Chinese Seafood Recipes - Plaice with Garlic Recipe

Ingredients

• 350 g/12 oz plaice fillets

• salt

• 45 ml/3 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 1 egg, beaten

• 60 ml/4 tsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 3 cloves garlic, chopped

• 4 spring onions (scallions), chopped

• 15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 5 ml/1 tsp sesame oil

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Method:

1. Skin the plaice and cut it into strips. Sprinkle with salt and leave to stand for 20 minutes. Dust the fish with corn-flour then dip in the egg.

2. Heat the oil and fry the fish strips for about 4 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the pan and drain on kitchen paper.

3. Pour off all but 5 ml/1 tsp of oil from the pan and add the remaining ingredients.

4. Bring to the boil, stirring, then simmer for 3 minutes. Pour over the fish and serve immediately.