Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 lb white fish, cut into bite-size pieces
• 4 shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 small green pepper, seeds removed and thinly sliced
• 1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 chunk ginger root, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 1 Tbsp ketchup
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sake
• 1 Tbsp katakuriko (potato starch) or corn starch
• vegetable oil for frying
• katakuriko or corn starch for coating

Preparation:

Coat fish with katakuriko. Heat oil to 360 degrees F in a skillet. Deep-fry fish until crispy. Drain the fish. Mix water, ketchup, sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sake, and katakuriko in a small bowl and set aside. Saute onion, carrot, green pepper, ginger, and shiitake in a skillet until softened. Pour the sweet and sourt sauce over sauteed vegetables and stir quickly on medium heat. Serve fried fish in a plate and pour sweet and sour sauce over them.

Makes 4 servings

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