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Pan fried chili basil fish

Kitchen Mai
A quick, easy and yummy fish recipe with Oriental flavours, that works great as a side dish as well as an appetizer
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese, Indo-Chinese
Servings 6 people
Calories 182 kcal

Equipment

  • Shallow cooking pot with lid

Ingredients
  

  • 600 g Basa fish fillets cut in 1 inch cubes
  • 1 tbsp chili flakes
  • 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
  • 200 g basil leaves
  • 1 tbsp garlic minced
  • 3 dried red chilis broken
  • 6-7 fresh chilis
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tsp chili sauces
  • 2-3 tbsp corn flour
  • 1 tbsp chili oil optional
  • 2-3 tbsp spring greens
  • 4 tbsp oil
  • salt to tate

Instructions
 

  • To the washed and pat-dried basa cubes, apply the ginger-garlic paste, red chilli flakes, salt to taste and the corn flour (reserve one tablespoon for later). Mix gently to coat well
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  • Heat 3 tbsp oil in your pan and throw in the the marinated fish chunks (in a single layer) and fry until lightly golden on both sides. Remove on kitchen towels and set aside
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  • Add the remaining oil in the pan along with garlic, fresh chilis and dried chilis. When they turn fragrant, add the onions and fry over medium high heat, until they soften
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  • Reduce the flame to medium and add the fish sauce, soy sauce, chili sauce and the tomato ketchup. Mix well and once it comes to a gentle simmer, add in the remaining cornflour dissolved in 2-3 tbsp of cold water* and quickly stir it in
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  • Once the sauce thickens, lower the heat, add the pan fried fish, chilli oil (if using) and the basil leaves. Gently, but completely, mix them with the sauces and remove in a serving dish
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  • Garnish with some more basil leaves, spring greens and chili flakes and serve your delicious pan fried chili basil leaves as is or with some steamed rice. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • You can adjust the amount of chilis you want to use in the recipe, as per taste
  • I haven't added any salt in step 4 as all the sauces have salt in them, so do the fried fishes. However, you could do a taste check and adjust the seasoning, if needed
  • You could also deep fry the fishes and cook with the sauces later 
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • tsp - teaspoon
  • g - grams
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