Escabeche Recipe

Filipino escabeche recipe, sweet and sour fish, is one of my favorites Filipino food recipe. The type of fish could be any fleshy fish like lapu-lapu, bangus, snapper or carp.

Servings

4 - 6

Cooking Ingredients

• 1 red snapper, or 1 pound fish steaks, cleaned and scaled
• 1/2 cup of flour mixed with 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup oil
• Few sprigs of fresh cilantro
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 1 small size carrot, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 medium green bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 1 medium cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
• 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons water

Cooking Instructions

• Make 3 slits along each side of fish and dredge in flour.
• Heat the oil in a wok and fry fish on both side until completely cooked
• Remove from pan and drain on paper towels
• To make the sauce, combine sugar, vinegar, water and tomato ketchup in a saucepan
• Add carrots, cook for 5 minutes
• Add bell peppers and cucumbers. Cook until vegetables are tender
• Add cornstarch mixture and stir until sauce thickens. Remove from heat
• Place the fish on a serving plate and pour the sauce over the fish
• Garnish with cilantro

Filipino recipes with similar ingredients: sugar vinegar cilantro carrot bell pepper cucumber cornstarch salt