Smoked Yellow Fish

Name: Smoked Yellow Fish (Sheng hsun ta huang yu)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ cup brown sugar; ½ cup black tea leaves; ½ cup rice; 5 pieces lettuce leaves; 6 cups oil; 2 slices ginger; 1 green onion; 1 whole fresh fish (about 1-½ pounds); ½ teaspoon salt; ½ tablespoon wine

Sheng hsun ta huang yu

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 whole fresh fish (about 1-½ pounds)
½ teaspoon salt

Asia
Taiwan
Fish course
Pescatarian
Hunan
Gluten-free

Method

Rub the fish with ½ teaspoon salt, ½ tablespoon wine, smashed green onion and ginger, and marinate for about 20 minutes.
Deep-fry the fish in warm oil over low heat for about 1 minute. Remove from oil, drain dry.
Put ½ cup rice, ½ cup black tea leaves, and ½ cup brown sugar into an old wok. Place yellow fish on grill, cover tightly. Heat the wok over