Relyenong Bangus Recipe

Relyenong Bangus

by Chef Boy Logro

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Relyenong bangus is considered a party dish of sorts–a special dish. Not because any of the ingredients are prohibitively expensive but because of the amount of work involved in cooking it. Bangus is a very bony fish. And some of those bones are very small and fine.

• 1 big bangus (milkfish)
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 small carrot, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons of cooking oil
• Ham, finely chopped
• Raisins
• Cooked peas
• Salt and pepper to taste

 

1 Scale and remove the intestines of the bangus.

2 With a very sharp knife, slowly remove the meat of the fish from the skin through the opening cavity below the head.

3 Remove the spine by snapping off the bone at the base of the tail and head. Use a long spoon to scrape all the meat from the skin.

4 Marinate the head and skin in lemon juice, soy sauce and pepper.

5 Boil in 1/2 cup of water the bangus meat with some salt for 5 minutes.

6 Sauté the garlic and onions until slightly brown then add the tomatoes and carrots until tender.

7 Add the chopped ham, cooked peas, raisins and the bangus meat to the mixture. Cook for an additional 5 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

8 Add a beaten egg to the sauté and mix well.

9 Stuff the mixture inside the bangus skin and head. Sew the cavity if needed.

10 Fry in oil until golden brown.

11 Slice slightly diagonal (1 1/2 inch thick) and serve.