Recipe - Deep-Fried Fish Rolls With Almonds

Three fourths cup Almond meats
3 Fish fillets
3 sl Smoked ham
1 Scallion stalk
One half teaspoon Ginger juice
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 teaspoon Sherry
1 Egg
Oil for deepfrying

1. Blanch and mince almonds.

2. Cut fish fillets in 2x3inch pieces, smoked ham in 1x2inch pieces.

3. Mince scallion stalk; extract ginger juice; then combine with
cornstarch, sugar, salt, soy sauce and sherry. Beat egg lightly and blend
in.

4. Dip fish pieces in mixture; then coat on one side only with minced
almonds. Wrap each piece of fish (almond side in) around one strip of ham
and roll up. (Fasten with a toothpick or tie with white thread.) Meanwhile
heat oil.

5. Add fish rolls, a few at a time, and deepfry until golden. Drain
briefly on paper toweling and serve.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.