粟米魚柳 Fillets of Fish in Sweetcorn Sauce

最近為家人親人的生活和很多雜事，總是忙過不了。我想起愛因斯坦的這句話：『三個工作規則：在雜亂中找簡單，從不協調裏找和諧，困難中躺著的是機會。』確是至理名言。

說回烹飪。每個家庭主婦都有三幾味餸菜可以隨時泡製，不需要太刻意，而能討好她們食客的。

我的是湯、雞、魚、蛋、豆腐和菜。

Recently I have been very busy with family life and some other things.  To get me through, I remembered one of Einstein's sayings, " Three rules of work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." Very useful philosophy.

Back to cooking. Every housewife has a few dishes up their sleeve; ones which can be cooked up at a moment's notice without a great deal of effort, yet which are appreciated by visitors having dinner at their home.

Mine are soup, chicken, fish, egg, bean curd and vegetables.

家中的冰箱和冰櫃內，經常都會有這些食材。平常只我倆口子，多數只是隨意蒸尾魚、炒碟菜，煲個湯等等。

姨甥和他的同學來玩的這個多星期，每天下午我們多數在外面吃。吃的是意大利餐、自助餐和飲茶等；都是很飽肚的食物。晚餐我便只弄點簡單而大家都愛吃的餸菜。

In our fridge and freezer, we always have these ingredients.  When it's only the two of us, I may just steam a fish, stir-fry some vegetables and make a broth. 

During the 10 days visit from my nephew and his friend, we often ate out at lunch time.  We had Italian meals, buffet and Chinese dim-sum etc; all very rich and filling food.  So for our evening meals, I preferred to cook something simple but dishes that would be enjoyed by everybody.

像這道粟米魚柳。

Like this Fillets of Fish in Sweetcorn Sauce.

醉雞 ( 我還另外做了兩次海南雞 )。

大家似乎都很愛這賣相。我很好運，買到這隻走地的栗米飼養雞，做起醉雞來非常黄亮。

醉雞的食譜在這裏。

Drunk Chicken ( I've also made Hainan Chicken twice ).

I was very lucky to have found this free range corn - fed chicken, which has a lovely golden colour after cooking.

The recipe for Drunk Chicken is here.

煎釀豆腐。

Shallow - fried stuffed Bean Curd.

清補涼湯。

Ching Po Liang Soup. 

炒小白菜。

Stir - fried baby Bak Choy.

因為两天之前我烤了羊腿、用馬玲薯蓉和蔬菜、燒汁伴上。大家都愛吃。第二天還要我重覆再做了一次。之後的這一餐，我便打算只弄些清淡的菜。

I had roasted a leg of Lamb, served with mashed potatoes, vegetables and gravy two days previously; because they enjoyed it so much, had asked me to cook the same again the following day.  So for this meal, I decided to make something a bit lighter.

做了紅燒豆腐。

I made a bean curd casserole.

蝦米蒸水蛋。

Steamed egg with dried shrimps.

蒜蓉炒白菜。

Stir - fried Bak choi with minced garlic.

冬菇雞絲粉絲蛋花湯。

Shredded chicken, mushroom, vermicelli and egg drops soup.

多謝很多讀者的支持，在 facebook 上留言說很想要那《栗米魚柳》的食譜，這裡便寫出來與大家分享，希望你們喜歡。

Many thanks to everybody who have left messages on facebook, asking for recipe of 《fillets of fish in sweetcorn sauce》.  So here it is, hope you'll like it. 

粟米魚柳

材料：

• 無皮無骨魚柳，我用鱈魚 (Cod) 450g / 1 lb
• 雞蛋 2 隻 + 蛋黃 2 隻
• 生粉 1 杯
• 栗米 1 罐
• 生油 4 杯作炸油用

魚肉醃料：

• 鹽、生抽、薑汁、生粉各 2 茶匙。糖、白胡椒粉各1 茶匙。蛋白 2 隻。

粟米汁調味料：

• 油 1 茶匙
• 酒 2 茶匙
• 上湯 2 杯
• 鹽 1 茶匙
• 糖 1 茶匙
• 生抽 1 茶匙
• 蠔油 1 湯匙
• 麻油 1 茶匙
• 白胡椒粉半茶匙

• 生粉開水埋獻用適量 
• 蛋 1 隻打勻

做法：

1. 魚柳切方塊，用魚肉醃料醃 20 分鐘。
2. 雞蛋 2 隻 + 蛋黃 2 隻打勻，將魚塊逐件放入蛋液中，再取出裹上生粉排碟上備用。
3. 燒熱生油，改中火。將魚塊分批放入炸脆，用鋼篩盛起放碟上。全部炸完撈起後，再把鑊中的炸油燒熱，改中火。把碟上已炸了一次的魚塊分批放回鑊中再炸一次。炸至呈金黄便撈起，攤開排在一隻鋪了雙層厨紙的大碟上吸油。
4. 另鍋燒紅，加入調味料中的油，贊酒然後加上湯及其餘調味料，將粟米倒入，微滾時埋獻，拂入蛋花，煮沸拌勻，試味便收火。
5. 把魚塊倒入鑊內翻兜數下上碟。

小小提示：

• 想魚柳的炸皮與汁混合時仍保持香脆的口感，不要省略魚塊回鑊再炸一次那步驟。

Fillets of Fish in Sweetcorn Sauce

Ingredients:

• 450g / 1 lb of fillets of fish ( I used Cod )
• 2 Eggs + 2 egg yolks
• 1 cup cornflour
• 1 cup sweetcorn 
• 3 cups oil for frying

Marinade for fish:

• Salt, light soy sauce, ginger juice, cornflour 1 tsp each. 2 egg - white.  

Sweet Corn Sauce Seasonings:

• 1 tsp oil
• 1 tsp wine
• 2 cup stock
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp ground white pepper

• cornflour with water slurry
• 1 beaten egg 

Steps:

1. Cut fish into square pieces, and marinate with the marinade for 20 minutes.
2. Beat the 2 eggs + 2 egg - yolks together, put fish pieces in to toss, then take out to coat with the cornflour.
3. Heat up the oil in a pan, then turn down to medium heat, fry the fish in batches until each one has just turn crispy. Drain on a mesh sieve before put on a plate. When finish frying all the fish, heat the oil up again; put the fish back in to deep fry a second time till all turn golden. Take out and spread on a large plate lined with double layers of kitchen paper to drain.
4. Heat oil from seasonings, sizzzle the wine, then pour in the stock and the rest, add sweetcorn; when about to boil, stir in the cornflour to thicken the sauce, beat in the egg, season to taste and turn off the heat.
5. Put the deep - fried fish pieces into the pan with the sweetcorn sauce, stir to mix and serve immediately .   

A little tip:

• If you like the deep - fried fish pieces to remain crispy after soaking in the sauce,  don't skip the re - frying step. 

姨甥和他朋友已回港去了。希望這個小假期可替他們消除一點學業壓力上的勞累。

Nephew and his friend have already gone back home. Just hope that this short break has helped to ease the pressures of studying a little bit.