Sweet and Sour Fish with Pine Nuts

Name: Sweet and Sour Fish with Pine Nuts (Sung tzu huang yü)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 whole fish (about 2 pounds); 1 egg; 1 cup cornstarch; 3 tablespoons diced green pepper; 3 tablespoons diced red pepper; 1-½ tablespoon cornstarch paste; 8 cups oil; 3 slices ginger; 2 green onions; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ tablespoon wine; 6 tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon chopped garlic; 3 tablespoons catsup; 4 tablespoons vinegar; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; ⅔ cup water; ¼ teaspoon sesame oil; 1 teaspoon salt

Sung tzu huang yü

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 whole fish (about 2 pounds)
1 egg
1 cup

Asia
Taiwan
Shantung
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Remove meat from both sides of fish spine but don’t cut off tail. Score inside of fish crosswise at 1” intervals, but do not cut through skin. Slash lengthwise twice, marinate with crushed ginger, green onion, salt, and wine for 20 minutes.
Cook pine seeds in 1 cup boiling water with 2 tablespoons sugar for 1 minute, then remove to bowl and soak for ½ hour, dra