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Showing posts with label Chinese Fish Recipe. Show all posts

August 13, 2012

Deep Fried Fish




Ingredients

1 whole (but scaled or gutted ) pan sized fish
Freshly ground black pepper- 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
1 cup flour for dredging
4 cups vegetable or refined oil

Garnishing

Spring onion (finely chopped)
2 inch piece of finely copped, peeled ginger
Green chilly- 7-9 nos (finely chopped)
Peanut oil- 2 tsp
Extra virgin olive oil- 1tsp
Fish sauce- 1/2 tsp
Soy sauce-1 tsp
Coriander leaf (roughly sliced)


How to make deep fried fish

  • clean the fish (keep the fish in whole).
  • Marinate with fish with salt and black pepper for about 30 minutes. 
  • Heat the vegetable or refined oil in a wok.
  • dredge the fish in flour, shake of excess and when the oil is at hot, slip the fish one at a time into the oil.
  • Fry the fish for at least 4 minutes per side. Fry until it turned golden brown .
  • In a bowl add the sliced ginger, coriander, spring onion, green chilly, peanut oil, extra virgin olive oil, fish sauce, soy sauce and salt and mix it well.
  • When the fish is done, transfer the fish to a plate and garnish with the mixture.