The invention belongs to the technical field of analysis of non-
volatile flavor substances of steamed fish, and discloses a method for characterizing the characteristic taste of a steamed fish sampleand application. The method comprises the following steps of: selecting one piece of
sturgeon back meat as a fresh sample,
steaming the rest five pieces of
sturgeon back meat by a common induction
cooker, boiling water, then putting the
sturgeon back meat into a steamer, starting timing, and respectively conducting
steaming for 4-26 minutes; analyzing the non-volatile components of the steamed fish at different time by an
electronic tongue technology, and conducting quantifying by a high performance liquid chromatograph, an atomic absorption spectrophotometer and an
amino acid analyzer, and evaluating the change rule of the non-
volatile flavor components of the fish at different
steaming time. Compared with single sensory evaluation, the method is more objective and accurate, the change rule of the non-
volatile flavor components of the fish at different steaming time can be evaluated through quantification of the non-volatile substances, and actual theoretical reference is provided forclarification of the non-volatile components of the steamed fish and reasonable selection of cooking time.