RSS
Email
Twitter
Facebook
Pinterest
Google+
Spotlight
Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe
October 14th, 2008Recipes, Chinese Recipes, Recipes, Nyonya Recipes, Recipes19 Comments
Recipe: Sweet and Sour Fish
Adapted from Penang Nyonya Cooking
Ingredients:
1 whole fish, about 400g
Gravy:
1/2 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon preserved soy bean paste (tau cheo)
100ml water
4 tablespoons tomato sauce
1 red chilli, finely pounded
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
Sugar, to taste
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch, mix with 2 tablespoons of water
Garnishing:
Coriander leaves
Method:
1) Clean the fish, wash and drain. Steam the fish until cooked, about 8 minutes. Remove and set aside.
2) To prepare the gravy, heat up 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok. Add onion and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, or until soft.
3) Add preserved soy bean paste and stir-fry until fragrant.
4) Add water, tomato sauce, pounded chilli, light soy sauce and sugar. Bring to a slow boil.
5) Add cornstarch solution and stir quickly for a few more minutes.
6) Pour the gravy over the steamed fish. Garnish with coriander leaves, serve.
Click Below for More Easy and Delicious Recipes:
SHARE THE RECIPE & PHOTOS:
Hi RM, it’s a great idea to have a guest writer and hello Piggy. Your sweet and sour fish looks very delicious. Drool.
Thanks for the reminder of my mom’s cooking. Simple and quick. The ‘tau cheo’ with white rice!! heavenly.
Will it be alright if the fish is steamed together with the pre-cooked gravy?
Hi~ Today is my “fish” day, So I have to cook fish. Drop by for some inspirations, Yes, ignited!
Nice and simple dish!
Welcome Piggy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Well done, Piggy! This is a lovely dish :)
Hello all, Thanks for your kind comments. :-)
Hi food for tots, I’ve not tried this method but I think it should be able to produce the same result. However, you might not be able to get thick gravy (the addition of cornstarch solution) if it’s steamed with the fish, since such texture is usually achieved by stir-frying. It’s great to get new idea though, I will give it a try myself one of these days.
Stumbled upon this post via Google. I love sweet and sour fish, but I prefer sweet and sour fish recipe where the fish is deep-fried…I guess the recipe would still work as the sweet and sour sauce should be the same. Thank you.
Hi, I am Malaysian fellow also!
Sweet & sour fish is a popular dish at my home. To make the dish more irresistable, I normally add some diced pineapples & cucumber.
Pepsi :)
Hmm I prefer the less healthy version – fry the fish instead of steaming.
That fish and sauce look fabulous. I love the colors in the photo with the green garnish. Looking forward to checking out your blog, Piggy!
This is like comfort food for me! I love my mum’s cuz she makes the skin of the fish all crispy!
Hi Piggy. Love anything sweet and sour but mine gotta be deep-fried first. ;)
Hi, I’ve just cooked this fish as per your recipe and my oh my, yummmmmmyyyyyy!!!
I’m the lazy sorta person so what I did was cooked the fish in the sauce together and when it’s done, I dished out the fish 1st and add in the cornstarch last to thicken the sauce. My short cut! lol…
You got a great site going on here, love it! And thanks for your hard work of posting!!!
So nice of you to leave such supportive comments. And thanks for trying this sweet and sour fish recipe. Try the rest of my sweet and sour dishes posted, such as sweet and sour pork, sweet and sour chicken. Their ingredients almost identical and cooking is as easy, too. Enjoy!
Hi, i tried this recipe today. I pan fried my dory fish instead of steam fish. Must say…YUMMY!
Thanks for the recipe.
Hi there,
Is there an alternative to pounded red chilli? like perhaps chilli sauce?
Yummy!!! It’s good recipe.
Hi,
I love all your recipes, simple! I living in uk, far from home, Malaysia. I a
Ways have to mum for the recipes, now I just log in online, and I can cook! Haha! Thanks
Mui