Author Notes: This recipe is usually the first that comes to my mind when I have close friends who come to visit in our family house. It’s not just because of the fish’s availability (more popularly known as Tilapia or Cherry Snapper) but more importantly I perfected this recipe. Appetizing, cheap and simple preparations — a combination of sorts.
—junROD
Serves: 2-3 persons
Ingredients
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1 1/2
pounds fish
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1 1/2
tablespoons lemon juice
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1
tablespoon oyster sauce
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1
teaspoon garlic
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1
teaspoon pepper
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1
packet bay leaf
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1/2
cup coconut milk
Directions
- First, marinate the whole piece of a large tilapia (about one-and-a-half pounds) in lemon juice, oyster sauce, garlic, pepper and bay leaf. The coconut milk will be added later.
Here’s how it works to come out with a perfect dish.
Mixed all the ingredients into your fish – lemon or calamansi juice (1 1/2 table spoons), oyster sauce (1 table spoons), powdered garlic (1 teaspoon), (pepper (1 teaspoon) and bay leaf (1 tea bag).
- Simmer it in about 10 minutes then put the coconut milk (1/2 cup). Wait until it caramelized.
- Put the cooked Marinated Tilapia in coconut milk into a plate and put some garnish (rounded chopped onion). I usually decorate my plate with a banana leaf to make my recipe pleasing to the eye which makes my visitors smile before they start eating.