← Back to recipes
Ginataang Mackerel

Ginataang Mackerel

Canned Mackerel fish cooked in coconut milk with spinach. This simple dish is tasty. It is also quick and easy to make.

⏱ Prep: 3 min ⏱ Cook: 15 min

Ingredients

  • 30 oz mackerel (canned in brine)
  • 1 bunch spinach
  • 2 cup coconut milk
  • 5 piece Thai chili pepper (optional)
  • 3 thumbs ginger (sliced into thin strips)
  • 1 piece onion (chopped)
  • 5 clove garlic (minced)
  • 0.5 cup water
  • 0.25 cup white vinegar
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 0 Fish sauce and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a cooking pot.

  2. Saute onion, garlic, and ginger until garlic browns and onion softens.

  3. Pour coconut milk into the cooking pot. Add chili pepper.Stir. Cover the pot and cook for 5 minutes.

  4. Add mackerel. Pour water and vinegar into the pot. Let boil. Stir and cover the pot. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes.

  5. Season with fish sauce and ground black pepper.

  6. Add spinach. Cook for 1 minute.

  7. Transfer to a serving plate. Serve.

  8. Share and enjoy!