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Tuna Jaw Sinigang

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Tuna Jaw Sinigang

Tuna jaw simmers in a bright tamarind broth with tender vegetables.

50 minutes · Serves 4

Ingredients for Tuna Jaw Sinigang

  • 2 pounds tuna jaw (panga ng tuna)
  • 2 cups string beans (sitaw), cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 2 eggplants, sliced
  • 8 okra, cleaned
  • 1 bunch water spinach (kangkong), chopped
  • 4 tomatoes, halved
  • 1 onion, wedged
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce (patis)
  • 44 g sinigang mix
  • 8 cups water
  • 4 long green chilli peppers (siling pansigang)

How to cook Tuna Jaw Sinigang

  1. 1.Bring water to a boil; add onion and tomatoes and cook until tender.
  2. 2.Add tuna jaw and simmer for 15 minutes.
  3. 3.Stir in sinigang mix, chillies, and eggplant; simmer 3 minutes. Add okra and sitaw and cook 3 minutes.
  4. 4.Fold in kangkong and fish sauce, turn off heat, cover, and let residual heat wilt the greens. Serve hot.
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