Fried Sambal Stuffed Fish

This is a authentic Chinese Hokkien dish, Fried Sambal Stuffed Fish. One of my favourite dish since small.

Ingredients:
2 mackerel fish

Sambal Paste:
2 fresh red chilies

10 shallots

5 dried chilies

1 tbsp belacan (shrimp paste)

2 cloves garlic

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1/2 tbsp tamarind juice

Method:
1. Clean and rinse fish with water.

2. Cut a deep slit from the back of the fish along the bone. Repeat the same on the other side.

3. Blend red chillies, shallots, dried chillies, belacan and garlic together

4. Heat up wok with 3 tbsp oil, add in sambal paste and stir-fry with low heat until aromatic.

5. Add tamarind juice and continue to stir-fry. Do not over stir fry, paste should be moist.

6. Season to taste with salt and sugar. Dish out and let cool.

7. Stuff the spice paste into the fish on both sides of the slit and also inside the fish stomach.

8. Heat up oil in a wok, deep fry the fish until cooked.

Serve hot