Chinese Dragon Fish with Stir Friend Vegetables

Serves: 4

Prep time: 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 2-3 pound whole fresh snapper, grouper, rockfish or tilapia
  • salt and pepper for seasoning
  • 1 quart vegetable oil for deep frying


For the batter:

Ingredients

  • ½ cup rice flour or cornstarch
  • ¾ cup water
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper


For the vegetables:

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Ingredients

  • ½ pound bok choy (Chinese cabbage)
  • ¼ pound shitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • 2 carrots, thinly and diagonally sliced
  • 1 pint baby enoki mushrooms
  • 1 small onion, sliced
  • 2 spring onions, chopped
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 ½ teaspoon cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons of water
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil


Directions

  1. Scale and gut the fish, leaving the fins and tail intact.
  2. Make 3 parallel, slanted cuts in the sides of the fish, making the cuts in the direction of tail to head.

  3. Do not cut through the bones of the fish.
  4. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.

    Dragon Fish for the Chinese New Year on America's Table

  5. Whisk together batter ingredients to form a wet paste and dredge fish with the batter.
  6. It will be very light, and will look like partially whipped eggwhites.

    Dragon Fish for the Chinese New Year on America's Table

  7. Heat oil to medium high heat in a deep pan.
  8. When oil is almost smoking, put in the fish, making sure that it is sitting on its stomach, as if it were swimming.
  9. Fry until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
    Dragon Fish for the Chinese New Year on America's Table
  10. For the vegetables:

  11. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a wok or deep frying pan.
  12. Add onion and cook until translucent, about five minutes.
  13. Add mushrooms and carrots and cook for 2 minutes.

  14. Add chicken stock and cook until carrots are soft.

  15. Add bok choy and string onions and cook for one minute.

  16. Add cornstarch to thicken mixture.

  17. To serve, place the fish on a platter and surround it with the vegetables.

  18. Serve with brown rice.

    Dragon Fish for the Chinese New Year on America's Table

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