Fish Kardilyo Recipe

Fish Kardilyo or Kardilyong Isda is a Filipino Fish Recipe with a special sauce. This dish is also similar to Fish Sarciado. This recipe that we have here is not your usual Kardilyo recipe. I tried to use fish fillet and cooked the fish in a manner that will provide a better texture to the dish.

Don’t get me wrong, the recipe remains simple and straightforward. You know that it is against my rules to overcomplicate dishes. In fact, I even work hard to present each recipe in the simplest possible way without sacrificing the flavor.

What I did was to coat the fish fillet with cornmeal. This will provide the dish with a crunchy texture that flour alone cannot give. Next is to fry the fish until crisp. That’s it. The succeeding steps are all about preparing the sauce. Finally, I just topped the sauce over the fried fish, and there you have it.

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Fish Kardilyo Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4

Author Vanjo Merano

Ingredients

• 4 Pieces tilapia fillet
• 1/4 cup AP flour
• 3/4 cup corn meal
• 2 eggs beaten (1 for dip, 1 for sauce)
• 2 medium tomato diced
• 1 medium yellow onion diced
• 3 cloves garlic crushed
• 3 tablespoons chopped scallions
• 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3/4 cups water
• 1 cup cooking oil

Instructions

• Run salt and pepper on the tilapia fillet. Let it stand for 10 minutes
• Heat the oil in a frying pan.
• Dredge the tilapia in flour and then dip in the beaten egg. Roll the tilapia on the corn meal. Make sure that the fish is properly coated.
• Fry each side until the color turns light to golden brown. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce by sauteing garlic, onion, and tomato.
• Once the tomato and onion are soft, add the fish sauce and sprinkle some pepper.
• Add water and then let boil. Simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Pour-in remaining beaten egg and then stir for 5 seconds.
• Arrange the fried fish on a serving plate and then top with the sauce. You can also serve the sauce separately.
• Serve. Share and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 4g