Sweet and Sour Fish Balls

Ingredients

Fish meatballs

• Boneless Fish fillet 600-700 grams
• Corn flour 3 tbsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• Sugar 1 tsp
• Soy sauce 1 tbsp
• Egg white 1

Gravy

• Onion 1 small
• Dried red chilies 2
• Garlic cloves 3-4
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Bay leaves 2
• Vegetarian oyster sauce 1 tbsp (optional)
• Soy sauce 1-2 tbsp
• Ketchup 1/4 (more if needed)
• Water 2 cups
• Corn flour slurry (2 tbsp corn flour and 4 tbsp water)

Preparation

1. In a wide pot, put water for boiling.
2. Chop onions, red chilies and garlic cloves.
3. In another cooking wok, heat oil and stir fry the onion mixture and bay leaves until the onions are translucent.
4. Add oyster sauce, ketchup, soy sauce. Mix and add 2 cups water.
5. Bring to boil and cook on low for 3 minutes.
6. Add corn flour slurry and cook until the gravy is thick.
7. Fish balls: Add fish fillet, corn flour, salt, sugar, soy sauce and egg white into a chopper and chop into fine paste.
8. Take ice cold water in a small bowl.
9. Wet your hands using cold water and make fish balls.
10. Add the fish balls to the boiling water and do not stir for 2 minutes.
11. When the fish balls turn white from all sides then flip them and cook for 1 more minute.
12. Now add these fish balls to the gravy and cook on very low flame for 1 minute.
13. Turn the flame off. Serve with boiled rice or Chinese rice.
14. Enjoy!

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Sweet and Sour Fish Balls

Author: Naush

Ingredients

Fish meatballs

• Boneless Fish fillet 600-700 grams
• Corn flour 3 tbsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• Sugar 1 tsp
• Soy sauce 1 tbsp
• Egg white 1

Gravy

• Onion 1 small
• Dried red chilies 2
• Garlic cloves 3-4
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Bay leaves 2
• Vegetarian oyster sauce 1 tbsp optional
• Soy sauce 1-2 tbsp
• Ketchup 1/4 more if needed
• Water 2 cups
• Corn flour slurry 2 tbsp corn flour and 4 tbsp water

Instructions

• In a wide pot, put water for boiling.
• Chop onions, red chilies and garlic cloves.
• In another cooking wok, heat oil and stir fry the onion mixture and bay leaves until the onions are translucent.
• Add oyster sauce, ketchup, soy sauce. Mix and add 2 cups water.
• Bring to boil and cook on low for 3 minutes.
• Add corn flour slurry and cook until the gravy is thick.
• Fish balls: Add fish fillet, corn flour, salt, sugar, soy sauce and egg white into a chopper and chop into fine paste.
• Take ice cold water in a small bowl.
• Wet your hands using cold water and make fish balls.
• Add the fish balls to the boiling water and do not stir for 2 minutes.
• When the fish balls turn white from all sides then flip them and cook for 1 more minute.
• Now add these fish balls to the gravy and cook on very low flame for 1 minute.
• Turn the flame off. Serve with boiled rice or Chinese rice.
• Enjoy!