
This recipe was given by my friend Yusy in Qatar, who is a great cook. This recipe is slightly different from the sweet & sour fish I used to make. The addition of hot sauce really gives a nice kick to the fish. I modified the recipe a little bit to adjust with my taste. This recipe is really a keeper...thanks my friend for sharing this wonderful secret.
Ingredients:
- 1 lb fish fillet (I like red snapper the best, cut into bite size
- 1 tbs freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 cloves of garlic, grind to paste
- 2-3 tbs potato starch
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp chicken powder
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- oil for frying the fish
for the sauce:
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 carrot, julienned
- 1 small tomato, quartered
- 3 tbs ketchup
- 1 tbs sugar
- 1 tbs hot sauce (adjust to your heat preference)
- salt to taste
- 100 ml water/chicken broth
- 1 tbs corn starch + 100 ml water, mixed
- 1 tbs cooking oil
- 1 tbs vinegar (optional)
- pinch of nutmeg
Method:
1. Put fish in a big bowl, mixed with garlic & lemon juice, and leave it for about 1/2 hour. Drain the fish.
2. Mix potato starch with salt, garlic powder, chicken powder, and pepper.
3. Pour beaten egg over fish fillet.
3. Coat fish fillet with potato starch evenly.
4. Heat oil into medium heat, fry fish in batches until golden brown. Drain and put aside.
5. For the sauce:
- Heat oil in a pot, toss in slice onion and garlic, stir for about a minute.
- Put in ketchup, tomatoes, salt, sugar, carrot, vinegar (if using), water, nutmeg and hot sauce.
- Cook over low heat until tomatoes become soft.
- Add the mixture of corn starch & water, stir.
- Let the sauce boil for another minute, serve over fish
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Sweet Sour and Spicy Fish Fillet
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Lobster Boil

New England shoreline is famous for its lobsters. As the weather warms up, lobsters are more abundance and the price became very reasonable too. Last month we had a chance to spend spring break in Maine and of course to feast on lobsters. We went to Portland fish market to get some fresh lobsters. The big lobster was $9.99/lb and the smaller one (1-1 1/4lb) was $7.99/lb. When I lived in the South, lobster never cost less than $11.99/lb.
Imagine my surprise when my local grocery had a sale on lobsters for $4.99/lb on memorial day weekend. Actually in my town, every Friday there is a seafood truck that sells fresh lobster and fish directly from Maine, but I have yet to check it.
Every spring I always cook some low country boil, but this year I just prepare something simpler. No sausages, crabs or potatoes, just 3 main ingredients, lobsters, shrimps and corn boiled down with old bay seasonings and we had a wonderful evening with those shellfish. Next time probably I'll cook Chinese style lobster.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Pepes Udang Bumbu Rujak

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Labels: Indonesian, Seafood, Shrimp
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Bihun Tom Yum...Yum...Yummo...

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Low Country Boil

Low country boil atau sering juga disebut frogmore stew adalah ciri khas makanan di Selatan. Biasanya di musim panas sering dimasak diluar dan setelah matang dituang dimeja yg beralaskan kertas koran. Cara buatnya gampang dan cepat sekali. Kebetulan untuk ulang tahunnya si Oliver kepengen makan ketiping dan lobster, jadilah kita makan low country boil.
Bahan:
5 quart air
1/4 cup Old Bay seasoning
1 lb kentang merah kecil, cuci bersih dan belah 2
4 biji jagung
1 lb kielbasa atau hot link sausage
1 ekor kepiting
2 ekor lobster
2 lb udang ukuran besar
Cara membuatnya:
Didihkan air dg old bay seasoning dipanci besar dan masuk kentang, rebus 10 menit. Masukkan sosis dan jagung, rebus 10 menit lagi. Keluarkan kentang dan jagung, taruh diwadah besar dan tutup supaya tetap hangat. Masukkan lobster ke panci, tutup, rebus selama 7 menit. Keluarkan lobster, taruh di tempat kentang, tutup. Masukkan kepiting, rebus selama 7 menit, keluarkan dan taruh bersama lobster. Terakhir masukkan udang, rebus selama 4 menit. Taruh semua dipiring besar dan sajikan bersama cocktail sauce atau sambel.
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