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Tinapa Spaghetti

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Tinapa Spaghetti

Tinapa Spaghetti gives tomato pasta a smoky Filipino twist with salted duck eggs and chicharon.

50 minutes · Serves 5

Ingredients for Tinapa Spaghetti

  • 500 g dried spaghetti, cooked according to packet directions
  • 3 large tinapa or an equivalent amount smoked fish, flaked
  • 1 kg Roma tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 white onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon cane vinegar
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon rubbed basil
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • Olive oil
  • Fish sauce, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2 cups chicharon, coarsely crumbled
  • 6 salted duck eggs, sliced
  • Chopped parsley

How to cook Tinapa Spaghetti

  1. 1.Sauté garlic and onion in olive oil until the onion softens.
  2. 2.Add tomatoes, oregano, basil, and cane vinegar; cook, stirring, until tomatoes break down.
  3. 3.Stir in flaked tinapa and simmer 20 minutes.
  4. 4.Season with fish sauce and black pepper; simmer over low heat 10 minutes.
  5. 5.Top cooked spaghetti with sauce, chicharon, salted duck eggs, and parsley.
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