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Sweet and Sour Hairtail Fish
Sweet and sour hairtail is a classic Chinese dish that perfectly combines crispy fish with an appetizing sauce. Although it seems simple, finding the perfect balance between sweet and sour flavors while maintaining an appropriate texture is a challenge for many home cooks.
INGREDIENTS
Main Ingredients
- ·1 piece hairtail
Additional Ingredients
- ·10g ginger
- ·10g garlic cloves
- ·10g chopped green onion
Seasonings
- ·5g salt
- ·15ml cooking wine
- ·10ml soy sauce
- ·20ml vinegar
- ·10ml ketchup
- ·15g starch
- ·10g chopped chili pepper
- ·15g sugar
- ·50ml clear water
DIRECTIONS
Step 1
Prepare ingredients: Remove the head and tail of the hairtail and cut it into pieces of 5-8 centimeters in length, and remove the fins; Wash 10g ginger and cut it into slices with a thickness of about 2-3 millimeters. Wash 10g garlic cloves and flatten them for later use.
Step 2
Marinate the hairtail: Put the processed hairtail into a bowl, add ginger slices, 2.5g salt, and 5ml cooking wine. Mix well with chopsticks and marinate for 15 minutes to allow the hairtail to fully absorb the seasonings and remove the fishy smell and absorb the flavor.
Step 3
Coat with starch and set aside: Prepare a dish of 15g starch. Put the marinated hairtail into the starch one by one to make its surface evenly coated with starch and set it aside for the next step.
Step 4
Fried hairtail: Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot. After heating the oil to about 60% hot, put in the hairtail coated with cornstarch. Fry it over medium-low heat. Turn it over at an appropriate time during the process. Until both sides turn golden yellow, take it out and place it on a colander or kitchen paper to control the oil and remove excess oil.
Step 5
Prepare the sauce: Add 15g sugar, 5ml cooking wine, 10ml soy sauce, 20ml vinegar, 10ml ketchup and 50ml clear water into a bowl. Stir well with chopsticks to make the sauce for subsequent simmering and set it aside.
Step 6
Stir-fry the accessories: Leave a little base oil in the pan. Pour in 10g chopped chili pepper and stir-fry over low heat for 30 seconds. Then add the previously prepared ginger and garlic cloves and continue to stir-fry over low heat for about 1 minute until the fragrance is emitted.
Step 7
Simmer the hairtail: Put the hairtail after oil control into the pan and pour in the adjusted sauce. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes to allow the hairtail to fully absorb the flavor of the sauce.
Step 8
Turn over and simmer: After 5 minutes, turn the hairtail over and continue to simmer for 3 minutes over low heat. Pay attention to the thickness of the soup during this period to ensure that it is fully flavored and the soup is reduced to an appropriate degree.
Step 9
Plate and enjoy: After the soup is gradually reduced, take out the hairtail and plate it. Sprinkle 10g chopped green onion for decoration and then you can enjoy the delicious sweet and sour hairtail.