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Escabeche Lapu-Lapu Recipe
by ShaleeDP

Escabeche Lapu-Lapu

Sweet and sour fish recipe that you can serve anyone who loves fish. This has a balance of sourly-sweet tang that mixes wonderfully in your mouth.

Rating: 4/5
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Prep time: Philippines Filipino
  Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • one whole fleshy fish (lapulapu, red snapper, carp)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • some flour to dredge the fish in
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp ginger root (cut into thin strips)
  • 1/2 cup sliced onions
  • 1 cup red and green bell peppers (cut into strips)
  • 2 tbsp canola oil
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch

Directions

  1. Rub the fish with salt and pepper. Dredge with flour and then deep-fry in very hot oil. Set aside.
  2. In a skillet, lightly saute garlic, ginger, onions and bell peppers in oil. Set aside.
  3. In the pan, mix together the water, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, corn starch, salt and pepper. Simmer for about 5 minutes or until the starch is cooked and thickens the mixture.
  4. Place the fish on a platter and pour over it the sauce prepared in step 3.
  5. Arrange the sauteed ginger, onions and peppers on top of the fish and serve.