Chinese Seafood Recipes - Deep-Fried Eel Recipe

Ingredients

• 450 g/1lb eel

• 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup groundnut (peanut) oil

• 30 ml/2 tbsp dark soy sauce

• 30 ml/2 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 15 ml/1 tbsp brown sugar

• dash of sesame oil

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Method:

1. Skin the eel and cut it into chunks. Heat the oil and fry the eel until golden. Remove from the pan and drain.

2. Pour off all but 30 ml/2 tbsp of oil. Reheat the oil and add the soy sauce, wine or sherry and sugar.

3. Heat through then add the eel and stir-fry until the eel is well coated and almost all the liquid has evaporated. Sprinkle with sesame oil and serve.