Recipe - Deep-Fried Marinated Fish Wsesame Seeds

1 pound Fish fillets
1 small Onion
1 (up to)
2 sl Fresh ginger root
One half cup Sherry
1 One half teaspoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
1 One half tablespoon Cornstarch
3 tablespoon Flour
White sesame seeds
Oil for deepfrying

1. Cut fish fillets in narrow strips.

2. Mince onion and ginger root; then combine with sherry, sugar and salt.

3. Add to fish strips and let stand 15 minutes, turning occasionally.
Drain, discarding marinade.

4. Beat egg lightly; then blend in cornstarch and flour to make a batter.
Dip fish strips in batter; then roll in sesame seeds to coat. Meanwhile
heat oil.

5. Add fish strips, several at a time, and deepfry until golden (less than
a minute). Drain on paper toweling and serve at once.

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