Soy Bean Paste Fish
Soy bean paste sauce is a great way to dress up a simple pan fried fish fillet. Quick, easy, tastes incredible, and guaranteed to be a favorite. You need only 30 minutes to prepare this delicious Chinese pan fried fish dish, including prep time!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 fish fillets (any firm white fish will do), about 600-700 gram
- salt
- pepper
- all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoon oil
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 inch ginger, julienned
- 1-3 serrano/jalapeno/fresno chilies, seeded and sliced diagonally
- 2 sprigs (about 30 leaves) fresh curry leaves, remove stalks (*)
- 1 tablespoon salted soy beans
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon light soy sauce (or regular soy sauce)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon corn starch + 2 tablespoon water
- 2 scallions, slice diagonally
Instructions
- 1
Pan fried fish
- 2
Pat dry fish with paper towel, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dust with all purpose flour.
- 3
Heat oil in a frying pan and pan fry fish fillet until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes each side. Set aside in a serving plate.
- 4
Soy bean paste sauce
- 5
Heat oil in the same frying pan (no need to clean after frying the fish) and sauté garlic, ginger, chili, and curry leaves until fragrant. About 3 minutes.
- 6
Add soy bean paste, stir for 30 seconds.
- 7
Season with sugar, soy sauce, and pour the water. Mix well, and bring to a boil.
- 8
Adjust seasoning as needed. Then thicken the sauce with corn starch solution.
- 9
Turn off heat, add scallions, mix well. Pour the sauce over the pan fried fish. Serve immediately.