How to Make Fried Fish with Sweet Chili and Garlic Sauce
With a thick sweet chili and garlic sauce, this popular Thai deep-fried fish is brimming with flavors. Flaky tilapia is coated with flour for a crispy dish.
Ingredients
- 1 large nile tilapia, or other perch type fish
- 1 Thai long chili, or other mild red chili
- 2 Thai hot chilies
- 5 large garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 cup vegetable oil, more or less, depending on the pan
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
Instructions
- Coat the fish in flour and fry it in deep oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes on each side, then remove it to a wire rack to drain the oil.
- Pour the oil from the pan, leaving just a little to coat the pan, then add the chilies, garlic, sugar, and fish sauce.
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Fry until it makes a rich and sticky sauce.
- Arrange the fish on a nice plate, then pour the sauce over it.
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Serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Sugar: 6g
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- Calcium: 20mg
- Calories: 567kcal
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Cholesterol: 21mg
- Fat: 55g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 1mg
- Potassium: 282mg
- Protein: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 45g
- Sodium: 745mg
- Vitamin A: 323IU
- Vitamin C: 50mg
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