Deep-fried Fish with Apples

Fish and Seafood

Deep-fried Fish with Apples
Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
3 dried mushrooms, soaked, stems discarded, and quartered
1/2 fresh chili pepper, seeded, and minced
2 Tablespoons minced or ground pork
1/2 pound fish fillets, cut into two-inch squares
2 Tablespoons flour
1 egg white
1 cup oil for deep frying
1 Tablespoon black vinegar
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1 apple, cored, and cut into large chunks
Preparation:
1. Heat oil in wok or fry pan and all mushrooms, chili pepper pieces, and the pork and stir-fry for one minute or until pork is no longer pink, and remove from the heat.
2. Mix fish filets with flour and egg white and set aside for ten minutes.
3. In another pan, heat the oil and deep fry the fish pieces until light golden in color, then drain them on paper towels. Strain and reserve the oil for another use.
4. Mix black vinegar, sugar, rice wine, cornstarch, and apple pieces. Reheat the pork mixture, and add this liquid and the pieces of fish, and stir then add the fish pieces, and when thickened, serve.

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