Description
Sweet and Sour Fish is a classic Chinese dish made out of crispy deep fried battered fish served in a sweet and sour sauce made out of tomatoes, pineapple juice and/or vinegar.
Ingredients
Deep Fried Battered Fish
- 600g white fleshy fish like snapper, hapuka or grouper, cut into bite size pieces
- ¼ cup flour
- ⅓ cup cornstarch
- 2 eggs
- 4 tbsp water
- 1 tsp salt
- oil for deep frying
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Sweet and Sour
- 1 can pineapple pieces, retain the juice
- 1 thumb sized ginger, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper (capsicum), sliced
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 tbsp cornstarch, mixed in 3 tbsp water
- ¼ cup white vinegar
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup tomato ketchup
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 carrots, sliced into chunks
- 1 large red onion, sliced
- 5 cloves, garlic minced
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- oil
Instructions
- In a deep bowl combine together ¼ cup flour, ⅓ cup corn flour, 2 eggs, 4 tbsp water and 1 tsp salt, mix thoroughly until free of lumps, texture should be sticky but still runny.
- Add fish and coat evenly, set aside and place in fridge covered for at least 1 hour.
- Prepare a wok and add oil for frying fish pieces. Deep fry fish in high heat for 3 minutes. Drain then set aside on a plate.
- On a separate wok, add oil and sauté garlic and ginger.
- Add capsicum, carrots and onions then continue to stir fry for a minute.
- Add chicken stock, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, pineapple juice from the pineapple, tomato ketchup and diluted cornstarch. Bring it to a boil then simmer for 2 minutes. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- If you prefer it to be crispy then turn off heat and pour sauce over deep fried fish and sliced tomatoes. Otherwise add pork to the mixture then simmer for 2 more minutes.
I always feel like a bogan Aussie ordering sweet & sour Chinese food, but it’s my fave. Good to know it’s actually the most popular dish. Might make this for dinner tomorrow. Simple & delicious. 🙂
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I make sweet and sour pork with pineapple once in a while, but have never tried sweet and sour fish. I think I’ll try this sometime. Thanks for the recipe.
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Very popular dish at restaurants here but yours sure look a lot nicer!
Among all the sweet and sour dish, I have to say my favorite is fish!! I got to try your recipe. We don’t normally order it in a Chinese restaurant, but once in a while I crave for sweet and sour fish. What a great timing! 🙂
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