China

Song Shu Yu

Name: Song Shu Yu
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 Freshwater fish (deboned); 150 g Cornstarch; some of each Tomato paste & vinegar; 4 tbsp Sugar; some of each Peas & carrot; enough Oil for frying

Squirrel fish in sweet and sour sauce

Song shu yu is a classic dish from Suzhou in which a fish is artfully scored and deep-fried.

The diamond-shaped cuts make the flesh curl up when fried, resembling a squirrel's tail.

Servings4

Time50 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Freshwater fish (deboned)1
Cornstarch150 g
Tomato paste & vinegarsome of each
Sugar4 tbsp
Peas & carrotsome of each
Oil for fryingenough

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Score the fish in a diamond pattern and coat in cornstarch.
Deep-fry crisp in hot oil until it curls up.
Reduce a sauce of tomato paste, vinegar and sugar.
Thicken with cornstarch.
Pour the sweet and sour sauce over the fish and serve.

Make it original

Cornstarch and rice vinegar are in the Asia Boutique.

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