Malaysian
Ikan Masin Goreng (Fried Salted Fish)
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Ikan Masin Goreng (Fried Salted Fish) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the salted fish into small pieces.
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Heat the oil in a small skillet over medium heat until shimmering.
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Fry the fish pieces, turning occasionally, until crisp and golden at the edges, about 4 minutes.
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Drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
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Serve in small shards alongside rice as a savory accent.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ikan Masin Goreng (Fried Salted Fish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ikan Masin Goreng (Fried Salted Fish) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Acar Rampai (Malaysian Pickled Vegetable Salad) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 130 kcal
- Protein
- 10 g
- Carbs
- 0 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 900 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ikan Masin Goreng (Fried Salted Fish) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the monsoon, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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