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Tinolang Bangus

Tinolang Bangus is a delicious Filipino soup recipe; it is a hearty ginger soup composed of bangus (milkfish) and vegetables such as chayote, hot pepper leaves, and malunggay leaves. This is best eaten with white rice along with a spicy fish sauce dip.

Difficulty Medium
Time 40 min
Servings 6
Ingredients 10
Steps 8
Tinolang Bangus
Filipino Updated 9/27/2014

Ingredients

Measured from the catalog payload.

  • 1 piece bangus scales and innards removed and sliced
  • 1 1/2 cups malunggay leaf
  • 1 1/2 cups hot pepper leaf
  • 2 pieces chayote quartered
  • 1 piece ginger sliced into strips
  • 1 piece yellow onion sliced
  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 8 cups water
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil

Instructions

8 cooking steps

  1. Heat the oil in a cooking pot.
  2. Saute the onion and ginger.
  3. Add the ground black pepper and pour-in water. Let boil.
  4. Put-in the sliced bangus. Let the water boil once more and then adjust the heat to low. Continue to cook covered for 20 minutes.
  5. Add the fish sauce and chayote. Cook for 8 minutes.
  6. Put-in the malunggay and hot pepper leaves. Stir and cook for 2 minutes.
  7. Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve.
  8. Share and enjoy!

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