Hi everyone! Sorry for the lack of postings in the last couple of weeks. Do you ever go through “Burn-Outs” with cooking? I definitely go through periods of time when I just want to make something simple and not experiment with new recipes. Of course there are periods of time when I don’t feel like cooking at all (I know, shocking right?). Well instead of having fun in the kitchen, I’ve been doing lots of organization and cleaning of the house, the best thing about cleaning is finding hidden gems you never even knew you possessed! My hubby is actually a better cook than me, and years ago when his jobs was less stressful, hubby was the cook of this house hold. So from my huge “Summer Cleaning” project, I found a HUGE collection of cookbooks he acquired, you can’t imagine the excitement I felt when I laid my eyes on this stack of possibilities!
Today I am sharing a super simple and delicious fish recipe from one of the cookbooks I found, ever since making this dish my little girl has been asking for repeat performance, hope you will enjoy this as much as we did!
Ingredients:
2 large white fish fillets (I used Basa)
1 green onion, sliced
2 slices of ginger, julienne
1 hot pepper, seeded
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 cup of corn starch
Seasning:
A:
1 tbsp cooking wine
1 tbsp chicken flavored powder
B:
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp vinegar
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp corn starch
Steps:
Trim and slice scriss cross on the fish fillets, marinate with Seasoning A, then coat with corn starch, make sure every surface is evenly coated. Deep fry in hot oil until crispy.
Meanwhile mix Seasoning B in a bowl, set aside
Heat 2 tbsp of oil to fry garlic, ginger and hot pepper, add reserved Seasoning B in and bring to boil. Pour the sauce over fish, sprinkle of green onion and serve with white rice. Enjoy!
Comments on: "Sweet and Sour Fried Fish Fillets" (15)
No Jeno, not shocking at all! I do have moments like this at times too! Esp if you’re cooking everyday and you just run outta ideas what to cook or just simple wanna take a little break from cooking…
Wow! I’m feeling so happy and excited for you too!
I’ve lots and tons of recipe books also (I used to LOVE buying recipe books when they’re on sales!) but just too lazy to refer and also bcoz I find it ‘troublesome’ to keep referring to the book while cooking and tends to dirty the book which I hate most! This is why now, I always copy the recipes on a pc of paper (easier for me to clip it anyway nearby), after that, I’ll clip all together on my fridge, easier too if I wanna cook those dishes again! lol
I’m gonna try this sweet and sour fish some days!
Hi Lyn, good to know I am not the only person who doesn’t “Always” feel like cooking! And I totally know what you mean by getting the cook books dirty. If you go through my books, you can definitely tell which ones are my favorites, because most likely the pages are almost falling out, and they’ve got all kinds of mystery stains on them!
Jeno, we all have moments when we want to make only the foolproof 10-minutes-recipes or just have a sandwich…
I think if I found hidden cookery books, I would stop working and take holidays to stay at home reading the books! I should maybe also start cleaning the house…
The fish looks lovely and I’m sure the sour taste goes perfectly well with it (I have been recently enjoying vinegared fish, so am sure sour flavour is what the fish like!).
Sissi, I truly cook for my family, so I have them to thank for acquire this cooking skill! I have yet to dive into the more exotic cook books, when I say exotic, I mean “American”. Isn’t that funny? The Chinese/Vietnamese cookbooks will get used quite a bit.
Cindy, it’s not just you…. me too…. It might look like I’m cooking if you see my post 3 times a week, but I’ve been so busy that I rarely have time for cooking and it’s been very simple food (pasta, yakisoba, you know those easy food….). At least your cleaning is done and your house is all organized! Mine is still..ugh. This fish dish looks delicious, especially the seasonings (i’m weak for slight vinegar taste in sauce)!!
Simple food are normally the best ones! I am sure your house is organized, most likely more organized than my home. I don’t even want to begin to tell you how dirty we were. Hahah! Have a great weekend Nami, enjoy yourself and stop being so busy!
it’s not shocking at all .. DO you know I hate to cook on fridays …. silly right
Sometimes even feel like going slow and it’s ok! This is a great recipe and sweet and sour taste is my fav.
Hi Kankana! I wonder how many of my foodie friends eat out on weekends. We don’t usually cook on the weekends, and by Sunday my little girl and I are pretty tired of going out, sometimes she begs to stay at home for brunch. I hope you will enjoy this fish recipe!
I definitely know cooking burnouts! I I have one, I usually make the same things over and over again, so I don’t have to think too much. But I’m glad you seem to have overcome it now – and this fish looks wonderful!
I imagine the flavors are overwhelming.
Kath, yes, I am definitely up for cooking this week! Been studying up some simple Vietnamese recipes during the weekend, kind of excited!
Made this recipe last night! Was a big hit with my family! Thank you!
Ahhhh Yay! Thank you for letting me know DD! This truly is one of our favorite way to eat fish also, the sweet and sour combination is just so yummy!
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thank you for this recipe!!! my husband and 5 year old inhaled this for dinner. i wish i could’ve had a bit more but it was gone in a blink of an eye!! delicious!
Hi Caroline, thank you so much for letting me know, this is so exciting! The funny thing is this recipe is actually one of my husband and 8 year old’s favorite, they request for me to make it very often! So glad to hear your family has similar taste, isn’t it wonderful when the family love your cooking?