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Escabeche (Pan Fried Fish with Filipino-Style Sweet and Sour Sauce)

Course Main Dish

Ingredients

  • 3 pcs Coleson's Catch Whole Gutted and Scaled Tilapia (1 lb. each) thawed
  • 1/2 c Cornstarch
  • 1 c Vegetable oil for deep frying
  • 2 Garlic cloves crushed
  • 2 Onions small white or yellow, sliced
  • 1 Tbsp Ginger sliced
  • 1/4 c Red Bell Pepper sliced
  • 1/4 c Green Bell Pepper sliced
  • 1/4 c Carrots sliced
  • 1/4 c Cucumber sliced
  • 8 Peppercorns
  • 1/4 tsp hot pepper optional
  • 1 c pouch Sweet & Sour mix dissolved in 3/4water
  • - OR -
  • 2 c Sweet & Sour Sauce bottle

Instructions

  • Heat oil until hot. Coat the fish with corn starch. Deep fry until fish is golden brown. Set aside and keep warm.
  • Saute garlic, onion, ginger, bell peppers, carrot and cucumber.
  • Add peppercorns and optional hot sauce.
  • Pour in the dissolved Sweet and Sour Mix or Sweet and Sour Sauce.
  • Stir and cook for another 5 minutes or until thick, to desired consistency
  • Add fish and simmer for about 2 minutes.
  • Serve hot.