Fish Sinigang

Fish Sinigang is one of the dish you look forward to when you have too much land animmal meat or too much vegetable lately. It is a perfect dish when you want to eat healthier. Fish smell is something acquired like liking a perfume, or liking the smell of cheese or patis that you can't resist yet for the others is something to avoid at all cost.

Sinigang is the most intuitive way of cooking seafoods, fish included. Like many seafoods dishes where there is the recurring aspect of acidity, like lemon, to bring out the flavors of the sea and tame these strong flavors. Acidity is a default to Sinigang, removed the sour factor and you will have Nilaga – another comforting Filipino dish. That's a topic for another article...

Sinigang is also the most intuitive way of cooking seafoods, fish included. Like many seafoods dishes where there is the recurring aspect of acidity, like lemon, to bring out the flavors of the sea and tame these strong flavors. Acidity is a default to Sinigang, removed the sour factor and you will have to call it Nilaga – another comforting Filipino dish. That's a topic for another article...

Cooking Fish Sinigang is actually very easy and less stressful as there are no menacing hot splats of scalding hot oil! A bit of effort is required when preparating the ingredients but after that it's just waiting the spiced sour broth base to boil and goes the rest of the ingredients. Cooking time really depends on cooking the vegetables since it takes no time at all cooking fish.

Let's cook our Ulam Pinoy version of Fish Sinigang...

Ingredients

• Fish (we use Corvina [Meagre] )
• Sinigang Instant Powder Mix
• Okra
• Raddish
• Spinach
• Tomatoes
• Ginger
• Onion
• Garlic
• Long green chilis (siling haba)
• Patis (fermented fish sauce)
• Water or even better hugas bigas

Procedure

1. In a pot, add water, ginger, onion, garlic, green onions, green chilis, tomatoes and patis. Bring to a boil.
2. Add the vegetables: radish and okra. Cover and cook the vegetable half way through.
3. Add the Sinigang Powder Mix, season to taste and put in the fish cuts. Put the pot lid back and simmer for 8 minutes. Add the spinach leaves and finish cooking for anoher 2 minutes. Ready to serve!

Enjoy Fish Sinigang with rice and make a patis and chili dip close!

Try it today or if you have your own family version of Fish Sinigang, please share it to us in Instagram and tag us @ulampinoy so we can feature your version of Sinigang na Isda in Ulam Pinoy 😉

Have a great week ahead, and take care!