For this dish you need to use fresh fish. I guess you have to go fishing! Fresh fish is better than the one sold in the grocery store, but if you can't get any fresh, ask your local grocery store to sell you the freshest one. The fish could be a sea bass, porgies or any other salt water fish in this category (not Mahi Mahi or any bill fish or tuna). This dish will be good for four servings.
Ingredients: To cook the fish:
- 4 sea bass about 3/4 lbs each cleaned
- 1 tsp salt
- Flour
- Vegetable oil
Ingredients for the sauce:
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 2 tbls tomato ketchup
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 4 1/4 tsp cornstarch
Cooking the fish: After washing and drying the fish with a paper towel, sprinkle evenly with salt and dust with the flour. Shake of any excess of flour. Pour vegetable oil about 1" deep in a frying pan and heat the oil to about 350 F. Deep the fish in the hot oil and cook about 5 min on each side or until golden brown. Transfer the cooked fish in a oven safe bowl or plate lined with paper towel to absorb the grease. Place the plate in the oven set to keep warm.
Prepare the sauce: Mix the 3/4 cup pineapple juice with ketchup, sugar, vinegar and soy sauce in a heat resistan bowl. Bring to a boil over high heat. In a small bowl dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining pineapple juice and stir in the boiling sauce. Stirring constantly keep boiling the sauce until it is clear and thick enough to coat a spoon heavily.
Place the fish on a serving plate and pour the sauce over them. Enjoy!
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