Tilapia Escabeche Recipes

BEST ESCABECHENG TILAPIA RECIPE

Steps:

• Wash the fish and rub with salt.
• Heat oil in a pan. Fry the fish until golden brown. Then, place in a plate after frying.
• In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp cooking oil and sauté garlic, ginger, and onion. Then add tomatoes and stir until tomatoes are cooked.
• Add the black pepper, water, vinegar, and sugar. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Then, put the carrot and bell pepper. Cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add the diluted cornstarch. Stir and cook for 5 minutes.
• Get the fried fish and pour over the sauteed sauce.
• Serve while hot!

TILAPIA ESCABECHE

Steps:

• Drizzle fish with a little salt and flour on both side. Heat pan and add enough cooking oil. Fry fish until brown and fully cooked. Remove fish from oil and drain excess oil. Set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine vinegar, water, ketchup, sugar, pepper, salt to taste and cornstarch. Stir well to combine and set aside.
• In a pan, heat around 2 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Sauté ginger and garlic until fragrant. Add carrots and cook until tender for about 2 minutes. Add bell peppers slices and cook for about a minute while stirring constantly. Add onions and do a quick stir.
• Add sauce mixture to the pan and simmer over low heat for about 2 minutes until slightly thick while stirring constantly. Pour sauce over fried fish and serve while hot. Serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!

TILAPIA ESCABECHE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• COOKING PROCEDURES: 1 Season the fish with salt and fry in hot oil. 2. Heat up the pan with oil, saute the garlic, onion and ginger. 4 Put in the carrots and the red and green bell peppers. Cook for a minute. 5 Add water, vinegar and black ground pepper and bring it to a boil. Do not stir until it comes to a boil. 6 Add brown sugar and dissolved cornstarch, stir and cook until the sauce becomes thick. 7 Put the fried fish. Then cook for a 2-3 minutes. 8 Serve with rice.

FILIPINO FISH ESCABECHE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Pat tilapia dry with a paper towel. Cut 2 to 3 slits on either side of the fish. Sprinkle salt on top. Fry in the hot oil until browned, about 2 minutes per side.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add red bell pepper and ginger; saute until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Mix water, vinegar, and sugar together in a bowl. Pour into the onion mixture in the skillet. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook until slightly reduced, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add cornstarch. Boil, stirring often, until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes. Pour sauce over the fish.

ESCABECHE (SWEET AND SOUR FISH)

Steps:

• Clean the fish and slit it open. Let it stand for few minutes and drain well.
• Sprinkle fish with 1 tbsp salt.
• In a medium skillet, heat the oil and fry the fish until brown. Remove the fish from the pan and set aside.
• In the same skillet, sauté the garlic until light brown, then sauté onion.
• Add salt and white pepper. Stir in ginger, scallions, carrot and red bell pepper.
• Add soy sauce, vinegar, water and sugar. Salt and pepper to taste.
• When the mixture boils, add flour to thicken. Then, add the fish.
• Cover the skillet and simmer for 5 minutes.

ESCABECHE DE PESCADO (CRUNCHY TILAPIA IN TOMATO SAUCE)

Steps:

• Chop up onion, green pepper, garlic, and cilantro and set aside.
• Mix flour, cornmeal, salt, and pepper and spread on a plate. (omit cornmeal for faster cooking time).
• Cut up each tilapia filet into 3 or 4 strips.
• Coat tilapia with the flour mixture.
• In a large frying pan, add 2 or 3 tablespoons oil and then add the fish.
• Flip over the fish when golden until both sides are cooked, adding rest of oil as needed.
• Remove fish from pan and set aside.
• Add onion, green pepper, garlic, and cilantro mixture and stir fry them in the remaining oil until onion is translucent.
• Add the tomatoes and the fish, folding the sauce over the fish gently.
• Heat through at medium temperature and serve over white rice.