KOMPAS.com – The activity of cooking together during the New Year has become a tradition for many Indonesian people.
Usually, friends, family and neighbors prepare to grill chicken, beef, sausages or fish for New Year’s Eve dinner.
If you plan to make grilled fish with soy sauce for the New Year, try following the tips from Tenesse Debra, Chef Innovation RnD ABC Indonesia.
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Debra explains several ways to make grilled fish in soy sauce so that it remains delicious and doesn’t burn below.
1. Clean the fish
Prepare the fish to be cooked. You can use either snapper or gourami to make this dish.
Clean the fish by removing the entrails and fish scales, then add lime juice to prevent it from getting fishy.
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2. Set the fire to medium level
Next, Debra suggests setting the grill over medium heat, not too hot.
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“Don’t make the fire too hot so it doesn’t burn. If the fire is big and (the fish) is seasoned with soy sauce, it will look like it will burn quickly,” said Debra when met Kompas.com after the “Good Chat with ABC” event in Jakarta, Wednesday (4/12/2024).
3. Make soy sauce into a marinade or spread
You can use soy sauce to marinate or spread grilled fish, you can adjust it to your taste.
Illustration of grilled fish being grilled and smeared with spices. When soaked, the soy sauce seasoning sticks better and becomes wet in the body of the soy sauce. However, if you want to make a rub, add soy sauce at the end of grilling.
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“Continue to set the fire to a fairly high one, but just for a little while, not too long so that the taste remains smokey“said Debra.
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