FechTin Go · Vietnam · Food

🐠 Whole Crispy-Fried Elephant Ear Fish

Phương Huy · BY-SA 4.0

A whole elephant ear fish deep-fried with its scales bristling upright on the platter, wrapped in rice paper with garden herbs, orchard style.

A meal in the orchards of An Binh islet in Vinh Long is not complete without a golden, crispy-fried elephant ear fish. Peel off the sweet white flesh, roll it in rice paper with garden herbs and dip in tamarind sauce — pure river-country dining.

Flavour: Crisp scales, sweet flesh, tangy tamarind sauce

Ingredients

• Elephant ear fish
• Rice paper
• Garden herbs
• Rice vermicelli
• Tamarind fish sauce