Ingredients

  • 2 pounds onaga, scaled, gilled and gutted
  • Salt, pepper and paprika, to taste
  • Cornstarch
  • Thai Dipping Sauce
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup lime juice
  • 4 tablespoons water
  • Sugar, to taste
  • 1/8 cup patis (fish sauce)
  • 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon chili flakes
  • 2 sprigs cilantro

Method

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Combine salt, pepper, paprika and corn starch.
  • Coat fish with seasoned mixture.
  • In a hot wok with hot oil, fry both sides of fish until crispy.
  • Place fish in oven for 3 to 5 minutes until fish is cooked through.
  • Start with citrus juices, water and sugar.
  • Combine and make like lemonade then add patis, garlic, chili flakes, cilantro to taste.
  • "Sweet and tart".