Quick & Easy Crispy Curry Fried Fish
Crispy battered fish packed with delicious curry flavors! This quick and easy Curry Fried Fish is a flavor-packed way to enjoy fish and ready in 30 minutes! Great as a main dish for dinner for all the seafood lovers!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 14 oz cod fillet (or haddock/halibut/pollack/basa)
- 6 slices ginger (with skin on)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing Cooking Wine (or Dry Sherry Wine or chicken broth for a non-alcoholic version)
- 1 green onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1/2 tsp white granulated sugar (or cane sugar)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil (or any neutral oil for frying)
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing Cooking Wine (or Dry Sherry Wine or chicken broth for a non-alcoholic version)
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp cornstarch (or potato starch)
Instructions
- 1
Dice fish fillet into 1.5-inch bite-sized pieces. Pat the diced fish dry with paper towel.
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, add diced fish along with fish batter ingredients except the cornstarch. Mix well until each piece of fish is seasoned. Then add in the cornstarch last to coat each piece well. Set aside as you prepare the rest of your ingredients.
- 3
Heat 1/3 cup vegetable oil in a large pan on medium heat until you reach an oil temperature of 350 degrees F with a digital instant read thermometer.
- 4
Fry battered fish in small batches and shallow fry on each side until crispy golden brown, about 7-8 minutes in total.
- 5
Transfer fish to a wire rack or a paper towel lined plate to drain off excess oil. Excess oil creates soggy fish.
- 6
Reserve 1 tsp of the leftover oil in the pan and discard the rest. Sauté garlic, ginger, green onions, white granulated sugar, salt, black pepper, and curry powder for 10 seconds or until fragrant.
- 7
Add fried fish into the pan followed by Shaoxing wine. Toss everything together. Serve immediately and enjoy hot!