剁椒鱼头 Mashed Pepper Fish Head

Pinyin: Duò Jiāo Yú Tóu


The first time you see a dish like this it might be a little startling, it was for me, and then the next thing that races through your mind is "What in the hell we're gonna eat fish head, there isn't anything on a fish head worth eating".

But in actuality this dish is pretty damn good, and there's a surprising bit of meat on this particular fish head.

I don't know what kind of fish this is, something big obviously. The head has been slit down the middle starting at the top of the head going down to just the lower jaw and then spliced open and laid out. The peppers aren't spicy at all, they just add flavor and it's not the awful flavor from bell peppers either.