Sweet & Sour Snapper

      A couple of months ago, my husband found out that he needed to start taking better care of his health. That same day we decided to be more cautious about everything, his food intake, regular exercise, fruits and veggies. This also meant a lot less eating out and a lot more eating home-cooked food. As much as we can, we try to make sure to at least eat fish roughly 5 times a week, instead of take-out and fatty foods.

     So tonight we made one of our favorite fish recipe, Sweet & Sour Snapper!

Ingredients:

1 whole Red Snapper about 1.5 lbs
1 medium size onion ( Julienne )
1 large carrot ( Julienne )
1 large red bell pepper ( Julienne )
2 thumbs of ginger ( Julienne )
1 Roma tomato ( Julienne )
1 can 15 ounce tomato sauce
1 can 8 ounce of pineapple chunks, syrup reserve
1 cup good Olive oil (for frying)
3 tbsp Olive oil (for the sauce)
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp brown sugar

Procedure:

Fish:
1. Clean fish by removing gills, fish scales and innards. True Red Snapper can usually be bought at your Asian market where they clean the fish for you.
2. Sprinkle generous amount of kosher salt and pepper on each side of the fish.
3. On medium high, heat frying pan and pour in good olive oil.
4. Fry fish until crispy brown about 8 minutes each side. Set aside!

Sauce:

1. On a clean pan heat about 3 tablespoon of oil  over medium high heat.
2. Saute onion and ginger for about 3 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, carrots, bell pepper, soy sauce and saute for 5 more minutes.
4. Pour in tomato sauce, pineapple chunks and the reserve juice with brown sugar.
5. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add a pinch of salt and pepper to taste.

To serve:
 Place fried fish in a server and pour the sauce over it, and enjoy!

Serves 3-4 Adults!

-Love-