The invention relates to a preparation process and a sterilization method for instant
flavor fish. The preparation steps are as follows: removing scale, viscera, the head, the
tail and fishbone from a 1.5 to 2kg fresh
grass carp, and cleaning, draining and dividing the
grass carp into fish blocks of about 2cm in width;
salting the fish blocks with 2%(w / w) salt, 1%(w / w)
white spirit and 1%(w / w) white vinegar at the temperature of 5 DEG C for 3h by using a low-temperature dry
salting method;
drying the fish blocks with hot air at the temperature of 50 DEG C for 18-24h;
seasoning with 2%(w / w)
plant oil, 1%(w / w) horseradish, 5%(w / w) pickled pepper and natural
flavor (including
cassia, star anise, fennel,
amomum tsao-ko, radix glycyrrhizae and Chinese red pepper) in an appropriate amount; performing
vacuum packing; and irradiating the fish blocks with a 1.11*106Bq
cobalt source for sterilization, wherein the
irradiation dose is 3kGy and the
irradiation temperature is normal temperature. Compared with the traditional high-temperature and high-pressure sterilization, and the product irradiated for sterilization is reduced in color and increased in
hardness and
chewiness, the content of
hydrolysis amino acid is basically the same, and the quantity of each microbe is less than 10cfu / g, this shows that the fish product irradiated for sterilization is better in sensory quality and physical and
chemical quality, and more suitable for sterilization of the
flavor fish.