Sweet and Sour Fish

My nephew is a very picky eater. It is pretty hard to get him to eat anything unless they are his favourite food. However, he is a big fan of the sweet and sour fish at Jumbo seafood restaurant and can easily polish off a plate of white rice with just the fish. This being the case, I decided to give it a try so that I could cook it for him next round and save my sis loads of money. :)

Overall, I think the sweet and sour fish tastes alright although there is definitely room for improvement. The fish is not coated with sufficient batter and I think I did not add enough ketchup and vinegar. The sauce did not taste sourish enough and was also slightly diluted as I have added too much water at my mum's cajoling. :( Still, I like it pretty well enough and for those who are "courageous" enough to give this a try, here are the ingredients.

Sweet and Sour Fish
Ingredients
2 pcs of white fish fillet, sliced
2 - 3 tblsp plain flour
1 tomato, diced
1 onion, diced
chives, cut into 3-4cm length
8 tblsp tomato ketchup
2 tblsp sugar
2 tblsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp salt
4 tblsp water or broth
cornflour mixture

Method
1. Mix ketchup, sugar, vinegar, salt and water in a bowl. Stir till it is well mixed. Set aside for use later.
2. Coat fish with plain flour.
3. Heat oil in a wok. When oil is hot, deep fry fish slices till they are golden brown. Drain and set aside for use later.
4. Drain oil and stir fry onions till they are fragant. Add tomatoes and sweet and sour solution. When solution starts to boil, add the fish slices and chives. Give it a quick stir to coat the fish with the sauce.
5. Stir in cornflour mixture till the sauce thickens.
6. Serve sweet and sour fish immediately with white rice.

I will definitely be refining this receipe again, so do keep a lookout.