My Wok Life Cooking Blog

It’s about every food I’ve cooked with heart and loves

Menu
  • Home
  • Recipe
    • Main Dishes
    • 1-dish Meal
      • Children
      • Cakes and Bread
    • Sides
    • Soup
    • Drinks
    • Festive Gourmet
    • Fish & Shells
    • Low-Fat
    • Meat & Poultry
    • Rice & Noodles
    • Sauce & Condiments
    • Singapore Favourites
    • Dessert
    • Vegetables & Fruits
  • Food Reviews
    • Overseas & Holidays
    • Singapore
  • Nutrition & Diet
    • Boosting Body Immune System
    • Effective Products
    • Ways to Keep Fit
  • Special Features
    • Advertorial
  • Tips & Info
    • Kitchen Tools & Appliances
    • Measurements
    • Notes & Ingredients Value
    • Weekend Spot
  • Contact My Wok Life
  • Privacy Policy
Menu
Fried fish fillet in lemon sauce

Homemade Lemon Fish

Posted on July 15, 2010December 28, 2022 by PatriCa BB 雪冰
Fried fish fillet in lemon sauce
“Delicious lemon fish cooked from scratch, with my homemade lemon sauce.”

Suddenly had this craving for sweet and sourish flavoured dish for dinner. I missed lemon fish, but find that the lemon fish from outside stores was tasted too sweet. So, I yearned to cook my own lemon fish! To curb my craving for it. A very satisfying one, I had it, for my family who loved this dish as well.

Lemon fish is an adaption of the popular Asian style lemon chicken. Cooking lemon fish dish is not a difficult chore. We can always get instant lemon sauce packets off the shelves, but it won’t really save your bucks by using these pre packs.

Make your own lemon sauce can be very easy, too. And I guaranteed you’ll be this very much! See my recipe:

Ingredients (A):
400 grams of Dory fish fillet, cut into chunks
1 clove of garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon of cooking oil

1 cup of cooking oil (for deep frying use)

Ingredients (B) for seasoning fish:
1/2 teaspoon of chicken granule
1/2 teaspoon of ground white pepper
1/4 of sesame oil
Pinch of plain flour

Ingredients (C):
1 egg
1 cup of cornstarch
Pinch of salt

Ingredients (D) for homemade lemon sauce:
Lemon juice extracted from 1 small fresh lemon (amount about 2 tablespoons)
1 salted plum (咸水梅), mashed with finger tips
2 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of orange or lemon emulco
1/4 teaspoon of vinegar
1/4 teaspoon of cornstarch
4 tablespoons of water

Method
1) Season fish fillet with the listed seasoning ingredients (B), for at least 20 minutes.

2) Mix ingredients (D) together in a small bowl. Stir well and set aside. (*Mash soft salted plum in the sauce mixture to extract its liquid. Remove the mashed bulb after that)

3) Break an egg and mix well with seasoned fish fillet. Set aside. Then, mix in salt with cornstarch in a large bowl. Coat fish fillet with cornstarch evenly.

4) Heat wok with oil over high heat. Reduce heat to slightly lower when heated. Fry coated fish fillets till golden browned. Remove from wok and drain on kitchen towel. Repeat process until all fillets are done.

5) In separate wok, heat with just 1 teaspoon of oil over medium heat. Add in garlic and sauté till fragrant. Add the lemon sauce mixture into wok, followed by crispy fried fish fillets. Quickly stir fry to combine well till fried fish fillets appear moist and glossy. Heat off and dish up. Decorate with lemon slices and serve.

Fried fish fillet in homemade lemon sauce

A serving of my crisped lemon fish counts about 450kcal.

Tips: Add orange emulco to get better sweet tangy flavor in the lemon sauce as well as color presentation. If using lemon emulco, do a taste check after adding it, and before adding vinegar. If taste suits you, may omit addition of vinegar, or choose to add more sugar after that, if desired.
*Drizzle some water (about 1 tablespoon), if it’s too dry, after combining fillets and lemon sauce. However, bear in mind that it should not be have too wet or too much lemon gravy on the finished dish.

Tags: FishHomemade sauce
Category: Fish & ShellsMain DishesRecipe

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Calin Chong MyWokLife
About My WokLife
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

MyWokLife Popular Posts

  • Tell Me the 5 Reasons to Drink MILO...

    5 Reasons to Drink Milo Every Day : "Get the best start to your day with MI...

  • Stir fried baby kailan
    Stir-Fried Baby Kai Lan with Garlic...

    Stir-Fried Baby Kai Lan Stir-Fried Baby Kai Lan with Garlic (清炒小芥兰) : "Simp...

  • Stir fried spinach with wolfberry
    Stir-fried Chinese Spinach with Goj...

    Stir-fried Chinese Spinach with Goji Berries (清炒枸杞子苋菜) "Healthy Stir-fried...

  • Luohan guo herbal tea
    Luo Han Guo Chinese Herbal Tea (罗汉果...

    "Fruit of Medicine, the natrual sweet fruit, for general well being, and so...

  • Ginger and spring onion pork stripes
    Ginger and Spring Onion Pork Dish (...

    "Delicious home-taste pork dish with smooth and tendering texture that you...

  • Huai Shan Soup
    Fresh Chinese Yam Root (Huai Shan)...

    Huai Shan Soup Recipe or Fresh Chinese Yam Root (Huai Shan) Soup with Corn...

  • Fried French Bean & Dried Shrim...

    "Delicious home-priced restaurant dish" This is a vegetable dish which I lo...

  • Peach Gum Dessert Soup (桃胶糖水)

    Peach Gum Dessert Soup not only making the soup look more beautiful, it’s d...

  • Taiwanese Lu Rou Rice (台式卤肉饭)

    “Taiwanese Lu Rou Rice : Easy recipe of a popular Taiwanese dish which you...

  • Curry Chicken
    A1 Curry Chicken (Express Recipe)

    "Impress your guests with this quick and easy curry chicken and egg goodies...

mywoklife

It was a great and fun experience to have a tea ce It was a great and fun experience to have a tea ceremony at a local house. Tea with #sweet 🍵 Always love #matcha #greentea #teaceremony #japan #airkitchen #chado #greatexperience #local #japaneseculture #wagashi 

先生のうちで #茶道 #習い事 #千船 #大阪 #着物 #たのしかった #楽しい #日本文化 #ぶんか
#wagashi in #japan especially in #ōsaka the kitch #wagashi in #japan especially in #ōsaka the kitchen of Japan. All their #dessert and #snack are just so #beautiful so #tasty 😍 #feastforeyes don’t need to eat them all, I am full…..

#和菓子 #生菓子 #梅田 #foodhall #sweets #umeda #ケーキ #甘い #いっぱい
The tomato #okonomiyaki #osaka style is really nic The tomato #okonomiyaki #osaka style is really nice! Very very nice, in fact. Just located at the Shin Ōsaka station. 

#トマト #お好み焼き #大阪 #新大阪 #関西 #たべもの #最高 #美味しい #日本 #食べ物 #delicious #supernice #musteat #musttry #japan #shinosaka
中谷堂の餅 The “heart” pounding performin 中谷堂の餅 The “heart” pounding performing of the mochi dough worth it all! The mugwort #mochi is super soft and Q….. 

#もち #よもぎ餅 #奈良 #mustsee #musteat
#matcha even the curry udon is match curry plus ma #matcha even the curry udon is match curry plus match udon, and it’s just a word to describe #oishii 😋😋

#matchatea #matchacake #matchaparfait #matchaudon #matchamochi #matchaicecream #matchacafe #eataroundtheworld #gion #祇園
Nissin Instant Cup Noodle Museum with DIY #cupnood Nissin Instant Cup Noodle Museum with DIY #cupnoodles #making and #design 🥳 It was #fun and #therapeutic 

#cupnoodlesmuseum #cupnoodlefactory #japan #ikeda #osaka #nissin #カップヌドール #面白い #おもしろい #日本 #にほん #ラーメン #作ること #作るの楽しい #池田 #momofukuando #百福安藤
金ゆ(湯)銀ゆ(湯)、ふゆ(冬)、ありま(す) 

In Chinese, read as 金”有” having golds, 銀”有 having silvers, “富有” wealthy、”在” 有(馬) existence。

It’s just so auspicious to me. 🥰

#arimaonsen #有馬温泉 #湯 #温泉 #日本の風景 #ミルク
Okonomiyaki, the Japanese stir fried soba cabbage Okonomiyaki, the Japanese stir fried soba cabbage egg pancake with your choice of seafood or meat toppings/ fillings. Hiroshima style. ~Lovely #お好みやき #広島 

Price range 890-1980yen. 

#musteat #hiroshima #okonomiyaki #soba #pancake #okomimura #shintenchi #お好みむら #新天地 #日本
When most of the momiji manjū (maple leaf cakes) When most of the momiji manjū (maple leaf cakes) are baked, this store specializes in deep fried version, the #揚げもみじ in Miyajima, Japan. 

#もみじ饅頭 #宮島 #おいしい #みやけ #foodaroundtheworld
Load More... Follow on Instagram

©2023 My Wok Life Cooking Blog