Bañgus en Tocho
Bañgus en Tocho
Philippines Bangus Fish
1 large, fat bangus
oil or lard
2 tbsps. ginger, cut into very thin,
narrow strips about 3/4 inch long
2 sections garlic, chopped fine
6 fair-sized tomatoes or 4 large
tomatoes sliced
2 tablespoons tajure
2 tablespoons tausi
1 onion sliced in long, narrow strips
1 cake tokua, cut into pieces
3/4 inch long and 1/8 wide
2 tablespoons vinegar
sugar to taste
salt
Procedure:
Clean the fish and cut into serving pieces 1/2 inch thick. Salt and let stand 15 minutes. Drain . Fry in hot lard until brown set aside. Fry the onion and the tokua and set aside. Saute in remaining lard the garlic, ginger, and tomatoes. Add to this the tajure dissolved in 1 cup of water, then the tausi and the fried tokua, sugar to taste and onion.
Simmer 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar and simmer 5 minutes longer. Drop the fried fish into this mixture and continue cooking 3 minutes.