From many delicious Traditional Vietnamese Food, the name of this fish may scare you, but its meat is so delicious. In Vietnam, there are many street vendors and restaurants providing it in their menu. This fish is mostly live in the South area and now spread throughout Vietnam and its name is Ghost Knife Fishes.
There are two main ways to cook this fish in Vietnam. And it becomes more popular in the streets.
*** Fried ghost knife fish dish:
This dish is more popular in family meals than restaurant meals. Due to this dish is more delicious when eating it with hot rice. However, some people choose this dish as appetizers before eating the main dish, so it can call be a Traditional Vietnamese Food. To make this dish, you firstly take only the meat from the fish and then fired it on the hot oil pan in some minutes. Until the meat looks like the marbles, it is time for enjoying.
*** Ghost knife fish hot pot dish:
The ingredient to make this dish is quite simple which are one ghost knife fish, some pig bone, dried shrimp, melon, garlic, scallions, chili, and pepper. Firstly, taking the meat from the fish and then mix it with garlic, scallions, chili, and pepper. To make a sweet broth, you have to heat the pig’s bone in broth for 1-2hours. Then you can add the dried shrimp, fish sauce, glutamate, chili, and pepper into the broth. When the water is boiled, it is time for combining the meat’s fish and melon which are slice in the piece together into the broth. The meat is brittle and delicious and the melon has cooling effects.
It is fantastic combining. You can eat with noodles, rice or wheat. Most of the restaurants providing only 5 or 6 styles of hot pot, and ghost knife fish hot pot are one of them. Therefore, it easily becomes one of the best Traditional Vietnamese Food.
To sum up, in the hot weather, two of these ways are good choices for you. Come and enjoy one more popular Traditional Vietnamese Food in our beautiful country. Hope you like this post and do not miss our next posts tomorrow. Good Luck for your trip.
From EZ Vietnamese Cuisine Team.
