Braised Eels Recipe
Simmered Dishes Recipes

Ingredients:

1 1/3 lb
2 tbsp
6 cup
5 oz
10 cloves
1
1
3
1/4
1 oz
1/2 tbsp
2 cup
1/2 tsp
1 tsp
1/2 tsp
1/2 tbsp

eel
soy sauce
oil
pig's belly broiled meat
garlic
scallion
small piece ginger
bamboo shoots
carrot
dried black mushrooms
sherry (wine)
soup stock
salt
MSG
black pepper
cornstarch

Directions:

1. Kill eel, scald in boiling water briefly remove, cut into sections. Soak in cool water, scrub and slash undersides, marinade with 1 tbsp soy sauce. Deep-fry eel in hot 425oF oil till brown (about 3 minutes), remove.

2. Cut broiled meat into 12 pieces.

3. Peel garlic and crush, cut scallion into sections, chop ginger.

4. Peel bamboo shoot and carrot, parboil and shred.

5. Soak mushrooms in warm water, remove stems then cut into small pieces.

Methods:

1. Stir-fry ginger, and garlic in 2 tbsp oil till golden brown, put broiled meat, mushrooms, eel, 1/2 tbsp sherry, 2 cup soup stock, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp MSG, 1/2 tsp black pepper into the pan, cover it then simmer 20 minutes.

2. Heat above ingredients (step 1) with carrot, bamboo shoot, ginger, scallion sections and 1 tbsp soy sauce. Mix 1/2 tbsp cornstarch paste, stir evenly, then add 1 tbsp oil and serve.

Notes:

1. Deep-fry eel long enough to make it firm and beautiful.

2. There is high nutritional value in eel, it is full of calories, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus and vitamin.