Chinese Seafood Recipes - Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 large bass or similar fish

• 1 egg, beaten

• 50 g/2 oz corn-flour (cornstarch)

• oil for frying

For the sauce

• 15 ml/1 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 1 green pepper, cut into strips

• 100 g/4 oz canned pineapple chunks in syrup

• 1 onion, cut into wedges

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup brown sugar

• 60 ml/4 tbsp chicken stock

• 60 ml/4 tbsp wine vinegar

• 15 ml/1 tbsp tomato puree (paste)

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 3 spring onions (scallions), chopped

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Method:

1. Clean the fish and remove the fins and head if you prefer. Coat it in beaten egg then in corn-flour. Heat the oil and fry the fish until cooked through. Drain well and keep warm.

2. To make the sauce, heat the oil and fry the pepper, drained pineapple and onion for 4 minutes.

3.  Add 30 ml/2 tbsp of the pineapple syrup, the sugar, stock, wine vinegar, tomato puree, corn-flour and soy sauce and bring to the boil, stirring.

4. Simmer, stirring, until the sauce clears and thickens. Pour over the fish and serve sprinkled with spring onions.