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Crispy Sea Bass

Choy Pei Sek Bon

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    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Chinese Banquet Cookbook

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1985

  • About

A fish must always be served in the latter part of a New Year’s banquet, because a fish, any fish, symbolizes reproductive powers and therefore is at this particular time of the year representative of regeneration. It is the New Year itself!

Ingredients

  • 1 whole sea bass, 2 pounds

Method

  1. Wash fish, remove membranes, dry with paper towels. Make 4 cuts on each side of the body. Place fish on a large dish. Pour on marinade and use hands to rub it in, coating the fish evenly. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
  2. Heat a wok over high heat for 1 minute; add peanut oil. As oil heats, coat fish with beaten egg, including the cuts in the skin. Spread cornstarch o

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