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Tinolang Isda

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Tinolang Isda

Tinolang Isda is a ginger-scented fish soup finished with bok choy and spring onions.

45 minutes · Serves 3

Ingredients for Tinolang Isda

  • 1 kg fish, scaled, gutted, and cut into sections
  • 5 cups seafood stock or water
  • 2 bunches bok choy
  • 3 spring onion stalks, chopped
  • 1 thumb-sized piece ginger, thinly sliced
  • 1 large red onion, chopped
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • Oil, for cooking
  • Fish sauce or sea salt, to taste
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

How to cook Tinolang Isda

  1. 1.Season fish generously with salt and black pepper.
  2. 2.Heat oil in a pot and fry fish until browned on both sides; remove carefully.
  3. 3.Sauté garlic, onion, and ginger in the same pot until onion softens.
  4. 4.Return fish, add stock, bring to a boil, then simmer for 12 minutes.
  5. 5.Add bok choy and spring onions, cover, and simmer 3 minutes; season with fish sauce and pepper.
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