Today’s sesame-crusted fish fillet recipe is simple, but if you have never killed, cleaned, and filleted a fish, it may seem overwhelming. How do you usually cook a fish? Grilled fish? Braised fish? Have you tried frying a fish that you filleted yourself?
When making deep-fried fish, we don’t want to fry a whole fish, just the meat: no bones, scales, or skin. Of course, you can use it as a snack, and you can prepare this dish at a party like a chicken cutlet. If you have never filleted a fish, it consists of cutting the slab of muscle along the side of the fish away from the back and rib bones.
Filleting a fish is quite easy, and a handy skill if you like to catch your own. We have included a video showing how sport fishermen fillet a grass carp. But, if you prefer, you can buy fish fillets at the grocery seafood department. So, would you like to try filleting a fish? Then cook it into a delicious snack. It will be a new experience!
Sesame-crusted Fried Fish Fillet
Equipment
- Filleting knife
Ingredients
- 1 grass carp, filleted (substitute catfish, haddock, or other firm-fleshed, mild fish)
Accessory Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 1 scallion
- 5 slices fresh ginger
- sesame seeds
- oil for deep frying
Seasonings:
- salt (to taste)
- chili powder or Gan Die dipping chilies optional
- cumin powder optional
Instructions
Preparation
- Kill the fish and clean it, removing fins, scales, gills, and internal organs.
- Remove the bones, head, skin and belly of the fish. Fillet the fish into .7 to 1 cm (3/8 of inch) thick fillets. Rinse the fillets, and marinate them with a pinch of salt, the ginger, and the green onion.
- Prepare the batter: Beat the egg. Add starch to a bowl, then add an equal amount of water and stir well to mix. Let the starch settle. Pour off the water from the starch, then add the viscous starch slurry to the eggs, and mix well. Place the sesame seeds on a dry plate.
Cooking:
- Add oil to the wok until it is about 3/5 full. Then heat the oil to 120°-150° C (248°-302° F).
- Dip the fish fillets in the egg mixture, then roll in the sesame seeds to evenly coat the fish fillets.
- Then put the fillets in the hot oil for frying. Remove from the fish from the oil when the surface is lightly browned.
- Cut the cooked fish fillet into bite-sized pieces.
- Serve.
Video
Notes
- When the starch and water are mixed, it is a white liquid. After a few minutes, the starch will sink to the bottom and the upper part will become water. Our recipe uses the sticky starch at the bottom. After dumping the water, you get wet starch.
- Be careful not to burn the sesame seeds, you need to flip halfway through so that both sides are evenly heated.
- When done, you can serve with your favorite dip! For example, tomato sauce, condensed milk, salad dressing. Of course, you can also choose cumin powder, chili powder.
Nutrition
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