Fish Escabeche Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

How To Cook Fish Escabeche Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

Fish Escabeche Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe is an ancient cooking and preserving method which originates in Spain during the Middle Ages. The spanish style of cooking Escabeche is a mixture of vinegar, white wine and olive oil, seasoned with bay leaves and black pepper, among other spices, and most of the times accompanied by some vegetables like carrots and onion.

The Filipino style of cooking Escabeche recipe is made by frying any kind of meaty fish, and topping with sweet and sour sauce with vegetables. We suggest that you choose fishes that are meaty and not too much fish bones like bangus.

Escabeche is a type of sweet and sour fish recipe. There are many version of Escabeche around. This version that we have here is probably the most simple of all. However, the taste will not be as simple as it seems because this recipe has all the good flavors in it.

 Fish Escabeche Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe INGREDIENTS:

Sweet and Sour Sauce:

• ½ cup of white vinegar
• ½ cup of white sugar
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup tomato or banana ketchup
• 1 thumb size ginger, julienne
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil for sauteing
• 1 bell pepper cut in stripes
• 1 medium size onion, quartered
• 1 carrot, Julienne

Choose any of the following fishes:

• Big Tilapia, Lapu-lapu, Maya-maya, tuna, Fish fillet of any kind

INSTRUCTIONS:

Sweet and Sour Sauce:

1. In a deep pan, sauté ginger in a low fire. Once you smell the aroma, add the vinegar and water. Let it simmer for at least a minute.
2. Add sugar and ketchup. Stir until the sugar are dissolved.
3. In a bowl, make slurry by mixing 2 table spoon flour and 2 tablespoon water.
4. Pour and mix the slurry in the pan to thicken the sauce
5. The sauce is now ready for use.

Fish Cooking Procedure:

1. Pick your chosen fish.
2. Clean it thoroughly: remove innards, gills, fins and scales.
3. Heat up enough oil (oil amount depends how big is the fish) in deep frying pan and slowly drop the fish. Cook until the its color turns brown.
4. Arrange fish on a plate and garnish with onions, bell pepper and carrots.
5. Pour the sweet and sour sauce over it.
6. Serve and enjoy.

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