Then spread the grass carp divided into two halves into the pot. The fish heads should be aligned and the fish skin should face up.

Cover the pot.

After the water in the pot boils again, open the lid and skim off the foam.

Continue cooking.

It will probably take about three more minutes to cook.

You can use chopsticks to lightly prick the chin of the fish. When it can be pierced, it means the fish is cooked and ready to be taken out of the pot.

This step of boiling water is very important. Be sure to control the heat properly.

If this step is too little, it will be undercooked, and if it is too much, it will be too old. Both will affect the taste of the final dish.

After the fish is cooked, remove from the pot and drain.

After draining the water, spread it out on a serving plate and set aside, with the fish skin facing up.

Next, cook the soup.

The soup is the soul of West Lake Vinegar Fish. Is West Lake Vinegar Fish delicious? To a large extent, it depends on whether the soup is cooked well?

Leave an appropriate amount of the original soup of the freshly cooked fish in the pot, and add sugar, minced ginger, soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, and vinegar in order to season.

Among them, the ratio of sugar to vinegar is the most critical.

Only the most appropriate ratio can cook the most delicious sweet and sour food.

Otherwise, it will either be too sweet or too sour.

If the sweetness and sourness are not right, this dish will naturally not be delicious.

Many West Lake vinegar fish are not delicious because the ratio of sweet and sour is not right.

After adjusting the flavor of the soup, finally thicken it with starch.

After thickening the gravy, pour the soup over the fish and you're done.

You can also sprinkle a little minced ginger at the end.

The key to the crab flavor in this dish is grated ginger.

This dish does not require a drop of oil.

In terms of the oil used, it is also a very special dish.

After a lot of work, Li You grasped every detail step perfectly, whether it was boiling fish body with water, or mixing the proportion of sweet and sour, etc.

The final dish looks very beautiful and very appetizing.

It is not easy to make the dish of West Lake Vinegar Fish look appetizing, because it is a dish that is not very popular.

But Li You’s West Lake Vinegar Fish looks very good and looks very appetizing.

Li You himself was very satisfied with it.

Serve it out for the guests to eat. The guests can’t wait to come.

……

In the dining hall.

The guests really couldn't wait. Everyone was talking about the West Lake Vinegar Fish while looking toward the kitchen from time to time.

It seemed like a long time had passed before I finally saw Li You coming out of the kitchen with the prepared West Lake Vinegar Fish.

Finally here.

The guests were all delighted.

After Li You placed the fish on a dining table, everyone quickly gathered around.

Including Wang Ye, Yuan Wenxu, and Lai Xiaofei.

Looking at the West Lake vinegar fish on the table, everyone was once again pleasantly surprised.

"Boss, the West Lake vinegar fish looks very good! I have seen a lot of photos and videos of West Lake vinegar fish dishes on the Internet. Those West Lake vinegar fish don't look very good. This made me think that West Lake vinegar fish

The dish of vinegared fish was originally not very good in appearance. But now, after seeing the West Lake vinegared fish made by the boss, I realized that the appearance of West Lake vinegared fish can still be very good."

"So, we have said it before. The West Lake vinegar fish made by the boss will definitely be the best West Lake vinegar fish in the world. Now the appearance alone can prove it."

"..."

"The boss is indeed the best." The guests all thought in their hearts.

Li You was very happy after hearing all kinds of compliments from the guests. He laughed loudly, and then asked the guests not to just look at the appearance, but to pick up their chopsticks and start eating. How does it taste?

Taste is the most important after all.

There are fewer fish and more guests, so everyone has to eat less.

There is no way around it.

What the guests were waiting for was Li You's words. Therefore, they were all not polite. While expressing their gratitude to Li You, they picked up their chopsticks and went to pick up the fish to eat.

After eating the fish meat into my mouth, I felt that the fish meat was very tender and fragrant. The sweet and sour taste was also very delicious, and it even seemed to taste like crab meat.

Very delicious!

Even more delicious than expected!
Chapter completed!