{"id":3689,"date":"2018-07-27t10:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-27t10:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2018-07-27t15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27t15:45:54","slug":"crispy-sichuan-new-zealand-snapper-pink-sea-bream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/crispy-sichuan-new-zealand-snapper-pink-sea-bream\/","title":{"rendered":"crispy sichuan new zealand snapper (pink sea bream)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>serves 2<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 &#8211; 2 lb. whole new zealand snapper, red snapper, yellowtail snapper, or black sea bass (scaled, gilled, gutted)<\/li>\n<li>2 t olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 cup peanut oil<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 t fresh ginger, grated<\/li>\n<li>3 scallions, thinly sliced, all of white section and 2\/3 of green section<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup soy sauce<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup sweet chili sauce<\/li>\n<li>2 t mirin<\/li>\n<li>pinch of sichuan peppercorns<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 cup fish stock<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup water<\/li>\n<li>1 t cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>1 small fresh thai chili or serrano (if not available, pinch of dried red pepper flakes)<\/li>\n<li>drake&#8217;s batter mix or seasoned flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 bunch of fresh cilantro, chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>the sauce<\/b><\/p>\n<p>in a large heavy-duty pan or skillet, heat the olive oil over medium &#8211; high heat.\u00a0add scallions, garlic and ginger and stir until the onions soften and the garlic just starts to brown.\u00a0add soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, peppercorns and mirin.\u00a0add fish stock and stir.\u00a0dissolve the teaspoon of cornstarch into the 1\/2 cup of water.\u00a0when sauce comes back to boil, add the water with dissolved corn starch to sauce, stir and reduce until sauce starts to thicken (sauce should be thick enough to lightly coat fish but not be to thick).\u00a0take sauce off the heat, set aside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>the fish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>with a sharp knife, score the fish in slices about 2 inches apart dust in drake&#8217;s batter mix or seasoned flour.\u00a0in a large heavy-duty pan or iron skillet, heat peanut oil over medium &#8211; high heat.\u00a0when oil is hot (when vigorously sizzling when tail of fish is lowered in) add fish (if fish is a little longer than pan, have tail stick out from one end, then after 3 minutes or so slide fish forward to make the tail crisp).<\/p>\n<p>fry fish for a total of 10 minutes per inch of thickness (about 5 min. a side) or until fish is just opaque to the bone.\u00a0remove fish to drain on paper bag or paper towel.<\/p>\n<p>bring sauce up to heat.\u00a0pour most of sauce on platter, serve fish on top of sauce, and then lightly glaze fish with sauce.\u00a0garnish with chopped cilantro.<\/p>\n<p><i>chopsticks make it a cinch to pick the nice flakes of the fish off the bone.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>enjoy!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>today&#8217;s recipe (crispy sichuan snapper), utilizes the same delicious snapper that we caught in the bay of islands. we\u2019ll have some fresh from new zealand this weekend. chopsticks make it a cinch to pick the nice flakes of the fish off the bone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[400,401,60,402,146],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}