Fried Golden Pomfret

I had wanted to update this post on Tuesday evening but then something went wrong with the internet connection and I couldn't surf for three days. Hubby made serveral calls to SingTel, the service provider, and after running a few tests, he was told that our modem driver was faulty and had to be replaced with a new one. So we took the opportunity to extend another two years broadband service contract with Singtel so as to get a free modem. Due to the coming election, we were told that delivery of the new modem would be delayed until next Monday or Tuesday. Thinking that we would have to go cold turkey without the internet until next week, how miserable?!

Hehe... then Gene comes back tonight and after a few key strokes by him, *Tada!* everything is running again. Hmm.... what faulty modem driver, SingTel?! &%#$@!#..... But then, now that all are home, Gene and Ni will be fighting over the PC with me eventhough the naughty boy has his own laptop. *Arghhhhh!* Poor me, still have to go cold turkey after this entry.

Enough ranting.... lets talk about food!

I like the sauce of this Pai Gu Wang recipe so I made minor adjustment to the ingredients and used it on my Fried Golden Pomfret. When I cooked this same dish for naughty Gene and Ni last week, they liked it so much. They told me to stick to this recipe for fried fish in future. Haha... my significant other also gave the thumbs up for this recipe after trying it on Tuesday.



Fried Golden Pomfret

Ingredients:
1 golden pomfret (or any large fish)
1 garlic, sliced
1 onion, sliced
some green pepper, sliced (Optional)
some yellow pepper, sliced (Optional)

Seasoning:
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp cornstarch


Sauce:
1 tbsp and 1 tsp tomato sauce
1 tbsp and 1 tsp Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
1 tbsp and 1 tsp HP sauce
1 tbsp and 1 tsp sugar
100ml water


Method:

Season the fish for 10 minutes.

In a heated wok with oil, slide the fish in and deep fry till golden brown.
Remove and put on a serving plate.

Leave about 2 tbsp of oil in the wok. Sauté the garlic, onion, green and yellow pepper.

Add the sauce and bring to a boil. (Can thicken the sauce with cornstarch and water if desired)

Pour the sauce onto the fried fish.

Serve hot.