Nyonya Acar Fish (Acar Hu)
This yonya Acar Fish (Acar Hu) is a dish of fried smelt drenched in a fresh turmeric vinaigrette. Also very tasty using mullet or mackerel.
Keyword : acar hu, nyonya acar fish
Ingredients
- 1 lb smelt (dressed) (450g)
- ½ tsp salt (divided)
- ¼ tsp ground pepper
- 1½ inch ginger (peeled and julienned)
- 3 cloves garlic (peeled and cut into thin slices)
- 1 red chili (seeded and cut into thin strips)
- 1 jalapeno pepper / green chili, seeded and cut into thin strips
- 1½ oz fresh turmeric (peeled) (42g)
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil and some for frying fish
- ½ cup white vinegar (120ml)
- 4 tsp sugar
Instructions
- Sprinkle ¼ teaspoon salt and ground pepper over the fish. Mix to coat fish evenly.
- Heat some vegetable oil in a wok or large fry pan. Gently lower half the smelt into the hot oil. Fry for 6 to 7 minutes until golden brown. Transfer onto a plate. Do the same with remaining half of fish.
- Arrange julienned ginger, garlic slices, red chili strips, and jalapeno (green chili) strips over the top of the fried fish.
- Blend turmeric until fine. Add 2 tablespoons water if necessary to get the blender going.
- Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a small saucepan. Add blended turmeric and stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant.
- Add vinegar, sugar, and salt. Stir to dissolve sugar and salt. Bring to a boil. Turn off stove.
- Pour vinaigrette over the fried fish, ginger, garlic, red chili, and jalapeno pepper. Allow vinaigrette to soak into the fish for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcal
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