Asian Fried Fish
Asian Fried Fish, one of our favorite deep fried fish recipes, adds sesame oil for a unique Asian flair. Fast and easy, this dish makes a great quick dinner with stir-fried vegetables and rice!
Ingredients
- 1 pound fish
- 12 ounces flour
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
- 3 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 cup water
- flour to dust
- oil to fry and for the dough
- 1/2 cup water
- 5 ounces Chinese mushrooms, soaked, sliced thickly
- 7 ounces bamboo shoots, sliced thickly
- 4 scallions, cut in 1-inch pieces
- 4 garlic cloves (for frying)
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons pepper
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
- 4 tablespoons rice wine
- 1 pinch MSG
- 4 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 pint chicken broth or water
Instructions
- Mix together flour, egg, baking powder, 3 1/2 tblsp cornstarch and 1 cup water. Let stand 10 minutes.
- Add 10 tblsp oil and let stand another 20 minutes.
- Cut fish to pieces and dust with cornstarch. Then dip fish into dough and fry in hot oil.
- Turn fish very cautiously when the color starts to change. Remove fish pieces when slightly brown. Let cool 5 minutes.
- Cut mushrooms and bamboo shoot in equally thick slices.
- Cut scallion in 1-inch long slices.
- Peel and chop garlic finely.
- Heat pan, put a little oil in it and stir-fry vegetables.Take out of the pan.
- Heat 6 tablespoons oil in the pan and fry garlic for 15 seconds.
- Add soy sauce, sugar, pepper, salt, rice wine, MSG and chicken broth.
- Add cornstarch water mixture (2 tblsp water + 2 tsp cornstarch, stirred in 180 ml water).
- Add vegetables and fish and boil shortly.
- Season to taste with sesame oil.
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