Ginataan (or guinataan) is a Filipino cooking method that means “cooked in coconut milk”. Ginataang Tilapia is a dish where Tilapia (a fish belonging to the tilapiine cichlid tribe) is cooked in coconut milk (or cream) and served with banana peppers. This method is popularized by the Bicolanos, the fifth-largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group that lives in the southern islands of Luzon.
There are many other ingredients that can be cooked with Coconut milk but my taste buds are craving for Tilapia as of the moment. I can’t wait to put my hands on this yummy fish.
Halina’t pagsaluhan natin itong lutuin na angkop sa ating Panlasang Pinoy.
Ginataang Tilapia Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs tilapia, cleaned (about 1 kilo or 2 to 3 pcs)
- 3 cups coconut cream
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 bulb onion, finely sliced
- 1 knob ginger, cut into strips
- 1-2 banana pepper
- 1 tbsp. fish sauce (patis)
- 1 tbsp shrimp paste (bagoong)
- ¼ cup cooking oil
- 1 cup fresh spinach (or mustard leaves)
Procedure:
Step 1: Sauté garlic, ginger, and onions in hot oil
Step 2: Add the shrimp paste and fish sauce
Step 3: Pour in the coconut cream and stir until natural oil from the coconut cream comes out
Step 4: Add the banana pepper and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes
Step 5: Lower the heat and add the tilapia and Simmer for 7 to 10 minutes
Step 6: Add the spinach and simmer for about a minute
Step 7: Serve Hot. Enjoy!
Number of servings (yield): 4
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pwede din cyang ipang alternate sa spinach leaves ang malunggay leaves na very healthy din sa ating teeth o kaya dahon ng sili…
salamat sa recipe
tried making it a bit spicier by adding siling labuyo, thinly sliced..mas masarap para sakin.
thanks po sa recipe cause aside from being healthy sa katawan ay delicious pa cya
ask lng po kuna ano ang alternate ng lye water…la po kc akong nakikita dito sa mall
I used coconut cream medyo matamis. Cream or milk po ba?
you may try frying the fish first before putting it in the simmering coconut milk. that way, the fish won’t get mashed up even if you simmer it a little longer, or if you want the sauce to dry up a little bit. my husband’s good at cooking this recipe.. =)
Wow! Timing ito. I’m craving for fish in coconut milk. Gagawin ko ito mamya with few changes. Thanks for sharing…
Hi mr. Vanjo, good day! Thanks sa site na to very nice and lalo sa mga d marunong magluto. Well detailed ang instruction at maganda dito may video pa.
Btw, ask ko lang Pano kung walang bagoong? Ano pede pang alternate?
Sana maka reply ka agad kasi plan kong lutuin sya tonight!;)
Thank you!
Mickey, you may use patis.
pag niluluto ko to – pinapaksiw ko muna ang tilapia ng 10 minutes bago ko gataan, masarap at less-lansa, try nyo po mga kababayan.
Marami po akong natutunan na mga luto. Maraming salamat po.
thank you very much…your reioes are so simple but sooo wonnnderrrrful!
Nice site…i love tilapia a lot kc malaman cya pero prito lng, try to cook your ginataang tilapia this holy week , ask ko lng wat sa tagalog ang banana pepper? thnks God bless
i know na siling pangsigang ..right? thnks
can u please send me the recipe for …..its like palitaw but has sweet sauce with latik i dont know if they call it latik like palitaw that comes with latik in juice or sauce, its a desert.
Thanks Betty. Appreciate it. Keep on cooking!
Salamat po sir!
Thanks for visiting Benjamin. By the way, you have a nice site.
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Daniel, ako nga ito hehe. Kamusta na? Buti naman at nakadalaw ka.