Tilapia in Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce. This is a sweet and sour tilapia recipe. The fish is fried first then combined with a sweet and sour sauce made from carrots, bell peppers, onions, garlic, catsup, ginger and cornstarch to thicken the sauce. Put soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, fish sauce and tomato ketchup in a saucepan.

Remove from stove, add minced garlic and ginger. Fried Tilapia with Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe This easy tilapia recipe features tilapia fillets marinated iin orange juice, lime juice, brown sugar and soy sauce for a tasty fish dinner. "This is a very versatile marinade. You can cook Tilapia in Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tilapia in Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce

1. It's 1 of medium tilapia.
2. Prepare of Some salt and black pepper.
3. You need of Potato starch.
4. You need of Oil for deep frying.
5. Prepare 1/3 cup of soy sauce.
6. It's 1/3 cup of sugar.
7. Prepare 1/3 cup of vinegar.
8. Prepare 1/2 TBS of fish sauce.
9. You need 3 Tbs of tomato ketchup.
10. It's 1 of medium clove of garlic minced.
11. It's 1 of thin slice of ginger minced.
12. Prepare 1/2 TBS of potato starch.
13. You need 1/2 TBS of water.
14. You need of Some julienned green onion, carrot, ginger.
15. Prepare of Few sprigs of cilantro.

It's great with chicken breasts, but I would recommend using the grill instead. Sweet and Sour Tilapia Recipe or Tialpia Escabeche is a Filipino dish made by frying any kind of meaty fish, and topping with sweet and sour sauce with vegetables while Tilapia is a popular cooking fish in the Philippines. This Filipino Sweet and Sour Tilapia dish is a bit different than the traditional Chinese sweet and sour fish dish. Sweet-and-sour tilapia, also known as "tilapia escabeche," is a Filipino dish.

Tilapia in Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce instructions

1. Make few shallow cuts on fish. Dry fish well with paper towel. Especially inside head and belly. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on and inside fish. Let it rest for few minutes.
2. Meanwhile, heat up about 2 cups of oil in a 10 inch pan (or big enough for the size of fish, of course more oil) on medium heat for about 10 or more minutes..
3. Sprinkle potato starch abundantly on and inside of fish. Shake off excess potato starch. Check oil temperature. Use thermometer or chopstick. Put fish in and fry for 12 to 15 minutes on each side. I had to do this because my pan was little too small for the fish (picture)..
4. After finish frying both side, remove fish to a plate. Turn heat down to low. Meanwhile make the sauce..
5. Dilute 1/2 TBS potato starch and 1/2 TBS water in a small bowl. Put soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, fish sauce and tomato ketchup in a saucepan. Boil on medium heat while stirring. Add diluted potato starch in, keep stirring until it boils. Remove from stove, add minced garlic and ginger..
6. Turn back heat to medium high for the oil pan. Check temperature. When oil is ready, fry fish one more time for crunchiness. About 1 1/2 minute for each side. Remove fish to serving plate..
7. Pour sauce over fish. Garnish with some julienned green onion, carrot, ginger and cilantro..
8. Serve with hot rice..

The Filipinos adapted the recipe from Chinese and Spanish cultures. This video is a step-by-step tutorial on how to make Sweet and Sour Tilapia, an interesting way to enjoy such a common fish in the country. For this recipe, I used the following ingredients. Give the tilapia a sweet and sour kick with a honey soy marinade. Mix equal parts honey, soy sauce and balsamic vinegar together in a shallow glass baking dish.