Copper pot fish is delicious, but the preparation is very simple. When the fish raised in the lake are stunned on the spot, the scales, internal organs, and gills are immediately removed. The blood of the fish itself cannot be cleaned, it is better to keep it to make the taste more delicious.

In the fish farm, it is necessary to cut the whole and the body but not to cut it, and to ensure that the fish is a whole to look good. The main purpose is to let the guests who order the fish and weigh the fish see clearly that it is indeed a whole fish, and there is no lack of it. If you do it yourself, there's no need for anything.

When boiling fish, you must use cold water, and the lake is particular about boiling lake fish, and the water is drawn from the place where the water quality is good in the lake. Put some green onions, ginger and salt in a pot. After boiling pine wood over high heat, then simmering it over low heat, the fish and soup will be more delicious.

The copper pot fish was made quickly, and several people came to the square low dining table, and sat on the very characteristic grass mound before drinking a few sips of tea, and a large pot of steaming copper pot boiled fish was served by the owner of the fish village himself.

The fish is served directly to the table in a large copper pot where the fish is boiled, and the most important role of the fish boiled in the copper pot is dipped in water, and the pickles are served in small plates for rice.

This kind of dipping water is also a must, it is fried with minced green onions, minced ginger, minced garlic, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, Sichuan pepper, spicy seeds, and each fish village its own secret method, and the taste is particularly good. Although the basic ingredients are similar, different fish farms have their own secret recipes, and the dipping water they stir-fry has its own flavor and characteristics. Gourmets who often come to the lake to eat fish tend to taste everywhere and choose their favorite one as a relatively fixed base.

The copper pot of fish came up, but a few people were not busy eating the fish, but made a bowl of fish soup very old-fashioned, slowly blew the hot air, and drank a bowl of soup, which was very pure and sweet.

A bowl of fresh and sweet fish soup is in the stomach, and several people can choose according to their preferences and tastes. They used another bowl to put a number of different dipping seasonings on their own, and a spoon to beat an appropriate amount of hot fish and pour it into it to make their favorite dipping water.

After Qi Jingtao prepared the dipping water, he dipped his chopsticks and tasted the dipping water he made. I felt that the spicy taste was not enough, so I dug a few spoonfuls and dipped the seasoning into it, and tasted it again. I feel satisfied. Put the dipping water aside, dig a small piece of fish meat with a large spoon, put it in the empty bowl where you just drank the soup, and eat a bowl of delicious clear soup fish first. The aftertaste is sweet and clear soup. Qi Jingtao, who prefers to eat spicy flavors, dug a large piece of fish meat with a big spoon and slowly ate the fish while dipping it in the water.

There are many fish bones in freshwater, and everyone concentrates on eating their own fish and rarely speaks. Qi Jingtao put down several bowls of fish and meat in succession before patting his stomach with satisfaction. Looking up at the three companions who were also satisfied, he said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've been to Jiangchuan Lake to eat boiled fish in a copper pot, and the fish here has been eaten a few times, but I can't eat clear soup and boiled fish at home." ”

"After I came to work in central Yunnan, I came to eat the boiled fish in the copper pot here, and the taste is really amazing. Now, when I eat fish in restaurants in central Yunnan, I can only eat fish from other methods. This freshness and sweetness can't be compared with the clear soup fish made in other places, and I don't feel it when I eat it. Hey, hey, I really wanted to eat fish in clear soup, so I ran straight to the lake to eat. Niu Weiqiang said with a look of recollection.

"It's almost time for the copper pot artichoke stew to come up, save some stomach for the artichoke stew. The meals of these fish farms here are the simplest, just a simple pot of boiled fish in lake water, a pot of stewed rice with artichoke, with dipping water and a few pickled vegetables by themselves, and guests from all over the world can satisfy all tastes.

When I got married, more than a dozen college classmates from the east, west, north and south came to central Yunnan, and it was difficult to reconcile them. It was not good to satisfy everyone with anything to eat, so I specially brought them over to eat copper pot fish. As a result, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai have nothing to say about their light tastes; Sichuan, Guizhou, and Hunan are also very satisfied with the spicy taste, and the northerners in Shanxi, Henan, Liaoning, and Tianjin say that they can eat it. Niu Weiqiang opened the topic and began to speak.

Zhang Hongle said hehe: "Hehehe, we Caiyun have two kinds of food, which are known as nationwide killings. One is the rice noodles across the bridge, and the other is the copper pot fish. No matter what kind of taste the people come over and like, these two kinds of food can make the people who come eat and drink enough and return satisfied. ”

"Who said that?" Liu Jianmin, who was still dealing with half a fish head, raised his head and asked.

"Hehehe, who you call him, we only look at the reality. In the future, you can try it yourself when you entertain guests from other provinces. You don't need to bother to understand their food tastes, just take them to eat these two kinds of food and try it. After Zhang Hong finished speaking, he still couldn't finish scooping out the other half of the fish head and putting it in his bowl, dipping it in the water and tasting the cooked fish head.

"You two will eat it, and the fish head will not really cook until the end. Hehe, if you eat fish heads, big-headed fish is the best. If you can't eat big-headed fish, the white-faced fish (silver carp) in this lake tastes the best, so you can come and try it next time. That's the real cheap and delicious food, only 20 yuan a kilogram. Qi Jingtao looked at the fish heads in the two bowls greedily and said.

"It's not simple, we'll come back in a few days, and we'll eat the head of the white-faced fish in a copper pot. Niu Weiqiang immediately took over the conversation.

"Hehehe, Mr. Niu, that copper pot boiled flower white face is a really good dish. If you are not entertaining those guests who only eat expensive and do not eat right, you can entertain your friends, you can specifically order the head of the silver carp. It's just that there are many fine spines in silver carp, and it is best not to eat silver carp when you have children, because it is easy to be stuck by fish bones. Qi Jingtao smiled and suggested.

Liu Jianmin, who finished eating the half of the fish head, said happily: "It's not simple, if there are children coming, add another catfish, everyone eats their own and doesn't interfere with each other." ”

At this time, the best partner specially prepared for copper pot fish, copper pot artichoke stewed rice was served. Smelling the rich fragrance from afar, Qi Jingtao and the others lost the interest in continuing to speak, and they were all attracted by the fragrance.

Looking at the oily but not greasy, sticky individual rice and fragrant browned potatoes in the copper pot. Several people picked up the bowl one after another, and found the most attractive aroma and taste between cooked and paste.

Artichoke stew was originally just a "poor dish" that could not be put on the table, and it was said that he was a poor dish because his ingredients and production methods were too ordinary, too simple, and too poor.

People in the rural areas of central Yunnan go up to the mountains and down to do farm work, and some of them have a long way to go home and have no time to go home to cook, so they bring a pot and the indispensable rice, oil, and salt, and as for the ingredients used in the dishes, it depends on what they have at home. Broad beans, peas, cauliflower, and potatoes are all available in the countryside, and of course, the most common artichoke is also the most portable.

Take these things with you and go out to the field. When it's almost time to eat, make a simple stove with a few rocks or large clods of earth in the field. On the pot rack, the washed rice and peeled artichoke are cut into pieces and mixed together, and the appropriate amount of salt and oil is added to simmer together.

However, after the simmering of the copper pot, the artichoke at this time tasted so delicious in Qi Jingtao. Of course, this rice has to be eaten hot, and the hot rice will make diners taste the fluffy and delicious taste by the fragrant bowl.

Paired with those simple pickled pickles and the dipping seasoning, the heat also increases the enthusiasm of diners from time to time, so that diners can enjoy the satisfaction and happiness brought by food.

A simple and delicious wine-free dinner ended in a cheerful atmosphere, and when the four of them checked out and left, the group of Spring City visitors were happily patting their stomachs out of the restaurant. The young man in charge of ordering the fish said loudly to his companion with emotion: "Brothers, have you eaten enough, right? Come to Jiangchuan to eat fish, when you weigh live fish, you should pay attention to the average person should not exceed one kilogram, you can't eat it at all if you order more, and you will eat the taste of fish if you eat it again!"

"Yes, the big herring that Brother Jun ordered is delicious, much better than catfish. ”

"If you come to eat herring in the future, you have to go out with Brother Jun, otherwise you will only dare to order grass carp to eat honestly, so as not to be ...... by the boss"

Looking at the group of Spring City guests who went to the parking lot and drove away, Qi Jingtao smiled. It seems that it doesn't matter what kind of fish you eat, it's still that mood.