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Sweet and Sour Hairtail

A simple sweet and sour hairtail dish.

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Dish type: Deep-fried

Cuisine: Chinese

Estimated calories per recipe: 1020

  • sweet
  • sour
  • savory
  • contains_fish
  • dairy_free
  • nut_free
  • contains_soy

Translated from a real Chinese home-kitchen recipe — never AI-invented.

Ingredients

  • 1 hairtail
  • 3 tbsp tomato sauce
  • 3 tbsp white sugar
  • 2 tbsp Chinkiang vinegar
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch

Steps

  1. 1

    Score the hairtail with diagonal cuts.

    Step 1
  2. 2

    Coat both sides with cornstarch.

    Step 2
  3. 3

    Fry in oil.

    Step 3
  4. 4

    Fry until golden, then set aside.

    Step 4
  5. 5

    Mix the sweet and sour sauce.

    Step 5
  6. 6

    Cook the sauce until thickened, then add the hairtail and coat it with the sauce.

    Step 6
  7. 7

    Plate and serve.

    Step 7

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