Salted fish stir-fried with Chinese chives

Salted fish stir-fried with Chinese chives

Main dishes

An Indonesian dish: salted and desalted fish, then fried and simmered in a spice paste, with whole chili peppers and Chinese chives.

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“Gabus asin lengkio” is a delicious dish that combines salted fish with cucumber and a “lengkio” sauce. The “lengkio” sauce has a unique flavor, although the spices are cooked, the dish remains fresh.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.44
  • $0.17
  • $0.04

Directions

  1. Soak the salted fish in hot water, rinse it thoroughly, and drain it.
  2. Fry in hot oil until halfway cooked.
  3. Heat the spice mixture until it becomes fragrant, then add the whole chili peppers and the chives, and cook until they are wilted.
  4. Add the fish, some water, and sugar, and cook until the liquid has reduced.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 8 pieces of salted fish (cod, tuna…)
  • 2 bunches of Chinese chives (leekio), roots cut, thoroughly washed
  • 5 long, hot, red, frilled chili peppers
  • Spice paste: finely chopped shallots and garlic
  • oil for deep frying
  • sugar
  • water

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