Recipe - Red-Simmered Fish

2 One half pound Smelts
6 Scallion stalks
8 sl Fresh ginger root
2 cup Vinegar
1 One half cup Soy sauce
3 (up to)
5 tablespoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Sesame oil

1. Have smelts cleaned; slice scallions and ginger root. Place in a pan.

2. Add vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. Bring to a boil; then
simmer, covered, 2 hours.

3. Drain fish, discarding liquid. Refrigerate to chill. Serve cold.

NOTE: These fish are simmered so long that that are soft enough to eat.
This dish may be prepared in advance for several meals. It will keep about
a week. VARIATION: For the smelts, substitute any small fish, about 3 to 5
inches long.

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