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Fried Fish Nuggets In Light Batter

The batter on this fish is very light and crunchy. I used flounder fillets that are sliced in smaller pieces but any kind of fish can also be cooked this way. If the fish fillets you have are thick, slice them thinner. Mix the batter as follows: 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp.Continue reading “Fried Fish Nuggets In Light Batter”

Seafood Gumbo

Ingredients: Rue (Roux): Actually I don’t measure anything but the above measurements are only a guide for 4 to 6 servings. Use more or less of any ingredient and also according to how much you are making. The pictured gumbo in the cooking process is a very large batch for a large company. Procedure: HeatContinue reading “Seafood Gumbo”

Chinese Steamed Fish

I read that the Chinese make this dish using a whole fish on their New Year as a symbol of plenty or good fortune for the whole year. I don’t have a picture of this dish but maybe I can remember to take a photo when I cook it again. I have to write theContinue reading “Chinese Steamed Fish”

Chinese Fish With Blackbeans

1 medium size fish (any kind like red snapper, flounder, pompano, or tilapia, etc.) 1” ginger root minced fine 1 clove garlic minced 1 TBS fermented salted black beans, rinsed 1 dried red chili or ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper (optional) Vegetable oil for pan-frying Reserve For Topping: 1 clove garlic cut in sticks orContinue reading “Chinese Fish With Blackbeans”

Daing Na Bangus

(Fried Marinated Bangus [Milkfish]) This is a kind of daing that is not dried but only marinated in vinegar but still called “daing”. I only used half of the fish, the tail side, because I used the head half for another dish. Shown here is the tail half of the fish that I split andContinue reading “Daing Na Bangus”

Daing Na Tuyó

(Sun-dried fish) Daing (pronounced dah-ing) is salted fish dried in the sun. Tuyó means dried. Any kind of fish can be made daing, from very tiny fish to large fish. Salting and drying preserve the fish for a long time without refrigeration and people had done it for eons, way before refrigeration was invented. ItContinue reading “Daing Na Tuyó”

Fish With Ampalaya And Blackbeans

(Ampalaya Con Pescado) There were a few small bitter melons my garden produced late this summer. They looked so fresh and would be delicious cooked in some way but I was tired of the regular Filipino ampalaya dishes that I knew, i.e., bitter melon cooked with shrimp and Ampalaya con Carne. I looked for interestingContinue reading “Fish With Ampalaya And Blackbeans”

Shrimp With Quail Eggs

I had forgotten that this dish was one of my favorite Chinese dishes that my father and I used to cook when I was a very young adult. This is one of the dishes that Papa and I experimented to cook after we had dined in a Chinese restaurant in Manila because we fell inContinue reading “Shrimp With Quail Eggs”

Adobong Pusit (Squid)

Fresh squids are not usually sold as food here around the Galveston Bay because they are small. They are sold as fish baits. Super Markets and the seafood markets sometimes sell frozen squids in boxes that are imported and they are usually large and uniform in size. I buy them sometimes if I crave forContinue reading “Adobong Pusit (Squid)”

Oysters (Raw)

My family in the Philippines never ate raw oysters and oysters are not bought already shucked there. We bought them at the market still in the shells. They are washed at home and we made sure most of the mud are brushed and rinsed off the shell. Just before the dinner is served, the oystersContinue reading “Oysters (Raw)”