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Kilawing Isda at Baboy

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Kilawing Isda at Baboy

Kilawing Isda at Baboy combines chilled vinegar-cured fish with crisp pork belly.

5 hours 25 minutes · Serves 4

Ingredients for Kilawing Isda at Baboy

  • 250 g white fish meat, such as grouper or snapper, cubed
  • 250 g pork belly with fat, cubed
  • 1 cup cane vinegar
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp thinly sliced ginger
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 green chillies, sliced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup water
  • Oil, for deep-frying

How to cook Kilawing Isda at Baboy

  1. 1.Soak fish in 1/2 cup vinegar for at least 5 minutes. Drain in a colander and gently squeeze dry.
  2. 2.Combine remaining vinegar, lemon juice, ginger, onion, garlic, chillies, salt, and pepper. Cover with fish and refrigerate 4 to 6 hours.
  3. 3.Simmer pork with salt, pepper, and water over medium heat for 15 minutes. Drain, then chill in the freezer for 30 minutes.
  4. 4.Heat deep-frying oil over high heat. Fry chilled pork for under 2 minutes until crisp; drain.
  5. 5.Fold crispy pork into the chilled fish mixture and serve immediately.
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