This is a Southern Chinese recipe
Ingredients:
2 lb white fish fillets, cut into ½ x 2 inch pieces
3 celery stalks, sliced diagonally
6 tbsps oil
Marinade:
2 tsps salt
1 tbsp dry sherry
1 tsp ground ginger
1 egg white
2 tbsps cornstarch
Pinch of pepper
Sauce:
2 tbsps sesame oil
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tbsp dry sherry
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch, dissolved in ½ cup water
Garnish:
Halved tomato slices
Directions:
- Mix together the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl. Add the fish and leave to marinate for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Parboil the celery in salted water for 1 minute; drain.
- Heat 4 tbsps of the oil in a pan. Add the fish pieces and fry on both sides until they become white. Drain and pile in the centre of serving dish.
- Heat the remaining oil in the pan. Add the celery and sprinkle with a little salt. Stir fry for 2 seconds. Arrange the celery around the fish. Keep hot.
- Put all the sauces ingredients in a saucepan and cook, stirring continuously, until thickened. Pour over the fish and serve hot, garnished with tomato slices.
Ingredients:
- 2/3 lb (300 g) codfish
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
(A):
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cooking wine
(B):
- 2 Tablespoons minced scallions
- 2 Tablespoons minced garlic
- 1/2 Tablespoon minced ginger
- 1/2 Tablespoon sliced red hot chili pepper :)
- 1 1/2 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 1/2 Tablespoon black vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon cold water
**Mix the ingredients of (B) well before frying the fish.
Directions:
- Cut the fish into 1.5 cm thick slices; marinate in (A) for about 10 minutes. Then coat with cornstarch, set aside.
- Heat 2 Tablespoons oil, pan-fry the fish until golden on both sides. Pour in mixture (B) into the pan until heated. Serve quickly.
This is a Western Chinese recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ lb whole fish (sole, cod, halibut), cleaned and scaled
- 1 tsp minced ginger root
- 3 scallions, chopped
- 2 tsps salt
- 2 tbsps dry sherry
- Oil for deep frying
- 1 tsp ground Szechuan or black peppercorns
- 2 tbsps sesame oil
- Lemon slices to garnish
Directions:
- Score the fish by making diagonal slashes on each side. Place the ginger, scallion, 1 tsp of the salt and the sherry in a dish and add the fish. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
- Heat the oil to 180°C/350°F. Deep fry fish until golden brown. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper and place on a dish.
- Sprinkle with the ground peppercorns and the remaining salt. Heat the sesame seed oil and pour over the fish. Serve hot, garnished with the lemon slices.