Sweet and sour fish
original blog post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2017/03/sweet-and-sour-fish.html
Ingredients
For the Sauce
1 teaspoon coconut oil
¼ cup Red bell pepper
¼ cup Yellow bell pepper
¼ cup Green bell pepper
½ scotch bonnet pepper minced
¼ cup onion
¼ cup Ketchup
1 whole Lime (juice)
2/3 cup Pineapple jam
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
For the Fish
4-6 snapper fillet cut into strips
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Black pepper
1 teaspoon Onion powder
½ cup Flour
½ cup Cornstarch
½ cup cornmeal
¼ teaspoon salt
2 Eggs
½ cup milk
Oil for frying
Instructions
For the sauce
- Heat the coconut oil in a saucepan
- Add all the peppers and onions and sauté until the onions begin to soften
- Add the ketchup, lime juice, pineapple jam, salt, and sugar and cook until the jam has melted.
- Make the sauce thicken slightly and then set aside
For the fish
- Heat the oil in a frying pan
- Season the fillets with salt, black pepper, and onion powder
- In a paper bag or zip loc bag combine flour, cornstarch, cornmeal salt and mix
- In a bowl beat the eggs and milk
- Add all the fish to the flour mixture and coat evenly
- Shake off the excess flour and transfer them all into the milk and egg mixture (you can also do them one by one)
- Place all the fish into the bag of flour and coat the fish again, lay them own on a plate or a sheet of foil for about 1-2 minutes so the coating can bond together
- Add the fish to the hot oil, skin side down if your using fillets with skin
- Fry until golden brown on both sides transfer to a cooling rack until all the fillets are done
- Add the fish to a large bowl and pour over all the sauce on top
- Stir to coat evenly
- Serve with your favorite sides