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Escabeche

Pan-Fried Fish in Sweet & Sour Sauce

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This old-time Filipino dish is highly-rated as the most common dish available on many events and occasions. Fried fish, whole or filleted, simmered briefly in a tangy sauce of bell pepper, carrot, and ginger made with Mama Sita's Sweet & Sour Sauce Mix for Escabeche.

Tip: Whole fish such as tilapia and lapu-lapu are also good for escabeche.

  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Ingredients: 12 ingredients
  • Steps: 5 steps

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Escabeche: fried fish strips in a sweet and sour sauce with bell pepper, carrot, and onion
Escabeche

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Coat fish with cornstarch. Deep-fry. Drain and set aside.

  2. Sauté garlic, onion, ginger, bell pepper, carrot and cucumber. Add peppercorns and Mama Sita’s Labuyo Sauce.

  3. Stir in the dissolved Mama Sita’s Sweet and Sour Sauce Mix for Escabeche, increase the heat and cook for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens.

  4. Add the fish and simmer for about 2 minutes.

  5. Serve hot.

Watch us cook it

Escabeche (Pan-Fried Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce) using Mama Sita's Sweet & Sour Mix

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What makes it taste like this

Pure Labuyo

Minanang Sarap, Natural na Sangkap.