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Pesang Isda

Pesang Isda

Pesang Isda — fresh seafood prepared Filipino-style with garlic, vinegar, and calamansi. Briny, savory, and deeply flavorful.

Prep: 5 min Cook: 30 min

Ingredients

  • 2 piece medium to large fish (sliced)
  • 2 bunch es baby bok choy or pechay (cleaned and ends removed)
  • 2 cup rice washing
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 medium onion (quartered)
  • 1.5 cup green onions or onion leeks (sliced)
  • 1.25 cup ginger (sliced and pounded)
  • 3 clove garlic (minced)
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce (patis)
  • 1.5 tsp whole peppercorn
  • 8 tbsp oil

Instructions

  1. Rub salt on the fish and set aside.

  2. Bring to a simmer a frying pan then pour-in 6 tablespoons of cooking oil.

  3. Fry the fish until the color of one side turns golden brown. Flip to fry the other side then turn off the heat and set the fish aside.

  4. Heat a cooking pot and pour-in 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.

  5. When the oil is hot enough, sauté garlic, ginger and onion.

  6. Put-in the fish sauce and whole peppercorn then stir.

  7. Pour-in the rice washing then let boil,

  8. Put-in the fried fish then simmer for 10 minutes in low heat.

  9. Mix in the chopped green onions and bok choy and simmer for 3 minutes.

  10. Transfer to a serving plate then serve.