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Main course · Vietnamese

Ca Chien Xu Hanh (Crispy Fried Tilapia with Spring Onion and Ginger Oil)

25 min Serves 4 ~£10.00 (£2.50/serving) Dairy-freeGluten-freePescatarian

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Ingredients

  • 500 g tilapia fillets
  • 50 g cornflour
  • 4 spring onions
  • 25 g fresh ginger
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 200 ml vegetable oil for frying
  • 320 g jasmine rice

Method

  1. 1

    Cook the jasmine rice according to the pack.

  2. 2

    Toss the tilapia in the cornflour to coat lightly.

  3. 3

    Heat the oil in a pan and fry the fish for 3-4 minutes each side until golden and cooked through; drain on paper towel.

  4. 4

    Warm 2 tablespoons of the oil with the ginger, cut into matchsticks, and the spring onions, cut into batons, for 1 minute.

  5. 5

    Stir in the fish sauce, spoon the spring onion oil over the fish and serve with the rice.

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