Braised Fish Head Recipe

Braised fish head recipe with bitter gourd is an addictive dish if you're a bitter gourd lover. The sweetness of fried fish head paired with fermented black bean, spring onion, chilli 🌶, and Mee Sua (wheat vermicelli) is really irresistible. Slurpssss 🤩🤩🤩

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Serving: 4 pax 

Ingredients 

1 red snapper fish head, cut into half/fresh fish fillet

1 tbsp cornstarch 

200g bitter gourd/summer squash

2 tbsp shallot 

1 stalk spring onion/scallions, chopped 

2 bird eyes chillies/Thai fresh chillies 🌶

1 cloves garlic

3 sliced ginger 

10g fermented black bean 

Cooked mee sua (wheat vermicelli) according to package 

Seasoning

1 tbsp sesame oil

1 tbsp soy sauce 

1 tbsp cooking wine 

1 tbsp oyster sauce 

50g hot water 

Steps: 

1. Pat dry fish head, marinate with salt & pepper. Coat with cornflour, deep-fried until golden brown. 

2. Heat a wok with oil, sauté garlic, shallot, chilli, ginger, fermented black bean until fragrant. 

3. Add bitter gourd, seasoning and water and stir over high heat for 5 mins then add fried fish head and stir evenly. 

4. Serve it over cooked mee sua (wheat vermicelli) in clay-pot, Top with spring onion as garnish.

Braised fish head recipe