Escabeche De Pescado Crunchy Tilapia In Tomato Sauce Food

CRUNCHY BAKED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Melt butter in shallow pie dish; set aside.
• In another shallow dish, mix cracker crumbs, seasoning and spices.
• Dry fillets and dredge in butter; then, in crumb-seasonings mixture.
• Place on oil-sprayed foil-lined baking sheet and distribute remaining crumbs on tops of fillets.
• Drizzle remaining melted butter over crumbs.
• Sprinkle each with grated cheese.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, until fish flakes easily and topping is golden.
• Serve with Chili SauceII-Recipe #7161, if desired.
• Enjoy!

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.

TILAPIA AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a shallow Dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoons of the oil over medium heat.
• Fry the onion, garlic, red pepper, oregano, cumin, 1/4 teaspoons each of the salt and pepper, and the hot pepper sauce, stirring often, for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
• Add the tomatoes and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until thickened and reduced to about 2 cups.
• Stir in the coriander, orange juice and lime juice.
• Meanwhile, in a non-stick skillet, heat the remaining oil over medium-high heat.
• Sprinkle the fish with the remaining salt and pepper.
• Fry, turning once, in batches and adding more oil if necessary, for 4 minutes or until browned.
• Nestle into the hot sauce and simmer for 4 minutes or until the fish flakes easily when tested.

MOM'S FILIPINO ESCABECHE

Steps:

• Fish:
• Use a large frying pan and put enough oil to cover the bottom with about 1/4 inch.
• Pan fry the fish in the oil on medium heat. If you are using a fillet start with the flesh side down. You may need to score the skin of a whole fish in order to allow it to cook through.
• Once the fish is fully cooked set aside some of the cooking oil and arrange the fish on a serving plate.
• Sauce:
• Stir the water, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, salt and pepper/pepper corns together in a mixing bowl.
• The mixture should have a strong flavor of balanced sweet, sour, and salty. Add additional sugar, vinegar and/or soy sauce until you achieve this balance. Then set aside.
• Saute garlic in the reserved oil in a wok on medium-high heat until golden.
• Add onion and saute until it is also golden.
• Add ginger and saute until flavors blend.
• Add carrots, stir briefly then add liquid mixture.
• Mix sauce until flavors blend nicely.
• Simmer approximately 1 minute.
• Taste again and re-balance the flavors.
• Add bell pepper and corn starch mixture and stir together.
• Simmer until reduced to about a cup.
• Ladle the sauce over the fish and serve.

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.