Hello my friends and family @Hivefood I hope you are well and wish you blessed days accompanied with exquisite foods, flavors and tastings.
Today I want to share with you an exquisite dish from my eastern land: Fried Fish (Lebranche) accompanied with Vegetable Salad. This dish is very common throughout the east of my country; since we have beautiful beaches, rivers and lagoons that produce a range of marine species of all colors, sizes and above all flavors. Today I wanted to choose the Lebranche to make the meal at home, I tell you: when I saw in the fish market the fresh and fat Lebranche, I told the seller give me a big one.
This fish is rich and has an exquisite flavor, its flesh is soft and the aroma it gives off when fried is pleasant. This type of fish can be prepared in different ways: roasted, stuffed, croquettes, grilled, etc, etc.
Something I want to share with you, this fish reproduces in salt and fresh water. I asked the fishmonger where it was from, and he told me: from the Unare Lagoon, I told him I buy it, because there they reproduce and return to the sea and come back to reproduce again. And its flavor and aroma is very particular. So I want to share with you this delicious and exquisite dish.
Ingredientes que vamos a usar:
3 piezas de pescado Lebranche.
1 Cebolla
1 tomate
1/2 Aguacate
Repollo morado
Lechuga
1 Zanahoria
1 Ají
Ajo
Pepino
Aceite de oliva
Aceite para freir
Vinagre
Sal
Salsa picante
Ingredients we are going to use:
3 pieces of Lebranche fish.
1 onion
1 tomato
1/2 avocado
Purple cabbage
Lettuce
1 carrot
1 chili
Garlic
Cucumber
Olive oil
Oil for frying
Vinegar
Salt
Hot sauce
Preparación:
✓Vamos a iniciar tomando las 3 piezas del pescado cortadas en rodajas y la cola; lavamos muy bien, ya lo había comprado en la pescadería cortado pero no lavado. Así que hay que lavarlo para quitarle la sangre y le añadimos la sal, al gusto de cada quien. En mi caso me gusta bien saladito.
✓Reservamos nuestra piezas del Lebranche en un plato bien tapado.
✓ Calentamos un sartén con suficiente aceite vegetal y comenzamos a freír las piezas. Coloque primero dos piezas porque en el sartén entraban. Esperamos que se vayan dorando y volteamos por el otro lado para que continúe friendose. Observen que están doraditos, sacamos y reservamos. Colocamos la otra pieza (la cola) y el mismo procedimiento. Y dejamos las piezas fritas en un plato y tapamos.
Preparation:
✓We are going to start by taking the 3 pieces of the fish cut into slices and the tail; we wash it very well, I had already bought it at the fishmonger's cut but not washed. So we have to wash it to remove the blood and add salt, to taste of each person. In my case I like it very salty.
✓ We reserve our Lebranche pieces in a well covered dish.
✓ We heat a frying pan with enough vegetable oil and start frying the pieces. Place two pieces first because in the frying pan they would fit. We wait for them to brown and turn them over on the other side to continue frying. Observe that they are golden brown, remove and set aside. Place the other piece (the tail) and follow the same procedure. And leave the fried pieces on a plate and cover.
Ahora vamos con la elaboración de la Ensalada de Vegetales:
✓ Lo primero que tenemos que considerar que los vegetales estén frescos.
✓ Lavamos los vegetales con agua añadiendo un chorro de vinagre, también puede usar limón.
✓ En el caso de la lechuga, hay que dejarla por 2 minutos en un bol con agua y vinagre. igual el repollo morado.
✓ Ya listo el lavado de los vegetales procederemos a cortarlos en cuadritos. Solo estos tres ingredientes tiene una forma diferente:
-La lechuga la picamos a mano sin usar cuchillo.
-El repollo morado en pedazos.La zanahoria la rallaremos.
Ahora sí, manos a la obra :
Tomamos el bol dónde está la lechuga picada, iniciaremos agregando: el repollo morado, la zanahoria rallada y removemos, luego , el tómate, cebolla, pepino, removemos y seguimos con el aguacate picado en cuadritos, también vamos a remover. Ya todo los vegetales juntos, añadimos aceite de oliva, sal y si gusta un chorrito de vinagre, mezclamos todo bien y listo. Reservamos.
Now let's go with the preparation of the Vegetable Salad:
✓ The first thing we have to consider that the vegetables are fresh.
✓ We wash the vegetables with water adding a splash of vinegar, you can also use lemon.
✓ In the case of lettuce, you have to leave it for 2 minutes in a bowl with water and vinegar. same the purple cabbage.
✓ Already ready the washing of the vegetables we will proceed to cut them into squares. Only these three ingredients have a different shape:
-The lettuce we chop it by hand without using a knife.
-The purple cabbage in pieces.
- The carrot we will grate it.
Now, let's get to work:
We take the bowl where the chopped lettuce is, we will start adding: the purple cabbage, the grated carrot and stir, then, the tomato, onion, cucumber, stir and follow with the diced avocado, we will also stir. Once all the vegetables are together, add olive oil, salt and if you like a splash of vinegar, mix everything well and that's it. Set aside.
Ahora vamos a elaborar el mojito para aderezar el pescado: picamos el perejil, el ajo y ají. Mezclamos y añadimos aceite, vinagre y sal. Y listo
Now we are going to prepare the mojito to dress the fish: we chop the parsley, garlic and chili. Mix and add oil, vinegar and salt. And it's ready.
Ahora a emplatar:
En un plato, colocamos las dos piezas, se preguntará y la tercera? Bueno tuve que probarla y quedó poca.
Al tener las piezas del Lebranche, colocamos la ensalada y el mojito por encima del pescado y unas gotas de limón.
Este plato lo pueden acompañar con arepa, yuca frita o sancochada, tostones, casabe, arroz y tajadas fritas, muchos acompañantes. Hoy les dejo este delicioso plato, espero que lo disfruten.
Now to plate:
On a plate, we place the two pieces, you may ask and the third? Well, I had to taste it and it was not enough.
Once we have the Lebranche pieces, we place the salad and the mojito on top of the fish and a few drops of lemon juice.
This dish can be served with arepa, fried or boiled yucca, tostones, cassava, rice and fried slices, many side dishes. Today I leave you with this delicious dish, I hope you enjoy it.
Espero que le hallan gustado la receta, hasta una próxima publicación. Saludos.
I hope you enjoyed the recipe, see you soon for a future publication. Regards.
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