Things You'll Need:
- 1 large fish (preferably lapu-lapu)
- 3 tbsps. fish sauce
- 1 tbsp. lemon/lime juice
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 onions, sliced
- 3 med. sized tomatoes, chopped finely
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs or cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp. ground pepper
- 2 tbsps. chopped spring onions for garnishing
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Step 1
Clean the fish adn scrape scales. Marinate the fish in combined patis, calamansi juice, vetsin, pepper, and minced garlic. Let stand for 3-4 hours. Drain amd set aside patis mixture to be used for sauce.
Saute garlic (drained from patis mixture), onion, and tomatoes. Add patis mixture and cook until it thickens.
Place fried fish in serving dish, pour sauted mixture and sauce on top. Sprinkle chopped spring onions. -
Step 2
Roll fish in bread crumbs and fry until golden brown.
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Step 3
Saute onion, garlic and tomatoes. Add fish sauce mixture and cook until it thickens. Add the fish and let it simmer for 3 minutes.
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Step 4
Sprinkle chopped spring onions before serving.









