Pseudo Smoked Fish Recipe
Tickle your taste buds with this Pseudo Smoked Fish recipe. Whenever I have Chinese friends visiting, I always prepare Pseudo Smoked Fish which is the most savored dish of their cuisine. The marriage of the incredible flavors of Fish with other ingredients is the secret to this Pseudo Smoked Fish recipe. Just try this yummy recipe. I am sure you will love it!
Ingredients
1 fish
2 or 3 slices fresh ginger root
1 garlic clove
1 scallion stalk
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons sherry
1/2 teaspoon powdered anise
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 cup stock
2 teaspoons soy sauce
Oil for deep frying
Directions
1. Cut fish against the grain in 1/4 inch slices.
2. Slice ginger root; mince garlic; cut scallion in l inch sections. Then combine with soy sauce, sherry, powdered anise and sesame oil. Add to fish and toss gently. Let stand 1 to 2 hours, turning occasionally.
3. Drain marinade into a saucepan; dry fish well with paper toweling.
4. Bring marinade to a boil along with sugar, stock and remaining soy sauce. Boil 1/2 minute (thicken with cornstarch paste); keep warm over very low heat.
5. Heat oil until smoking. Add fish, one or two pieces at a time, and deep fry until crisp and golden.
6. Drain on paper toweling. Then dip each fish slice very briefly in warm marinade to coat. Arrange on a serving platter.
2. Slice ginger root; mince garlic; cut scallion in l inch sections. Then combine with soy sauce, sherry, powdered anise and sesame oil. Add to fish and toss gently. Let stand 1 to 2 hours, turning occasionally.
3. Drain marinade into a saucepan; dry fish well with paper toweling.
4. Bring marinade to a boil along with sugar, stock and remaining soy sauce. Boil 1/2 minute (thicken with cornstarch paste); keep warm over very low heat.
5. Heat oil until smoking. Add fish, one or two pieces at a time, and deep fry until crisp and golden.
6. Drain on paper toweling. Then dip each fish slice very briefly in warm marinade to coat. Arrange on a serving platter.
