What's the difference between opium fish and flatfish? Is it a sea fish or a river fish? How much is the price per jin? What are the practices?

Opium fish belong to bony fishes and flounder family, which is a kind of flounder. It is mainly used for fresh food or canned and dried products, and cod liver can be extracted from cod liver oil. So what's the difference between it and a flatfish? Is it a sea fish or a river fish? How much is the price per jin? What are the practices? Learned from a supermarket in Changsha, how many goods in different places, the price is not the same, the ordinary wholesale price is about 35 yuan / jin.

What's the difference between opium fish and flatfish?

Opium fish and flatfish are called flounder because of their eyes on one side, flounder on the right side of the body and flounder on the left.

Opium fish is a common name, the scientific name is flounder, also known as tooth fish, partial mouth, butterfly fish, elegant fish, left mouth, opium fish, flounder, big land fish, Russian fish. It belongs to the order of bony fish flounder, produced in the border area of Russia and China, with delicious meat and high oil content, especially rich in colloid on the edge of the fin and under the skin, which is respected by many diners and is common in fish heads. Flounder, also known as wooden flounder, flatfish, emperor fish, half fish, flounder, inhabit the sandy bottom of the shallow sea and prey on small fish and shrimp. They are particularly suitable for benthic life on the seabed. Because their bodies are flat. The eyes are on the upward side of the body, and the color on this side matches well with the surrounding environment; the downward side of their body is white. The flounder has very fine scales on its body surface. The flounder has only one dorsal fin, extending almost from the head to the caudal fin. They mainly live in temperate waters and are important economic fish in temperate waters. The "preserved iron" commonly used in Chaoshan area for making dumplings is actually dried flatfish, which is made by drying flounder.

Is opium fish a sea fish or a river fish?

Japanese flounder in opium is a valuable fish in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea of China. Like other species of flounder, it is a seasonal delicacy. The dishes are bright, spicy, fat and tender. There are many species of Paralichthys olivaceus, which are widely distributed in tropical or temperate oceans, and are also produced in coastal areas of China.

What are the practices of opium fish?

Steamed opium fish

1. Cut the opium fish into small pieces of similar size, wash them, then put them into a bowl, stir in salt, cooking wine and soy sauce, and then marinate.

2. Cut onions into sections, cut ginger and garlic into small pieces, add ginger and garlic to the pickled fish and continue to marinate for about 20 minutes.

3. Put the pickled fish together with the seasoning in the pot to steam, then sprinkle with green onions and serve.

Braised opium fish head in brown sauce

1. Fry the fish head slightly on both sides, add ginger onion, cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, water, pepper and other seasonings and simmer for 10-12 minutes.

2. after the fish head is tasted, drain the juice over high heat, thicken and brighten the oil on the plate.

Minced pepper opium fish head

1. Ingredients: one head of opium fish (more than half a jin); 8 fresh red pepper; 2 tablespoons of Douchi; two slices of ginger, a little yellow wine and a little sesame oil

2. Preparation method: wash the opium fish head to the gills, put it in a basin, spray yellow wine and add ginger slices; cut the red pepper into a ring, sprinkle it evenly into the basin, put two tablespoons of Douchi in the middle, finally sprinkle with a little sesame oil, steam over high heat for 12 minutes.

3. Features: bright color, spicy, fat and tender, unique flavor.