Fried Spanish Mackerel In Spicy Soy Sauce

If you are tired of plain fried fish then try this recipe. I bet you will love it.  Cook this for dinner tonight. My son loved it so much that he cleaned his plate! 

For this recipe, I always use a non-stick pan to fry the fish so that it won’t stick to the pan. But if you do not have a non-stick pan then you can use an ordinary wok but just make sure your wok is super hot before you drop the fish into the wok. This recipe works great with tuna fish too…yummy!

Fried Spanish Mackerel in Spicy Soy Sauce

Ingredients

4 slices of medium-sized Spanish Mackerel

1 green chili - sliced

½ yellow onion - sliced

1 tbsp oyster sauce

2 tbsp tomato sauce

Juice from 2 pcs calamansi lime + Juice from ½ calamansi lime

2 tbsp sweet soy sauce

1 sugar or to taste

½ tbsp salt or to taste

½ cup water

Ingredients to blend into a paste

10 shallots / 1 big yellow onion

5 cloves garlic

10 bird’s eye chili

1½-inch ginger

Directions

Wash and pat dry the fish. Rub salt and dust with turmeric powder on both sides of the fish. Then squeeze the calamansi juice (from 2 pcs calamansi lime) over the fish.

Heat oil in a frying pan on high heat and deep fry the fish till golden brown on each side. Remove from the pan and set aside.

Heat oil in a wok over medium heat and stir fry the sliced yellow onion until fragrant. Stir in the paste and cook until the oil starts to separate out.

Add the water, tomato sauce, oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce and the calamansi juice (from ½ calamansi lime) then bring to the boil.

Stir in the sliced green chili. Season with salt and sugar then add the fried fish. Stir to coat the fish. Simmer for 1 minute then dish out.  

Serve with steamed white rice.