Step1:Wash fish. Prepare water starch, cooking wine and mixed sweet and sour juice (white sugar, vinegar, my aged vinegar. If you don't like deep color, you can use white vinegar, salt, etc.
Step2:The difficulty of this dish is fish handling. It is suggested to use kitchen paper or duster cloth to press and operate, so as to avoid the fish body being too slippery and easy to hurt hands. First cut off the head of the fish. From the back of the knife. Both sides of the fish out. Pay attention to the tail is not cut. Remove the bones in the middle and the bones on the belly. Marinate the sliced fish with cooking wine, onion and ginger for 10 minutes to remove the fishiness.
Step3:Next, comb the fish and cut it five times. Pay attention not to cut the skin
Step4:Then the knife cuts at a 45 degree angle. The fish will become a prismatic piece
Step5:I used an air fryer, because I didn't want to fry it too greasy. But I still think it would taste better if I fried it with 180 degree oil until it's golden.
Step6:Add sweet and sour sauce, tomato sauce and water powder into the pan and add the sauce.
Step7:It's done by sprinkling with pine nut
Cooking tips:There are skills in making delicious dishes.