Are fish skin dishes such as cold fish skin made of real fish skin?

At present, most of the fish skins used in hotels are semi-finished products. Some hotels directly purchase fish skins and process them themselves. Some hotels purchase semi-finished fish skins in bags, stir them a little after opening the bags, and put them on a plate and serve them. Bulk semi-finished fish skins, generally mainland freshwater fish skins, are generally sold in aquatic products markets. Bagged fish skins are generally directly processed into finished products by processing plants.

Before and after liberation, there was a young man named Chen in Xiguan, Guangzhou, who ate all kinds of delicious food in Xiguan. He often sees many restaurants peel fish and throw them away. Because of the lack of materials at that time, he thought about how to use those fish skins. After a long groping, he finally found a way.

He scraped off the skin of fresh shad, scalded it with boiling water and put it in ice water. This kind of fish skin will naturally curl and roll into thin strips. Then pour the soy sauce made of eight or nine kinds of materials, such as soy sauce and sugar, on the fish skin and stir well. In this way, cold fish skin was born. After decades of development, cold fish skin has become very famous now, and Chen Tianji's fish skin has also become one of the representatives of Xiguan cuisine.

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The production of fish skin pays more attention to technology. First of all, the choice of fish skin is very particular, generally choose mandarin fish, snakehead, shad and so on. Fish scales must be cleaned, otherwise it will have a great impact on the taste. Then the fresh fish skin can be sliced. Then blanch the fish skin with boiling water, pick it up and put it in ice water immediately. Then soak in water boiled with edible alkali 15 minutes.

The produced fish skin must be crisp, which is authentic. Chop ginger, add a little sesame oil and a little soy sauce, add onions and peanuts, and serve fish together. Ginger and fish skin match very well. Ginger can not only remove the fishy smell, but also improve the freshness.