Fried Snapper Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce

To cook Sweet and Sour Snapper Fish, you need two cooking steps. First, you need to fry the snapper after coating with eggs and corn starch. Second, you make sweet and sour sauce which later mixes the fried fish with the sauce. In order to look fresh the sauce may be added colored vegetables such as bell peppers, zucchini, and leeks.

Ingredients:

• 300gm red or white snapper fillet, diced 3 cm
• 50gm corn starch
• 1 each eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• pepper and salt to taste
• cooking oil

To make Sweet and Sour Sauce:

• 1 red bell pepper, cut dice into 1 inch
• 100gm yellow onion, diced
• 1 cm ginger, thin sliced
• 1 each garlic, chopped
• 50 ml tomato sauce
• 100 ml of water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt and pepper to taste

How to make:

1. Marinate the fish fillet with salt, pepper and lime juice put aside and marinate about half an hour.
2. Mix the beaten eggs and starch and give a little water to moderate thickness, season with salt.
3. Heat oils in a skillet much to fry over medium heat. Dip the fish one by one into the flour mixture and fry until golden brown.
4. Remove from oil and drain and serve with sweet and sour sauce.

Make the sauce

1. In medium saute pan, heat oil, garlic and ginger saute about 2 minutes or until aroma come out.
2. Mix with tomato sauce, water, vinegar, sugar, and salt pour into pan and simmer.
3. Mix cornstarch with a little water and put into the sauce until medium thick.
4. Season with salt and pepper

Serving for 2