How to Make "Insanely Crispy" Fish Sticks Chinese Style (酥脆鱼柳)

Hi everyone! Happy Lunar New Year, the year of the rabbit. Did you make anything special for the New Year? The New Year celebrations last 15 days. It's going to be concluded on the lantern festival on February 5th. So you still have time to make special Chinese dishes. Today I'm going to show you how to make very simple and delicious fried fish sticks. Apron? Yes! Put up the hair. I have one flounder fillet. You can also use tilapia or cod fish. And I just need to cut into strips. First cut in the middle like that. And cut on the ankle. So this way it's bigger, right? If you cut this way, it would be too small. This way. And just use paper towels. Pat dry. And into a bowl. We're going to season it. So let's season the fish with salt, ground black pepper, optional Shaoxing cooking wine. Give it a mix. And egg white. One egg white. Save the yolk. Something else. I know technically you can make the batter separately, but I just make it simpler for you guys. And two tablespoons of flour. All-purpose flour. And two tablespoons of cornstarch. That's how we make it very crispy. Mix. And we just let this marinate about 10 minutes before we fry it. I'm gonna heat up the pot to high. Add vegetable oil. We're going to shallow fry, not deep fry. It's more practical at home, right? That should be enough oil. Let it heat up. So after about two minutes, oil should be hot enough. You can see the bubbles around the chopstick. And should be around 375 Fahrenheit. So let's drop our fish, piece by piece. You probably need to do two batches. Don't crowd. We're going to fry about a few minutes till they're golden brown. Now our first batch is done. Let's take them out into paper towels to drain the oil. Very fluffy, isn't it? Now we turn up the heat again. Let's do the second batch. After a few minutes, our second batch is ready. Wow, very crispy. Wow, smells so good. Hear it? Crispy. And we're going to serve with some dry dip. So I have, start with the ground pepper, black pepper, a little bit salt, chili powder, optional. This is a Sichuan pepper powder. And that's a dip in the middle. There you have it. It's time to eat. Oh, I can't wait. Here you go. Thank you. Get you some crispy. Give you some dipping. There you go, Ray. Yeah, if you don't know Mr. Cameron's name, it's Ray. And if there's a confusing anywhere, it's the other half, the significant other half. Can we? Cheers to the new year. To the new year. I love it. Very fluffy, isn't it? Very light. Oh, that's great. Now they're so oily. As I said, it's more practical to shallow fry at home. You don't need to use too much oil, right? I'm busy, sorry. This is delicious. Oh, I love the salt, the dipping, different dipping. Yeah, you also like to add cumin, right? That's good. We wish everybody happy new year. Best wishes for the new year. Please try to make it to continue celebrating the new year. And if you like this video, please give us thumbs up, share and subscribe for more simple recipes. Thank you so much for watching. See you next time.