Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

Marinate
450g white fish fillets (cut into bite size)
2 tbsp flour
2 tbsp conflour
1 egg
2 tbsp soy sauce
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp vinegar
¼ tsp white pepper

Sweet & Sour Sauce
1 cup hot chicken stock / or plain hot water (pre-boil or microwave)
½ cup syrup from canned pineapple
1/3 cup vinegar
1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp corn flour/starch (mix with little water)
¼ cup ketchup
¼ tsp salt
1 tbsp light soy sauce

Vegetable (all cut into wedges)
4-5 pineapple rings (from canned)
Half , each of green , red and yellow bell pepper
2 stalk of chinese celery
1 brown onion (AKA sweet onion)
2 string of spring onion (for garnish)
1 carrot

1. Sift the flour , corn flour and salt together in a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center; add the egg and soy sauce beat until the batter is smooth. Then beat in the sugar, pepper and vinegar. Marinate the fish pieces in the batter for 1 hour.

2. Heat the oil in wok, deep fry the marinated fish until crisp and golden. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper.

3. Heat 2-3 tbs of oil and fry all the vegetable (except spring onion) for 3 minutes or until the vegetable are tender but still crisp.

4. Pour in hot stock/water, pineapple syrup, vinegar, sugar, ketchup, corn flour solution, salt and soy sauce. Bring to broil, stirring constantly, simmer for 3 minutes.

5. Add in the fired fish and spring onion into the vegetable and the sauce, stirring and mix well for about a minute then serve.