GINATAANG TILAPIA

  

 Ginataan (or guinataan) is a Filipino cooking method that means “cooked in coconut milk”. Ginataang Tilapia is a dish where Tilapia (a fish belonging to the tilapiine cichlid tribe) is cooked in coconut milk (or cream) and served with banana peppers. This method is popularized by the Bicolanos, the fifth-largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group that lives in the southern islands of Luzon.
                                                                       
There are many other ingredients that can be cooked with Coconut milk but my taste buds are craving for Tilapia as of the moment. I can’t wait to put my hands on this yummy fish.
                                                        Ingredients

   

 2 lbs tilapia, cleaned (about 1 kilo or 2 to 3 pcs) 

                                             3 cups coconut cream

                                3 cloves garlic, minced
                                1 bulb onion, finely sliced
                                1 knob ginger, cut into strips
                                1-2 banana pepper
                                1 tbsp. fish sauce (patis)
                                1 tbsp shrimp paste (bagoong)
                                ¼ cup cooking oil
                                1 cup fresh spinach (or mustard leaves)

                                                                        Directions:

Step 1: Sauté garlic, ginger, and onions in hot oil

                         Step 2: Add the shrimp paste and fish sauce

 Step 3: Pour in the coconut cream and stir until natural oil from the coconut cream comes out

                Step 4: Add the banana pepper and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes

              Step 5:Lower the heat and add the tilapia and Simmer for 7 to 10 minutes

                         Step 6: Add the spinach and simmer for about a minute

                    Step 7: Serve Hot. Enjoy!

CHICKEN AFRITADA

          CHICKEN AFRITADA

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                                                            Cook Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

1 kilo chicken, cut into pieces

5 pieces potatoes, peeled and halved

1 red onion, diced

1 head garlic, minced

1 green bell pepper, sliced into strips

1 red bell pepper, sliced into strips

2 cups pork or chicken stock (broth)

1 cup tomato sauce

2 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)

3 tablespoons of cooking oil

Instructions

1.    In a cooking pot or wok, heat oil.

2.    Sauté garlic and onions.

3.    Add chicken and slightly brown.

4.    Pour the tomato sauce and stock. Bring to a boil and allow to simmer for 20 minutes or until the chicken is almost cooked.

5.    Add potatoes and continue to cook for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked.

6.    Add the green and red bell peppers, simmer for an additional minute or two.

7.    Salt and pepper to taste

8.    Serve this chicken recipe hot with steamed rice.

SWEET AND SOUR TILAPIA

                                         SWEET AND SOUR TILAPIA

               

Sweet and sour is a combination that originally came from Asia. Several Asian food (mostly of Chinese origin) adopted this blend. Based on articles, the Chinese (particularly the Cantonese) were the one’s who originally came up with the thought of mixing these two different flavors.

Try this Sweet and Sour Tilapia recipe.

Ingredients

1 whole Tilapia

1 tbsp garlic

1/2 cup vinegar

1 cup bell pepper (red and green)

1 cup cooking oil

1 medium sized onion,chopped

1 thumbs ginger, cut into strips

2 cups water

3 tbsp tomato paste

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 small carrot, cut into strips

Cooking Procedure

1.    Place the cooking oil in the pan and apply heat.

2.    When the oil is hot enough, put the fish in the pan.

3.    When the immersed side of the fish is brown and crispy, flip the fish to let the other side cook.

4.    Once the fish is fully cooked, remove from pan and set aside.

5.    In a clean pan, saute the garlic, onion, carrots, ginger, and bell pepper (red and green)

6.    Add 2 cups of water and simmer for 5 mins

7.    Put-in the tomato paste, sugar, and vinegar then mix thoroughly

8.    Add-in the cornstarch to thicken the sauce (make sure to dilute the cornstarch in 1/2 cup water before adding it in)

9.    Pour the sauce on top of the Tilapia.

10.  Serve hot. Share and Enjoy!

Number of servings (yield): 2