Some An Giang people said that the old Siluridae fish was so full that people “didn’t want to” eat it. Recently, they have become a popular specialty of tourists, so the price is gradually higher. They are currently for sale for up to $17/kg

Siluridae fish is a species of catfish in the catfish family (Siluridae), with features: flat and long body like catfish but much larger, some weighing up to 3-4 kg. They live in areas with grassy banks, mostly hiding in burrows along the river or canal banks, associated with deep and slow-moving water bodies with bottom mud.

They are slow fish and feed in the bottom mud. Young fish mainly eat insects; while adults eat small fish, crustaceans and mollusks. This is an egg-laying fish and spawns during the pre-monsoon summer period.

Siluridae fish is a species of catfish in the catfish family.

Siluridae fish can be found regionally in Pakistan, Indonesia, as well as reported in Afghanistan. In Malaysia, Siluridae fish is called “Ikan Tapah” and this name is the origin of the name for a town in Malaysia, Tapah.

In Vietnam, Siluridae fish is found in many different regions, most notably along the Tien and Hau rivers. Especially in the areas near the Vietnam-Cambodia border such as Chau Doc, Tinh Bien, Tan Chau (An Giang) were once famous for catching Siluridaefish.

In Vietnam, Siluridae fish is found in many different regions, most notably along the Tien and Hau rivers.

Some An Giang people said that the old Siluridae fish was so full that people “didn’t want to” eat it. Recently, they have become a popular specialty of tourists, so the price is gradually higher. They are currently for sale for up to $17/kg.

From Siluridae fish can be processed into many delicious dishes such as grilled, fried, cooked in hot pot, made fish sauce or braised with pineapple… In which, the fish is grilled all over and braised in banana, cooked with sour soup is the most delicious dish…

Grilled Siluridaefish

The fish is caught by hook, remove the gills, intestines, cut off the fins, scrub with salt to clean the slime, drain and then process into many delicious dishes. Making meat of Siluridae fish with eggs should be kept separately, marinated with seasoning seeds, peanut oil, pepper powder, wrapped in guise leaves and then grilled on embers.

Before grilling, if you want the fish to absorb the spices, use a knife to make a cut under the fish’s belly, cleverly remove the bones or just cut a few lines on the fish (to help the fish absorb the spices), crushed red peppers with salt. , add a little satay and rub it on the fish for fifteen minutes and grill it over hot coals. When you see the outer skin turn yellow, the fat sizzling, giving off the aroma that the fish is cooked. This dish is served with cucumber, lettuce, laksa leaves with salt and pepper.

Braised Siluridae fish with handle

Clean sliced ​​fish marinated with salt, seasoning, monosodium glutamate, turmeric, onion, pepper, garlic, chili, leave for ten minutes for the fish to absorb the spices. Green banana peeled, cut into pieces, boiled to remove the acrid taste, poured into a basket and dipped in cold water, drained. Non-aromatic peanut oil, put the fish on the island. Continue to add bananas and a little boiling water and cook on low heat for about twenty minutes. Finally, put the dish on a plate, add some herbs on top. Braised Siluridae fish with banana has the beautiful yellow color of turmeric, the fat of peanut oil is very delicious with hot rice or vermicelli.

Sour cooked Siluridaefish

Delicious food is not inferior to snakehead fish. Thinly sliced ​​Siluridaefish, marinated with spices to absorb. Stir in peanut oil and then add the fish to cook, add cooked water. Continue to add sour bamboo shoots, acrid bananas, pineapples, Giang leaves, bean sprouts and other spices to cook, season to taste sweet and sour spices to taste.

Not only a delicious dish, climbing fish is also rich in B vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12). If you boil fish or cook soup, the B vitamins dissolve in water. Fish is poor in vitamin C. Fish meat is rich in fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamins A, D, and E. Therefore, eating fish is very good for children and pregnant women.

In addition, fish is easy to digest, because it contains less collagen. Boiled fish, fish cooked in soup are easy to digest because the collagen is transferred to the boiling water. Fish is also poor in connective tissue, so it doesn’t last long in the stomach. So, when eating fish, feel “lightweight”.

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