5.0 from 15 votes
Twice cooked fish
Szechuan style twice cooked fish
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 418 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 1 fish fillet ,snakehead or other type you prefer (around 600 grams)
- 1 tbsp. Chinese cooking wine
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp. sugar
- 5-6 ginger sheds
- cornstarch for coating
Stir-fry
- 1 tbsp. cooking oil
- 1 tbsp. doubanjiang
- 1 tbsp. fermented black beans ,dou-chi
- 1 thumb ginger ,sliced
- 2 gloves garlic ,sliced
- 2 garlic sprouts ,cut into small sections
- 3-4 long red peppers ,shredded
- 4-5 scallions
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Cut the fish into pieces around 2cm thick. Add cooking wine, ginger shreds, soy sauce, salt and sugar and massage for 1 minutes. Set aside and marinade for 10 minutes.
- Add 1/4 cup of cornstarch in a bag and place the fish fillet in. Slightly shake until every piece of fish is well coated with the cornstarch. Then stand for 5-10 minutes.
- Prepare a shallow pan and add 1/4 cup of oil and shallow fry the fish pieces until hardened and golden brown on surface. Transfer out.
- Leave around 1 tablespoon of oil in the pan, slow down the fire and fry doubanjiang for 1 minutes until the red turns red. Add garlic, ginger and dou-chi and fry until aromatic.
- Place chili peppers, scallion sections and garlic sprouts in. Fry until almost soft and return the fish, add light soy sauce and salt. Mix well. Serve immediately.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
418kcal
(21%)
Carbohydrates
7g
(2%)
Protein
62g
(124%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
150mg
(50%)
Sodium
989mg
(41%)
Potassium
1037mg
(30%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
310IU
(6%)
Vitamin C
16.6mg
(18%)
Calcium
47mg
(5%)
Iron
2.4mg
(13%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 418
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 418kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 62g | 124% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 150mg | 50% |
| Sodium | 989mg | 41% |
| Potassium | 1037mg | 22% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 310IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 16.6mg | 18% |
| Calcium | 47mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2.4mg | 13% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.