Description
A cold dish tossing carefully prepped boiled snapper (or white fish like tilapia) skin with garlic, black vinegar, and sesame oil. Has amazing gelatinous elasticity; hugely popular among women for making skin plump next morning.
Restaurants serving Cold Tossed Snapper Skin
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Snapper (White fish) skin
- Cucumber
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Soy sauce
- Black vinegar
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Julienne fresh snapper skin (scales carefully removed).
- Boil briefly in hot water with scallions, ginger, wine to remove fishiness, throw immediately into massive ice water to tighten texture.
- Wipe dry thoroughly, put in a bowl.
- Add julienned cucumber, minced garlic, ginger, red chili.
- Toss massaging with a sauce of soy, black vinegar, a little sugar, sesame oil; chill in fridge to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Fruity black vinegar acidity and garlic stimulation
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Jellyfish (Liangban Haizhepi: staple cold dish with similar texture)
Pairing
Cold white wine、Taiwan Beer
Trivia
[For Women] The 'incarnation of collagen' lined up in Taiwan Re Chao fridge cases. Unlike Japanese parboiling, Taiwan hits it heavy with garlic and black vinegar, ensuring zero fishiness and excellence as a drink snack. Near zero fat/carbs, a miracle beauty food that won't make you fat even eaten late at night.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Toss with 'julienned green papaya' instead of cucumber, squeeze a little lemon juice to make an even more tropical, max-beauty-effect salad!
Allergen
Seafood, Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce), Sesame