Fried Fish with Soy Sauce

Fried Fish with Soy Sauce

This is a quick and simple dish to cook if you are rushing for time but want an impressive tasty fried fish dish to serve! You can use fish with white flesh like seabass, black pomfret, tilapia or garoupa,

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 2 medium sized sea bass – whole or cut into smaller pieces (wash, clean & pat dry)
• 1 large onion or 10 shallots, cut into thin slices
• 1 or 2 fresh red chillies, cut into thin slices
• 1 or 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 2 tablespoons ginger, cut into thin long strips
• 1 tablespoon cornflour, to coat the fish
• Salt, as required
• Black pepper, as required
• 2 tablespoons ginger juice
• Approx. 1 teaspoon turmeric

Sauce: (combine with ½ cup water)

• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar or rice wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon corn flour mixed with 3 tablespoons of water
• Sugar, according to taste

Garnishing:

• 2 stalks of spring onions
• Coriander leaves

Method:

1. If using whole fish, make 3 to 4 deep slits on both sides. Season with salt, coarse black pepper powder, turmeric and ginger juice.
2. Coat the fish with a bit of cornflour. Leave aside for 20 minutes and prepare the sauces.
3. Deep fry the fish until it is crispy and transfer to a plate.
4. In a deep frying pan or “kuali”, add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, add in the sliced ginger and chopped garlic and saute.
5.  Saute the onions and chilly until golden brown.
6.  Pour in the sauces (mixed together or individually) and allow it to simmer. Taste for salt.
7. Then, add in the cornflour mixture to to thicken the sauces.
8. Turn the heat off.
9. Garnish and serve hot.