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Sweet and Spicy Plum Sauce Fish Recipe

Saturday, June 23, 2012 | No Comment »

Today's feature is a variant of the popular Chinese style sweet and sour fish - the fish is pan-fried instead of deep-fried as is the norm in restaurants especially and plum sauce is used instead of ketchup.  By the way, I've  had comments in the past regarding the use of ketchup in 'authentic' Chinese cooking and after a bit of research, it appears that ketchup originated from China - so go figure! Anyway, this is not a post addressing the 'controversial' use of ketchup in authentic Chinese cooking so I shall proceed with the dish itself.


Chinese Sweet and Sour Fish

Pan-frying a fish requires more patience actually and if you like the battered deep-fried version, do go ahead, the sauce works equally well with both versions.  The secret to pan-frying fish is apart from making sure the wok is hot enough, fish is lightly rubbed with salt is really, patience.  The plum sauce imbues the dish with a deeper and fruitier flavour as compared to ketchup so I hope you'll give this a try when you get a chance.  

Chinese Sweet and Sour Fish

This post is part of my Yuen Chun Recipes, an ongoing project on this blog.

Easy Thai Salad and Happy Father's Day!

Sunday, June 17, 2012 | Labels: , , , | No Comment »

I hope you've all had an enjoyable weekend and Happy Father's Day!  You may notice that salads are not frequently featured as by and large, I am hardly a 'salad person' but my palate does crave for some salad once in a while.  Today's feature is an extremely easy, refreshing and appetising salad - something you can whip up in minutes.  As always, you can adapt the ingredients to suit your tastebuds and this makes a great lunch or a great appetiser at main meals.  The sauce is simply some Thai sauce (I used Yuen Chun's) mixed with a tiny bit of white vinegar, a bit of sugar and squirts of fresh lime juice.  The result is a tangy, slightly spicy and altogether delicious salad!

Easy & Refreshing Thai Salad

I do hope you will give this a try soon and with the current heat pervading Malaysia, this was a big hit indeed. 

Easy & Refreshing Thai Salad

This post is part of my Yuen Chun Recipes, an ongoing project on this blog.

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