Paksiw na Tilapia

Tilapia is one of the most common fish that you can cook in a Paksiw Dish. This will not take too long very fast to cook, it'll just take around 15 mins cook time.

Ingredients

• 1 Kg of Tilapia (Cleaned, you can cut them in half or cook them as a whole but please don't remove the head that's where the flavor is.)
• 2 - 3 Cloves of Garlic (Crushed)
• 1 Medium Onion chopped
• 1 1/2 thumb size Ginger (Chopped)
• 1 Cup of Vinegar (White Vinegar)
• 4 pcs of Finger Chilli (Long Green Chilli)
• Okra 4 Pcs (optional)
• 1 Medium Eggplant (optional chopped 1")
• 1 Medium Ampalaya/Bitter Gourd (optional sliced into 1cm strips)
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Procedure

•  Ok here is the tricky part, some just stew all the ingredients but I prefer sauteing the Garlic, Ginger and Onions, so that the fishy (malansa) taste of the Tilapia, Best cooked in a clay pot.
• Saute garlic, ginger and onion in a pan, Let them Brown
• Add the Tilapia, cook for about 2mins (do not stir them please or else the fish will stick to the pan)
• Immediately add the Vinegar, cook for about 2-3 mins
• Add the Bitter Gore, cook for another 5 mins
• Add the Eggplant and Okra, cook for another 5 mins
• Ready to be devoured. :)

*NOTE: Best eaten with Shrimp Paste/Bagoong or Fish Sauce/Patis.

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