Fish Fillet with Mandarin Orange Sauce
This is my version of her signature dish based on the ingredients that she told me and how she cooks it.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 350 grams Fish Fillet
- Flour for dredging
- Salt for taste
- Black Pepper for taste
- 2 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 Red Onion medium size / minced
- Black Sesame Seeds or white / optional
- 1 pc Mandarin Orange use 2 if you want more sauce
- Fish Sauce or salt / to taste
- Honey or sugar
- Olive Oil extra virgin / or sesame oil
- Green Onion or parsley / optional
Instructions
- Heat shallow pan over medium heat, add olive oil.
- Wash and clean fish fillet and cut into chunks.
- Drain well and season with salt and pepper.
- Put flour in a shallow bowl and season lightly with salt and pepper as well.
- Dredge fillets in seasoned flour and fry in the hot oil until brown, flip to cook the other side.
- While fish is cooking, cut orange in half and squeeze the juice out or peel the orange and mash into a bowl.
- Make sure that you're getting all the juices out.
- Don't throw away the pulp, it's included in the sauce, set aside.
- Transfer cooked fish on a serving platter, set aside.
- In the same pan, add more oil if needed.
- Then when oil gets hot, add garlic, onion and sesame seeds, cook until fragrant.
- Add the juice and pulp of the orange, add about ⅓ cup of water to the pan.
- Add honey or sugar and season with fish sauce and black pepper.
- Bring to a boil, do a taste-test.
- If you want a slightly thicker consistency, add a little of the remaining seasoned flour to the pan and stir briskly to avoid lumps.
- If the seasoning and sauce consistency are okay with you, turn off heat and pour sauce over cooked fish fillet.
- Garnish with parsley or green onions if using.
- Serve hot with rice.
- Enjoy!
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