Chinese Seafood Recipes - Ginger-Spiced Cod Recipe

Ingredients

• 225 g/8 oz tomato puree (paste)

• 30 ml/2 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 15 ml/1 tbsp grated ginger root

• 15 ml/1 tbsp chili sauce

• 15 ml/1 tbsp water

• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 10 ml/2 tsp sugar

• 3 cloves garlic, crushed

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour

• 75 ml/5 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 175 ml/3/4 cup water

• 1 egg white

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• oil for deep-frying

• 450 g/1lb cod fillets, skinned and cubed

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Method:

1. To make the sauce, mix together the tomato puree, wine or sherry, ginger, chili sauce, water, soy sauce, sugar and garlic. Bring to the boil then simmer, stirring, for 4 minutes.

2. Beat together the flour, corn-flour, water, egg white and salt until smooth.

3. Heat the oil. Dip the fish pieces in the batter and fry for about 5 minutes until cooked through and golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper.

4. Drain off all the oil and return the fish and sauce to the pan. Reheat gently for about 3 minutes until the fish is completely coated in sauce.