pescado (Fish Crackling) "

in Foodies Bee Hive2 years ago
Fish is one of the most consumed foods in these days of Easter or Holy Week, if I'm honest, I think these are the days when I eat more red meat, because seeing fish everywhere I feel that it bores me, I even hate the smell of fish these days, however, yesterday at the request of my Mathias I prepared fish, He was watching videos with my dad a few days ago and he immediately craved for some fish cracklings that were being prepared in one of the many videos, he immediately showed it to me and told me that he wanted to eat it, although he is not a fish lover I told him that I would prepare it for him, but that he should eat it.



The fish I had on hand (in the freezer) was cachama, a freshwater fish with a very white meat and a delicious flavor, which I had not prepared for a long time and I did not remember that it had so many bones, so I could not prepare it as you had asked me, which was very similar to how I prepared it, but breaded, and this type of fish when breaded, the bones feel much more, or at least that's what I think, so I prepared it without breading and in plenty of oil, so that it was like the typical pork crackling, and thus the bones were toasted to the point of not prick us at the time of eating.



Usually we only add salt and pepper to fried fish, however, I wanted to season it with a couple of spices, so that each piece of fish was loaded with flavor and so it was. A fairly easy and quick preparation to make, leaving aside the work of cleaning the fish, of course, but certainly worth preparing and trying; join me and I'll show you how I prepare them.

Ingredients

1kg Fish fillet, with skin (use cachama)
1 Tbsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Cumin powder
1/2 tsp Garlic powder
Enough vegetable oil for frying
Preparation time 5 Minutes
Cooking Time 15 Minutes


I added garlic and cumin to give it an extra touch of flavor, and I was tempted to add spicy paprika, which is not bad for any chicharrón, for a next opportunity it will surely be. We continue frying in a pot with plenty of hot oil. I recommend using a pot with a thick bottom and preferably high, so as not to bathe the whole kitchen in oil, since it tends to release a lot of liquid and that causes that mess in the kitchen.



Let it fry for about 4 minutes on one side before turning or moving it in the oil, this to prevent the fish squares from sticking to each other or to the pan, when they are well browned and indeed look like cracklings, it is time to remove and place on a paper towel or in a fine strainer, in total they are cooked for about 10 minutes each batch of fish.



They are golden brown, toasted and crunchy, but above all delicious, the garlic powder gives them a delicious flavor. I accompanied them with fried yucca and sweet and sour cabbage salad or tricolor salad, which goes very well with these fried preparations and the truth is that the combination of these with the fish crackling is a success.



I tell you that Mathias did not want to eat the fried fish at the end, because I did not prepare it as he had asked me to, but I assure you that he did not miss a single piece, it is really delicious, in terms of texture and flavor, the bones were very few to be felt, so this is certainly a new way of preparing fish that I have fallen in love with and that I will surely repeat very often from now on, although now that I think about it, I missed the lemon to accompany the fish at the end.



Images owned by me, taken with my Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S camera, edited with Snapseed, PicsArt, Photoroom and Canva

Thank you for taking the time to read this post, if you have any questions, criticisms or suggestions, I would appreciate it if you put them in the comment box, and remember, you can do too! magic in the kitchen and wherever you go!


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El pescado es uno de los alimentos más consumidos en estos días de pascua o semana santa, si les soy sincera, creo que estos son los días en los que más carnes rojas consumo, pues al ver pescado por todos lados siento que me aburre, incluso llego a odiar el olor del pescado por estos días, sin embargo, ayer a petición de mi Mathias prepare pescado, y es que hace unos días él estaba viendo videos con mi papa y enseguida se quedó antojado de unos chicharrones de pescado que estaban preparando en uno de tantos videos, enseguida me lo mostro y me dijo que quería comer eso, aunque él no es amante del pescado le dije que se lo prepararía, pero que debía comerlo.



El pescado que tenía a la mano (en el congelador) era cachama, un pescado de agua dulce con una carne muy blanca y un sabor delicioso, que hacía tiempo no preparaba y no recordaba que tenía tantas espinas, por lo que no pude prepararlo como me lo había pedido, que era muy similar a como lo prepare, pero empanizado, y es que este tipo de pescado cuando lo empanizamos, las espinas se sienten mucho más, o al menos eso pienso yo, así que lo prepare sin empanizar y en abundante aceite, de manera tal que quedara como el típico chicharrón de cerdo, y de esta forma las espinas se tostaran al punto de no pincharnos al momento de comer.



Por lo general al pescado frito le agregamos solo sal y pimienta, sin embargo, yo quise condimentar con un par de especias más, de modo que cada trocito de pescado estuviera cargado de sabor y asi fue. Una preparación bastante fácil y rápida de hacer, dejando de lado el trabajo de limpieza del pescado, claro está, pero que sin duda alguna, vale la pena preparar y probar; acompáñame y te muestro como los prepare.

Ingredientes

1 kg Filet de pescado, con piel (utilice cachama)
1 Cda Sal
1/4 Cdta Pimienta
1/2 Cdta Comino en polvo
1/2 Cdta Ajo en polvo
Suficiente aceite vegetal para freír
Tiempo de preparación 5 Minutos
Tiempo de Cocción 15 Minutos






Comenzaremos cortando los filetes de pescado en cubos o cuadraditos, y seguidamente condimentamos, le adicioné ajo y comino para darle un toque extra de sabor, y me vi tentada a colocarle paprika picante, que no le viene mal a ningún chicharrón, para una próxima oportunidad seguramente será. Continuamos friendo en una olla con abundante aceite caliente. Recomiendo utilizar una olla de fondo grueso y preferiblemente alta, para no bañar toda la cocina de aceite, ya que este tiende a soltar mucho líquido y eso ocasiona ese desastre en la cocina.











Dejamos freír unos 4 minutos por un lado antes de darle vuelta o moverlo dentro del aceite, esto para evitar que se peguen los cuadritos de pescado, entre sí, o a la olla, cuando estos se ven bien doraditos y en efecto parezcan chicharrón, es momento de retirar y colocar en una toalla de papel o en un colador fino, en total se cocinan por aproximadamente 10 minutos cada tanda de pescado.











Doraditos, tostaditos y crujientes, pero sobre todo deliciosos, el ajo en polvo le da un delicioso sabor, los acompañe con yuca frita y ensalada de repollo agridulce o ensalada tricolor, que le va muy bien a estas preparaciones fritas y la verdad es que la combinación de estos con el chicharrón de pescado es un éxito.











Les cuento que Mathias no quiso comerse el pescadito frito al final, pues no lo prepare como el me había pedido, pero les aseguro que no se perdió ni un pedacito, es realmente delicioso, en cuanto a textura y sabor, las espinas fueron muy pocas las que se llegaron a sentir, así que esta es sin duda una nueva forma de preparar pescado que me ha enamorado y que seguramente repetiré muy seguido de ahora en adelante, aunque ahora que lo pienso bien, me hizo falta el limón para acompañar el pescado al final.










Imágenes de mi propiedad, tomadas con la cámara de mi Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S, editadas con Snapseed, PicsArt, Photoroom y Canva

Gracias por tomarse el tiempo de leer esta publicación, si tiene alguna pregunta, crítica o sugerencia, la agradecería que la pusiera en la caja de comentarios, y recuerda, ¡Tú también puedes hacer magia en la cocina ya dondequiera que vayas!


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Sometimes in life, we just have to give chances to things and later, we will find out that they're easy to love. Just like with the fish. You somehow hate it, its smell, but now, it's one of your favorites especially now that you have discovered a perfect way of cooking it.

And I'm feeling like I am craving with a fried fish, hehehe.

Thank you for sharing your recipe.☺️

It is certainly so, as they say in my town, from hate to love there is only one step, sometimes you just have to take it. And this fried fish was delicious.

It really looks delicious!☺️