Sweet and Sour Fish Fillets
- 1 pound perch
- 1 x cornstarch
- 1/2 cup flour, all-purpose
- 1 each eggs
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 x salt
- 1 x vegetable oil for deep frying
- 13 cup brown sugar
- 13 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup pineapple chunks
- 1/2 each carrots shredded
- 23 cup pickles, sweet sweet
- 1 each tomatoes cut into wedges
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 1/2 c water
- Slice ocean perch fillets into pieces about 2x1".
- Dredge in corn starch and allow to dry slightly on wax paper.
- Make a batter of about 1/2 cup flour, 1 egg, 1/2 cup water, and salt 2.
- In a separate small pot, dissolve 13 cup brown sugar and 13 cup cider vinegar over medium heat.
- Stir up corn starch in 1/2 cup water, add to pot.
- Stir thoroughly.
- Add pineapple, carrot, sweet pickles, and tomato.
- Cook 3 to 5 minutes until sauce is clear and not cloudy.
- Reserve.
- Pour oil halfway up wok.
- Turn heat on highest point.
- When you think oil is hot enough for deep frying, take a piece of bread crust and place in oil to see if it is ready.
- If the bread crust is not browned readily, then oil is not ready.
- If the bread crust is medium brown, then oil is ready.
- If the bread crust is a dark brown, then turn oil off and allow it to cool at least 5 minutes before using.
- Be sure and retest oil before deep frying anything in it.
- When the oil is ready, place 8 to 10 pieces of fish in batter.
- Take a pair of chopsticks or fork and carefully lift pieces of fish from batter into oil.
- At first the fish will sink to bottom of oil.
- They will rise.
- When the fish is risen, deep fry about 4 minutes, 2 minutes on each side.
- Remove fish to paper toweling to drain excess oil, then arrange fish on serving platter.
- Repeat procedure until all fish is deep fried.
- Pour sweet and sour sauce over fish.
perch, cornstarch, flour, eggs, water, salt, vegetable oil, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, pineapple, carrots, pickles, tomatoes, cornstarch
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/sweet-sour-fish-fillets-43246 (may not work)