Recipe - Deep-Fried Mandarin Fish Beijing Style

1 Mandarin fish or other
freshwater fish such as
perch bass, about 3 One half lb
2 teaspoon Scallions; chopped
2 teaspoon Ginger; cut or sliced up
1 teaspoon Rice wine
5 teaspoon Salt; or to taste
1/8 teaspoon Pepper
One fourth teaspoon Sesame oil
2 tablespoon Cornstarch (cornflour)
dissolved in
2 tablespoon Water
8 tablespoon Dry cornstarch
4 tablespoon Ketchup
4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
7 teaspoon Sugar
5 fl Chicken stock
4 cup Vegetable oil for
deepfrying
1 tablespoon Garlic; chopped
1 ounce Pineapple; minced
1 ounce Green beans or pea pods;
minced
1 ounce Carrot; minced
4 cup Vegetable oil
1 teaspoon Msg

1. Prepare and wash the fish. Chop off the head and tail. Cut the fish in
half along the spine and remove the spine and rib bones. Make
crisscrossscores on the flesh side and cut into 1 One half inch square pieces.

2. Mix together the scallions, ginger, rice wine, One half tsp MSG, 4 Three fourths tsp of
the salt, the pepper, and the sesame oil, and rub on the sides of the fish.
Dip the fish pieces, head, and tail into the dissolved cornstarch and dust
with the dry cornstarch.

3. Mix the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, One fourth tsp of the salt, One half tsp of
the MSG, the sugar, sesame oil, chicken stock and 1 tsp of the dissolved
cornflour into a sauce. Set aside.

4. Heat the oil in a wok to about 350. Deepfry the fish head and tail for
2 minutes. Remove and place on the narrow sides of an oval fish dish. Add
the fish pieces to the oil and deepfry for 2 minutes, or until cooked.
Remove, drain, and place in the dish.

5. Heat 4 ttbsp oil in another wok until the oil surface ripples. Add the
garlic and 1 tbsp scallions and stirfry until fragrant. Add the pineapple,
green beans or pea pods, and carrot. Add the sauce and bring to a boil.
Stir in 7 tbsp of the hot oil used for deepfrying. When the sauce bubbles,
pour it over the fish, and serve busted by sooz
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 233 by James and Susan Kirkland
kirkland@gj.net on Nov 09, 1997