Sunday, August 15, 2010

Fried Fish Bee Hoon Soup

Before this, I never knew I could reproduce this dish at home. It is one of my favourite dishes at the food courts and I always thought that it was a difficult dish to prepare. The first thing being the soup stock, and second being the fried fish. Thanks to a friend, I now know that it is actually very simple to do. Best of all, girl and hubby gave the thumbs up! Dear princess even requested it for her lunch tomorrow. :D

Here's the recipe. Thanks M, for sharing it.


For fried fish
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Use Ang Kor Li

Seasoning:

Salt

Pepper

Spring Onions

2-3 slices of ginger

1 tbsp each of cornflour and potato starch to coat fish before frying


For fresh fish -

Use Bak Tang Fish

Seasoning:

Salt

2 tbsp of potato flour

Mix potato flour in water and put fish inside. Put in fridge for 20mins to season.


Ingredients for fish stock:

1 inch of ginger (bruised)

4 to 5 garlic (bruised)

Fish bone

1 tomato cut into wedges

Evaporated milk

Hua Teow Chiew (or Chinese cooking wine)


Method:

1. Fry in oil the fish bone, ginger and garlic till fragrant.

2. When fragrant, add water.

3. Add 2 cubes of chicken stock.

4. Salt to taste.

5. Add about 2 tbsp evaporated milk or slightly more if preferred.

6. Add 1/3 tbsp cooking wine and turn off the flame immediately.


For the noodles, I used laksa noodles or thick bee hoon. Garnishes include seaweed, spring onions and fried shallots. You might like to add Szechuan vegetable to the soup if you prefer a slightly tangy flavour. Tofu is sometimes added to this dish as well.

5 comments:

Little Corner of Mine said...

You know, I haven't eaten this noodle dish before. And I don't think I have excess to the fish you mentioned. Only fish fillets here.

javapot said...

this is my fav noodles too, tks for sharing how to cook this.

SIG said...

LCOM - A pity, I know you will love it. Let me try to get the English name for it.

javapot - It is?? Try it sometime. :)

Angeleyes said...

I miss this so much! Can you believe it I eat this every other day when I was living in SG? hehehe

SIG said...

Gosh, I ate this throughout my pregnancy, Angeleyes.