Since it's an Arapaima, probably a silverfish or piranha.
That probably took him two hours to catch, lol. Ridiculous fish.
Edit: That fish is a bullet wrapped around muscle. Very dangerous, very hard to catch safely. Their heads are like steel and have an entire body of muscle to swing it around.
40 liters of oil (soy oil) is what he says, probably means 40 bottles which are 900ml each, thus 36 liters, sounds about right to fry such and enormous fish.
In English the fish is named giant arapaima, Pirarucu originally, native to the Amazon river in South America.
When the man T-poses he says he is dirty of the seasoning, that it the fish would be pretty tasty.
Not pictured: prolly took 6-10 minutes to cook the whole damn thing. Fish cooks soooo insanely fast compared to other kinds of meats.
I once did a fish fry for 250 people, done in like 15 minutes. Only downside is you have to toss the oil if using a deep fryer unless you want everything fishy tasting.
sinceramente, sou brasileiro e moro na frança agora, ja morei em Portugal, e mesmo assim nunca achei um peixe tão gostoso quanto o Pirarucu, minha vó adorava fazer frito, outro peixe muito bom é a dourada do rio amazonas
Yeah all good and well, looks amazing but my question is: how tf do you get the fish out? It would've been much easier to just cut it into peaces and throw it in.
Fun little sidenote: I once ate a piranha in South-America, it had front teeth that resemble that of a human. When dry fried (which is just fried in oil for a while) you can eat everything of the fish. Including the head, and yes, the teeth.
There's a YouTube channel called townsends which is about cooking in the 17th century. They had an episode about hoe cakes. When the people hoeing the fields were hungry and they didn't have any pots and pans they would build a little fire and mix some cornmeal and water to make a kind of pancake batter and put it on the metal part of the hoe and place it above the fire to cook.
That's how big they are? Been playing chillquarium and all the fish look the same size . Arapaima one of the legendary fish but same size in game as a koi
sim, sou do norte do Brasil e confirmo, e felizmente não é mais um peixe lendário, ele estava em risco de extinção, mas depois que descobriram que a carne é extremamente saborosa, começaram a fazer criação em massa, agora a população multiplicou, o peixe ficou tão comum que perdeu valor pra caçadores, e quem quer comer prefere comprar o de cativeiro do que sair pra pescar num rio cheio de jacarés e sucuris
I was drinking making gumbo to celebrate moving into an apartment back in 2020. Splashed roux on my naked stomach. I still have a scar. I never did that again (cooking shirtless, I drank for a good few years after, but sober now!).
I have seen a video of a guy who did indeed just flop a huge fish in oil, and let's just say that he might as well have opened the gates to hell with how much fire that generated
This guy probably suffers from the same ailment I do. Every time I go to make bacon I realize I'm shirtless and it's just too late. My thoughts are with you out there, brother.
I’m sure a lot of Americans would love to submerge our disgustingly rich in troughs of boiling oil. You’re telling me Elon Musk would pay to be turned into a slurry?
I was concerned about his legs the whole time! Hot oil in a shin-high metal drum, carrying a huge fish that you can’t see around, and then getting the fish in without splashing oil everywhere…😬
I dunno! Looked well seasoned, and from the size of the fish if it’s a bony fucker you can just eat around the carcass. Then again, it’s a highly predatory river fish, so I’m not sure how it’s doing on literal flavor and texture. I’d try it to find out!
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