What is hairy swordfish? Is it like the swordfish? How do you tell them apart? How much half a kilo?

Saury and swordfish, the name is only one word different, then, they are the same? Is it the same fish? How do you tell them apart? How much does it cost per catty? In fact, they are different names of the same kind of fish, this kind of fish scientific name lake coilia, belongs to herring order, also known as long jaw coilia, knife coilia, hair coilia, plum coilia, hairy fish, wild hair fish, hair grass carp, anchovy and so on. Because of its shape, it is also called knife fish, hairy knife fish, Yangtze knife fish, etc.

Saury and Wabu Lake whitebait, tile shrimp and nest river whitebait, needle fish, Hefei is a local specialty of the famous aquatic products. This kind of aquatic products have a common characteristic, namely tender meat, bright color, delicious taste, not only is the top grade of food, but also in history for the imperial court tribute, with high nutritional value, known as the boudoir of aquatic products.

Chaohu, in particular, has been rich in saury since ancient times. The saury was an ordinary fish. It had a thin body, tender flesh, and soft spines. Although it looked like a knife, it was also a gentle knife. Saury, long and narrow body, white color, fresh meat, high nutritional value. However, fish head hidden sand, and can not be like mussels pregnant sand into beads, this is often unpleasant, had to give up its head and eat its body alone.

So, how much does a catty of swordfish usually cost? Before Qingming Festival, swordfish, because it is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the junction of fresh water and sea water, rich in bait, tender meat. Due to the sharp decline in production, rare for expensive, online exposure of the Yangtze River knife fish prices are amazing, ranging from 6000 yuan to 10,000 yuan. In 2012, at the Yangtze River Swordfish King Public Welfare Auction held in Jiangsu Province, a 325-gram Yangtze River Swordfish King sold for a sky-high price of 59000 yuan. In March 2013, Xinhua Agency reporters found in Tongchuan Road Aquatic Products Market, Shanghai's largest aquatic products wholesale market, that the highest price of swordfish dropped from 8,000 yuan per catty in 2012 to 400 yuan. A number of operators said: public funds to eat and drink have been curbed, resulting in a sharp drop in the price of swordfish.

At present, the price of swordfish is generally determined according to the weight of swordfish:

Under normal circumstances, about 1.5 liang of swordfish to 400 yuan a catty;

2 about two swordfish to 700 yuan a catty or so;

3 about two swordfish to 1300 yuan a catty or so;

4 liang or so swordfish to 3000 yuan a catty or so.

Because there are many factors affecting the price of swordfish, the price of swordfish is not certain. What is said above is some rough situation.

How to eat the saury

1. Prepare ingredients;

2. Soak the saury in water for 10 minutes;

3. Drain and dry;

4. Shred green pepper;

5. Cut the dried chili into sections, cut the onion into sections, shred the ginger, pat the garlic cloves flat and put them in a bowl;

6. Heat the oil in the pan, pour in the accessories, then pour in the green pepper and stir fry;

7. Pour in the saury and stir fry;

8. After stirring for a while, put a little soy sauce, soy sauce and cooking wine. Add water, just into the ingredients;

9. Add salt and chicken essence after boiling until the water collects juice;

10, finally, stir fry a few times, you can out of the pot.

Other cooking methods: fried, steamed can be.