Name: Chinese Sweet and Sour Fish
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: MARINADE; 4 tablespoons potato starch or corn starch; 2 or 3 egg yolks; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 3 cups peanut or vegetable oil for frying; SAUCE; 1/2 cup chicken or fish stock, (or clam juice); 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1 tablespoon sugar, (or more if you want it sweet); 1 tablespoon Chinese black vinegar or malt vinegar; 2 tablespoons tomato paste mixed with 2 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon potato or corn starch; STIR-FRY; 1 1/2 pounds skinless fish, (cut into into bite-sized pieces); 3 tablespoons peanut oil, (lard or vegetable oil); 8 dried hot chiles, (use less if you don’t want it spicy, broken in half and seeds shaken out); A 2-inch piece of ginger, (peeled and minced); 3 garlic cloves, (sliced thin); 3 tablespoons chopped chives; 2 teaspoons sesame oil