Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, tilapia in sweet and sour soy sauce. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tilapia in Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Tilapia in Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have tilapia in sweet and sour soy sauce using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tilapia in Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce:

1. Prepare 1 medium tilapia
2. Get Some salt and black pepper
3. Make ready Potato starch
4. Get Oil for deep frying
5. Take 1/3 cup soy sauce
6. Take 1/3 cup sugar
7. Take 1/3 cup vinegar
8. Make ready 1/2 TBS fish sauce
9. Make ready 3 Tbs tomato ketchup
10. Prepare 1 medium clove of garlic minced
11. Take 1 thin slice of ginger minced
12. Take 1/2 TBS potato starch
13. Make ready 1/2 TBS water
14. Make ready Some julienned green onion, carrot, ginger
15. Make ready Few sprigs of cilantro

Instructions to make Tilapia in Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce:

1. Make few shallow cuts on fish. Dry fish well with paper towel. Especially inside head and belly. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on and inside fish. Let it rest for few minutes
2. Meanwhile, heat up about 2 cups of oil in a 10 inch pan (or big enough for the size of fish, of course more oil) on medium heat for about 10 or more minutes.
3. Sprinkle potato starch abundantly on and inside of fish. Shake off excess potato starch. Check oil temperature. Use thermometer or chopstick. Put fish in and fry for 12 to 15 minutes on each side. I had to do this because my pan was little too small for the fish (picture).
4. After finish frying both side, remove fish to a plate. Turn heat down to low. Meanwhile make the sauce.
5. Dilute 1/2 TBS potato starch and 1/2 TBS water in a small bowl. Put soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, fish sauce and tomato ketchup in a saucepan. Boil on medium heat while stirring. Add diluted potato starch in, keep stirring until it boils. Remove from stove, add minced garlic and ginger.
6. Turn back heat to medium high for the oil pan. Check temperature. When oil is ready, fry fish one more time for crunchiness. About 1 1/2 minute for each side. Remove fish to serving plate.
7. Pour sauce over fish. Garnish with some julienned green onion, carrot, ginger and cilantro.
8. Serve with hot rice.

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