Dry-Fried Yellow Croaker
Ingredients
1 whole yellow croaker
about 2 lb (1 kg) (or similar fish)
2 tsp. salt, or to taste
2 tsp. rice wine
4 tsp. cornstarch (cornflour)
1 tsp. soy sauce
6 cups (1,500ml) vegetable oil for deep-frying
1 egg
2 tsp. spiced pepper-salt
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Directions
- Draw, scale and wash the fish. Make
3.5 diagonal slashes on each side. Rub
the rice wine and soy sauce on the sides
and let marinate about 15 minutes.
- Mix the egg, salt, and cornflour into
a paste and coat the fish.
- Heat the oil in a wok to 350oF(180oC).
Deep-fry the fish until the coating hardens.
Remove and drain. Reheat the oil to 400oF(205oC),
and deep-fry the fish until brown. Remove,
drain well, place on a dish. Serve with
two small dishes of spiced pepper-salt
and Worcestershire sauce.
