The invention belongs to the technical field of
food processing, and especially relates to a manufacturing method of smelly mandarin fish. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: washing a fresh mandarin fish, inoculating
mucor racemosus onto the mandarin fish, carrying out
fermentation for 30 to 40 hours, saving the mandarin fish for later use; adding laurel leaves, ginger slices, anise, Chinese prickly ash, salt, and white granulated
sugar into
clean water, heating the
clean water until the water is boiling, cooling, adding liquor, a culture solution of
staphylococcus epidermidis, and a culture solution of
lactobacillus plantarum, evenly stirring to obtain a mixed bacterium fermented liquid; putting the fermented mandarin fish into a wood
barrel, pouring the mixed bacterium fermented liquid into the wood
barrel so as to submerge the mandarin fish, covering the wood
barrel, carrying out
fermentation for 15 to 20 hours at a temperature of 30 to 37 DEG C, then fermenting the mandarin fish for 1 to 2 days at a temperature of 15 to 20 DEG C, taking out the mandarin fish, freezing the mandarin fish, and packaging the mandarin fish to obtain finished product. The smelly mandarin fish manufactured by the provided method has the advantages of good taste, quick
fermentation speed, stable quality and suitability for industrial production.