Main Ingredients:
Small fish: 20 pieces.
Additional Ingredients:
Green onion: a little; Coriander: 2 stalks; Ginger: 1 piece; Flour: 1 tablespoon; Starch: 3 tablespoons; Eggs: 3.
Seasonings:
Salt: a little; Soy sauce: 1 tablespoon; Cooking wine: 1/2 tablespoon; Five-spice powder: 1/2 tablespoon; Vegetable oil: 1/2 bowl; Chili powder: 1/2 tablespoon; Sichuan peppercorn powder: a little.
Flavor: Five-spice; Cooking Method: Fried; Time: 30 minutes; Difficulty: Moderate.
Detailed Steps for Cooking Crispy Fried River Fish
Buy these long, thin river fish. Use scissors to cut open the belly, and clean thoroughly.
Prepare clean water, add cooking wine, green onion, ginger, coriander to infuse the flavors. After soaking for 20 minutes, add the small fish, mix well, and marinate for 20 minutes.
Prepare a little salt, five-spice powder, soy sauce, and marinate the soaked small fish for another 20 minutes.
Mix flour and starch in a three-to-one ratio.
Beat three eggs into the mixture of flour and starch, then coat the small fish evenly with the batter.
Heat oil in a pan. When the oil temperature reaches 50%, reduce the heat. Fry the fish one by one. Make sure to place them one by one, as they will stick together if all poured in at once.
Fry over medium heat until the skin is crispy, then remove from the oil.
Heat the oil again and return the fish to the pan. Fry for another 30 seconds, then remove and drain excess oil.
Finally, sprinkle with chili powder and Sichuan peppercorn powder according to your preference.
