Recipe
This Fried Cod Is Served With A Sweet Chili Sauce Better Than Tartar Sauce
Fish and chips meets Asian fusion in this recipe for Fried Cod with Sweet Chili Sauce from TikTok food creator Laurent Dagenais. A formally-trained chef, he manages to elevate a pub favorite while maintaining a casual feel for hesitant home cooks.
Dagenais combines sambal oelek — a fiery Indonesian chili paste with an impressive kick — with white vinegar, ginger root and finely-grated carrot in a spicy stand-in for typical tartar sauce. Dredged in buttermilk batter and fried until golden, this cod creation is anything but routine.
Dagenais’ arsenal of culinary expertise is clear in his inventive ingredient selections, like the addition of sprinkled seaweed flakes to amplify the fishy flavor. Dressed up or down, Fried Cod is a crowd pleaser with enough pazzazz to wow your (Always) hungry audience. You can find this recipe below, but also in Dagenais' debut cookbook, Always Hungry!
Fried Cod with Sweet Chili Sauce
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp sambal oelek
- 1 thick slice ginger root
- 1 small carrot finely grated
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup egg whites
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour divided
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 8 ounces cod or other white fish
- Canola oil for frying
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tsp dried seaweed nori dulse or flaked sea lettuce