The Lunar New Year celebrations has always revolved around food in our household. Many foods eaten during this time of the year are enjoyed to bring good things for the coming year.
Dishes that we have every year include
Lion’s head meatballs
A vegetarian dish full of lucky foods: lotus root, moss hair, bean curd sicks and noodles
Fried dumplings
My grandma’s dish of cauliflower, shrimp, mushroom and pork
Whole fried fish
Serving a whole fish (head and tail and all) symbolizes wealth and bounty. This year, we purchased an already fried fish from the Chinese market and made our own spicy chili sauce at home to serve over the fish and hot rice.
Chili Sauce for Fried Fish:
Garlic
Ginger
Chili Sauce
Soy Sauce
Chinese Black Vinegar
In a small frying pan, hat up the oil (about 2-3 TBSP) under medium heat
Add minced garlic and ginger and fry gently until soft and fragrant (do not brown)
Add a few tablespoons of prepared chili sauce and allow oil to incorporate
Add soy sauce to taste
Take sauce off the heat and add black vinegar and more soy sauce if needed.
The sauce should be somewhat thick and chunky
Pour over thee prepared fried fish
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