FRIED FISH – Asian Food Recipes

Recipe ingredients and directions:

12 oz flour

1 egg

2 tblsp baking powder

3 1/2 tblsp cornstarch

1 tsp salt

1 cup water

flour to dust

oil to fry and for the dough

Mix together flour, egg, baking powder, 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.

Now fry again in hot oil until the pieces are golden brown.

5 oz soaked chinese mushrooms, sliced thickly

7 oz bamboo shoots, sliced thickly

4 scallions, cut in 1-inch pieces

4 cloves garlic

oil for frying

4 tblsp soy sauce

3 tblsp sugar

2 tsp pepper

3 tsp salt

4 tblsp rice wine (or white wine)

pinch MSG

1/2 litre chicken broth or water

2 tblsp + 2 tsp cornstarch, stirred in 180 ml water

4 tsp sesame oil

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. Add vegetables

and fish and boil shortly. Season to taste with sesame oil.

Category: Asian Recipes