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Chinese Fried Fish Fillet with Corn Sauce

When the girls were quite young and we were starting to introduce them to Chinese food, they quickly developed their own favorites. Sweet sour pork and fried pork spring rolls were dishes they almost always ordered.

Chinese Fried Fish Fillet with Corn Sauce

But there was a third dish, fried fish fillet with corn sauce, that they loved and looked for on the menu whenever we ate at a Chinese restaurant.

Chinese Fried Fish Fillets with Corn Sauce

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
This Cantonese dish is especially popular in Hong Kong. Any firm fleshy fish is good for this dish, but catfish fillets are best.
The amount of water you need for the batter depends largely on the starch you use. As a guide, the batter should be thinner than pancake batter.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4 people
Chinese Fried Fish Fillet with Corn Sauce
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Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams fish fillet cut into thin slices
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper

Corn sauce

  • ¼ cup sweet corn kernels (we used canned)
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • ¼ cup corn water (from the can)
  • salt to taste (depending on how well-seasoned the chicken broth is)
  • pepper to taste (again, depending on how well-seasoned the chicken broth is)
  • 2 teaspoons tapioca starch or potato starch or corn starch
  • 1 medium egg lightly whisked

Batter

  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup potato starch or corn starch
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • â…› teaspoon pepper
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder

To cook the fish

  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • cooking oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

Season the fish fillets

  • Wipe the cut fish fillets with paper towels to remove excess moisture.
  • Toss the fish fillets with salt and pepper, and set aside.

Cook the corn sauce

  • In a sauce pan, boil the corn kernels with the chicken broth, corn water, salt and pepper.
  • Dissolve the starch in two tablespoons water, then slowly pour into the sauce, mixing as you pour.
    Thickening corn sauce with starch
  • Cook over low heat for about two minutes, stirring often, until the sauce is thickened and no longer cloudy.
  • Turn off the heat and pour the beaten egg in a thin stream.
    Adding beaten egg to corn sauce
  • Give the sauce a quick stir and set aside.

Fry the fish fillets

  • Make the batter by mixing all the ingredients with half a cup of water (see notes after the recipe).
  • In a wok or frying pan, heat enough cooking oil to reach a depth of at least two inches.
  • Lay the seasoned fish fillets in a single layer and sprinkle flour on both sides.
  • Dip each floured fish fillet in batter and drop into the hot oil.
    Flouring fish fillets, dipping them in batter and deep frying
  • Fry the fish fillets (in batches if your wok or frying pan is not that large) until a crisp golden crust forms.
  • Drain the fish fillets on a stack of paper towels.

Assemble your fried fish fillets with corn sauce

  • Arrange the fried fish fillets on a serving plate (or on individual plates or bowls) and spoon the corn sauce over them.
  • Optionally, sprinkle in some sliced scallions before serving.

Notes

Updated from a recipe originally published in August 8, 2017
Keyword Fish fillet
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