Ingredients serve 4
500gr fish fillets
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup cornflour
1 egg white
3/4 cup water
oil in deep frying
Sauce
1 teasepoon oil
1 teasepoon grated green ginger
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons dry sherry
2 tablespoon water
Method for sauce
Place oil, grated green ginger, crushed garlic , the bottled tomato sauce and chilli sauce in pan. , stir over medium heat, one minute add remaing ingredients and mix well. Place chilli sauce in wok or large frying pan and fish pieces and heated through .
Method of fish
- Rub some salt on fingers this makes it easier to gasp the slippery skin . Put fish skin side down . Work from tail to head . Hold skin at tail firmly . With a sharp knife held at an angle as a lever and using sawing motion . Seperate fish from skin . Remove bones from fillets chop fish into 2.5cm , (1 inch ) cubes.
- Sift flour and cornflour into bowl, make well in center of sifted flours with back of spoon and egg smooth batter , beat well.
- Heat oil in large, dip fish pieces in batter to coat completely, lower, fish pieces into hot oil, mix to a smooth batter , beat well. Heat oil in a large pan dip fish pieces in batter to coat completely , drain off excess batter , lower fish pieces into hot oil . cook until golden and cooked through about 5 minutes . cooking time will depend on thickness of fish . drain on absorbent paper
