Peppered Cream Dory

Cream dory is a delicious and succulent fish, that is why I like it a lot. Here is a simple recipe that you will surely enjoy.

Ingredients for 2 servings:
300 grams cream dory fish
1 big onion (cut into rings)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoons lime or calamansi juice
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Procedure:
1. Clean the fish very well, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
2. Fry until done. Set aside.
3. Saute the onion then add the fried cream dory, soy sauce, calamansi juice, salt and pepper, stir well for few minutes then turn off the heat.
4. Serve with love and enjoy :-).

Fried Salmon

Cooked simply but served in a very special way that  I can for a very good friend. We enjoyed our lunch of fried salmon  with a good chat :-).

Ingredients for 2 servings:
300 grams salmon fillet ( slice to your desired size)
1 tablespoon lemon or calamansi juice
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the salmon with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
2. Heat the oil then fry the salmon until done, put in a paper towel to remove excess oil.
3. Serve with love and a big smile :-). 

Fried Dried Fish

Simple yet special for me, oh how I love this fried fish at breakfast table,  a good appetizer . Wash your hands and grab the fried rice now :-). 

To fry it, simply heat the oil then fry the dried fish to your desired doneness, when done remove from oil then put in a paper towel to remove excess oil.
Serve and enjoy.

Adobong Tilapia

Adobo is my all time favorite dish, that's why I cooked this Adobong Tilapia, very yummy.

Ingredients:
1 kilo Tilapia ( Cleaned and sliced)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
3 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon ginger strips
1 small onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the ginger, garlic and onion then put the vinegar and soy sauce and simmer for a minute.
2. Add the tilapia, cover then simmer until almost done over medium heat, then add salt if needed and pepper to taste then simmer until fully cooked. 
3. Serve with love.

Pan Grilled Salmon

Perfect way to cook salmon. Easy but yummy.

Ingredients:
200 grams salmon fillet
1 teaspoon lemon or calamansi juice
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the salmon fillet with lemon juice, salt and pepper then set aside.
2. Heat a non-stick pan then put a little oil, put the salmon fillet, cook each side until done.
3. Serve with your favorite side dish.

Sinabawang Lapu-lapu

What are you waiting for? Sip the soup now, it's really yummy!

Ingredients for 2 servings:
1 medium size grouper ( lapu-lapu)
1 stalk lemon grass
1 big tomato ( Sliced to your desired shape)
1/4 kilo Chinese Cabbage
1 tablespoon ginger strips
1 onion ( sliced)
2 tablespoons fish sauce (patis)
2 cups water

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the onion, ginger, lemon grass, tomato then the fish, cover and allow to simmer until the natural juices come out from the fish. After this process add the water and bring to a boil, add salt and pepper to taste, simmer until the fish is fully cooked.
2. Add the Chinese cabbage and simmer  for a minute then turn off the heat.
3. Serve and enjoy eating with your loved ones. 

My Festive Viand for Breakfast

It's been a wile that I have not eaten fried tilapia, today I'm really craving for it, so I went to the market and bought some really fresh Tilapia. After cooking I paired it with salted egg and tomatoes. Fantastic!

Ingredients:
3 pieces medium size Tilapia ( Cleaned)
 1 tablespoons calamansi or lime juice
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the fish with calamansi or lime juice, then salt and pepper and set aside.
2. Heat the oil until ready for frying then put the tilapia and fry it until golden brown, serve with anything you want and enjoy it with your loved ones. :-). 

Escabecheng Bulad

Bulad is a Visayan term for dried fish, this recipe is very common among Visayans. Simple but very palatable.


Ingredients:
1 big fried dried fish ( bulad)
2 big tomato
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons ginger (strips)
1 onion
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic, ginger, tomato and onion.
2. Add the water, sugar, vinegar and pepper then allow to boil and simmer for 3 minutes over medium heat.
3. Put the fried dried fish in a serving platter then pour the sauce and serve.


You can thicken the sauce with a little corn starch.

Pesang Bangus

A light fish flavored soup that will keep you satisfied. :-)

Ingredients for 4 servings:

1 medium size Bangus ( cleaned and sliced into 4)

1/2 kilo cabbage

3 cloves garlic

1  onion

thumb size ginger ( strips)

1/2 teaspoon peppercorns ( pamintang buo)

1/4 cup fish sauce (patis)

4 cups water ( add if needed)

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic, ginger and onion, then add the water, peppercorns and fish sauce,  bring to a boil, when boiling add the fish and continue to boil until cooked.

2. Add the cabbage then simmer for 2 minutes, add salt if necessary then simmer until done

3. Serve it hot and enjoy. 

Ginataang Dalag

Dalag or mudfish is one of the most common fishes in the Philippines. It is yummy with coconut milk specially when the coconut milk is really thick like this one :-).

Ingredients
1 kilo mudfish (dalag) 
3 cloves garlic ( crushed)
thumb size ginger ( sliced)
1 onion ( sliced)
2 cups coconut milk
2 tablespoons fish sauce ( patis)
1 bunch of pechay
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Sauté the  ginger, garlic and onion, then add 1 cup coconut milk, fish sauce and ground pepper then bring to a boil and simmer for a minute.
2. Add the fish then simmer until cook, add the pechay and salt to taste then simmer for a minute, lastly add the rest of the coconut milk, once simmering turn off the heat.
3. Serve with love :-).

Fried Mudfish (Pritong Dalag)

Fresh from the fish pond that's why it tastes so good! "Mudfish is common in freshwater plains, where it migrates from rivers and lakes into flooded fields, returning to the permanent water bodies in the dry season, where it survives by burrowing in the mud".

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channa_striata


Ingredients:
2 mudfish (dalag) cleaned
2 calamansi
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the mudfish with calamansi,  salt and pepper then  deep fry until golden brown.
2. Serve it hot.

Homemade Sweet and Sour Bangus

You might wonder why my sweet and sour is so plain, no carrots and bell pepper , it's because I cooked this when my friends visited me and one of them requested not to put those veggies so that she can eat because of health reasons, you can put some veggies if you will cook this recipe.

Ingredients:
1 kilo Bangus ( fried)
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
thumb size ginger ( strips)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
3 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water


Procedure:
1. Saute ginger and garlic then put the onion and continue sauteeing. 
2. Put vinegar, soy sauce and sugar,  let simmer, then add the water and let it boil, then add the fried fish and simmer for 2 minutes.
3. Add the cornstarch mixture, stirring well until it boils then simmer for a minute, add salt and pepper to taste, simmer for a minute and turn off the heat. 
4. Serve it hot with rice :)

Ginataang Tilapia

Ginataang Tilapia is one of the easiest dishes to cook, and since tilapia is very common at the market you can prepare this anytime you want it. I cooked this for the laborers at our farm and they loved it.

Ingredients for 6 servings:
1 kilo Tilapia
3 cloves garlic ( crushed)
thumb size ginger ( sliced)
1 onion ( sliced)
2 cups coconut milk
1 bunch pechay
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Sauté the  ginger, garlic and onion, then add 1 cup coconut milk, salt, ground pepper then bring to a boil and simmer for a minute.
2. Add the fish then simmer until cooked, add the pechay and simmer for a minute then add the rest of the coconut milk, simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
3. Serve hot with rice, yummy!!!!

Roasted Cream Dory

Prepared carefully with love and cooked simply but still yummy.

Ingredients for 1 serving:
1 serving slice of cream dory
1/2 teaspoon lemon or calamansi juice
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Pre-heat the oven for 10 minutes at 180C then roast the fish for 15 minutes  or until done according to your taste. Then remove and sprinkle with olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil is better.
2. Serve it  on a bed of green salad and garnish it . Happy eating.

Bangus Adosiw

You must try this recipe so that you will not miss half of your life :-). This is a combination of Paksiw and Adobo that's why it is very delicious. I cooked this for our lunch.

Ingredients:
1 kilo milkfish (sliced and cleaned)
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
thumb size ginger
1/2 cup water
3 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 onion
2 pieces laurel/bayleaf
1/2 teaspoon crushed black pepper
chili finger (siling haba)
salt to taste


Procedure:
1. In a pan or wok put the ginger, chili, onion and garlic then the fish, vinegar, soy sauce, salt, black pepper and laurel, cover and cook over medium heat, when boiling, lower the heat then simmer until half cooked.

2. Add the water and continue cooking until done.
3. Serve with rice and enjoy.

Sarciadong Dalagang Bukid

Yellow tail fusilier or dalagang bukid is a kind of fish known for its tangy and delicious taste. This dish made the dalagang bukid even yummier. My mom and sisters who ate this gave me thumbs up. I hope you will try this recipe.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo dalagang bukid
2 med. size tomatoes (sliced)
1 med. size onion (sliced)
3 cloves garlic ( minced)
salt and pepper to taste
2 eggs( beaten)
2 cups water (add if needed)
Spring onion
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic, onion and tomatoes until soften.
2. Add the water and bring to a boil when boiling, add the fried fish, salt and pepper to taste, then simmer for few minutes.
3. Add the beaten eggs, stirring constantly so that it will be distributed evenly, then add the spring onion and simmer until done.
4. Serve it hot.

Sinabawang Danggit

Rabbitfish (Danggit) is a nice fish for, soup, paksiw, fried and many more, smaller rabbitfish are best for drying. The regular size like the one that I cooked today is good for soup, this is my father's favorite and I learned to cook it from him. Very tasty, a bit of sweet and creamy taste is the soup will surely boost your appetite. Try it.

Ingredients:
1 kilo Danggit
3 cups water
1 cup malunggay
1 tomato
1 onion
chili finger ( siling haba)
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the water, onion and tomato then bring to a boil, when boiling add the danggit and simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Add chili finger, salt and pepper to taste then simmer for a minute and turn off the heat.
3. Add the malunggay, stir and leave for a minute then serve it hot.

Rellenong Bangus

Stuffed milkfish ( rellenong bangus) a little laborious to make but it's worth it, very yummy and perfect to prepare for the whole family specially during special gatherings.

Ingredients for 3 regular size Milkfish:
3 pieces milkfish  (properly cleaned)
1 onion( diced)
4 cloves garlic (minced)
1 carrot (minced)
1 cup green peas
1 bell pepper (minced)
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup corn starch for dusting
salt and pepper to taste
cooking oil for frying

Procedure:
1.Pound the fish gently to loosen meat from the skin, then remove all the meat and bones from inside the fish by scraping it with a spoon or handle of a ladle. Remove the central bone by breaking it in the tail and near the head.

2. Over low heat cook the fish meat, then let it cool and remove all the bones, set aside.

3. Saute the garlic and onion then add the de-boned and flaked fish, stir then add the rest of the ingredients and simmer until done. Stuff the skin of the fish with the filling.

4. After stuffing the fish, dust it with corn starch to avoid oil from splatting when you fry it. Heat the oil and deep fry the fish until golden brown.

5. After frying, set aside to cool before slicing ( slicing it while hot is easy to break) Serve it with rice and enjoy.

Note: You can marinate the skin with soy sauce and calamansi juice if you want.

Paksiw na Tilapia

My favorite fish dish, I can eat it anytime of the day :-). Sometime I want it a little sweet taste sometimes I want the sour taste strong, it is always goes well with fried rice or steamed rice.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo tilapia
3/4 cup vinegar
4 cloves garlic ( crushed)
thumb size ginger( strips)
some chili
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. In a pot put all the ingredients and let it boil then simmer until cooked.
2. If the taste of the vinegar is so strong, you can add a little water.
3. Simmer for few  minutes until done.
4. Serve it with rice.

Sinabawang Tilapia

Today we went fishing and we caught some tilapia that's why we decided to cook it in a soup because it is very fresh.

Ingredients:
2 regular size tilapia ( cut into halves)
2 tomatoes
1 onion
2 cups water
some camote tops ( talbos ng camote)
salt or patis to taste

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the onion, tomatoes, salt and tilpia, then cook over medium heat, simmer for 5 minutes then add the water and bring to a boil.
2. Simmer until cooked then add the talbos ng camote and turn off the heat.
3. Serve it hot.