"Oh, turns out you have to use dried soybean paste, and fry it a bit."
Mrs. Sun felt like she found the key. At home, she only used Soy Sauce when cooking and once tried using soybean paste, but since she didn't fry it, the taste wasn't great.
Watching Lin Xu cook now, she realized that the paste needs to be fried with lard.
No wonder the fish head pancake at the restaurant smells so good. That's how it's done.
Fry the paste until fragrant, letting the alcohol in it basically evaporate, then add prepared boiling water, bring to a boil with high heat, and add more than half a scoop of Dark Soy Sauce, only then do you pick up the fish head, skin side up, and place it into the pot.
Once it boils again, adjust to medium heat, cover, and start simmering.
"It's that simple?"
"No need to fry it?"
The two helping aunties watched in astonishment; they thought the fish head for the fish head pancake needed to be fried to taste good, but hadn't expected it to be so simple.
Lin Xu said:
