Sweet and Sour Fish

This recipe is taken from "Delicious Asian Food", ISBN: 962-593-851-6.

Sweet and Sour Fish

Ingredients:

1 kg grouper, cleaned and scaled
1/2 teaspoon salt
40 g rice flour
500 ml oil

Sauce:

125 ml tomato ketchup
1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon garlic chilli sauce (one can purchase it in any asian shop)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cornstarch
125 ml water
2 tablespoons oil
60 g onion, cut into small wedges
1/2 green bell pepper (capsicum), cut into rings or wedges
1 medium fresh red chilli, deseeded and sliced
4 slices canned pineapple, cut into wedges
1 sprig corriander leaves
5 spring onions, cut into finger lengths

Method:

1. Rub salt into fish, the coat it with rice flour. Heat the oil in a wok and fry the fish until crispy. Place the fish on a serving dish.

2. To prepare the sauce, first combine the tomato sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, garlic chillie sauce, salt, cornstarch and water in a bowl, then mix well and set aside.

3. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion and capsicum for 2 minutes. Add the chilli and pineapple and cook for a further 1 minute.

4. Add the reserved liquid mixture to the saucepan. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer until the sauce thickens. Pour the hot sauce over the fish, garnish with spring onions and corriander leaves and serve at once with rice.