Gretchen’s Cookbook - Sai Wu Chou Yu (Chinese West Lake Fish) recipe

Ingredients

• 3 lb. carp/trout
• 2 Tbsp rice wine/dry sherry/sake
• 1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger
• 1 tsp crushed garlic
• oil for deep frying
• cornstarch
• 3 Tbsp chopped grn onions
• 1-2 fresh red chiles
• 3 Tbsp sugar
• 3 Tbsp Chinese red vinegar
• 1 Tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1 c fish stock or water
• salt & pepper
• sesame oil