Sardines with Misua and Patola Soup Recipe

Turn canned sardines in tomato sauce to a simple and easy but delicious soup dish.

In this recipe, you can use any brand of sardines as long as it is in a tomato based sauce. And misua is a very thin flour noodles originated from China. Misua can be cooked with beef, pork, egg, and chicken. You can also add some vegetables like upo (bottle gourd) sayote and patola for a healthy dish in just one bowl, but in this dish I used patola for additional flavor.

Pinoy Style Homemade Sardines in Tomato Sauce

According to the historian the word Sardines are named after Sardinia, the Italian island where large schools of these fish were once found. In the Philippines has a  local name for this kind of fish, they called it "tamban". While sardines are delightful enjoyed fresh, they are most commonly found canned, since they are so perishable.

Fish Fillet Afritada Recipe

Afritada is one of the dishes that stand out in the Philippines cuisine with the tomato sauce based ingredients. This afritada had different variations according to what meat you are using like chicken, pork and beef. But this time, I want to share with you the fish fillet afritada, may be it is sounding new to your ear but the flavor can be satisfy your taste buds.

Bangus Belly Steaks or Bangus Bistik (Fish Steak) Recipe

Bangus Belly Steaks or Bangus Bistik is another version of Bistek Tagalog  (Filipino beef steak) , normally beef is the main ingredients for  cooking bistek but in this recipe we will use Bangus Belly (milkfish belly) as the main ingredients. This recipe is seasoned and fried boneless bangus (milkfish) fillets served with a little sauce, lots of onion rings and toasted garlic bits. It is prepared in basically the same way as the traditional bistek except for the garlic bits.

Sarciadong Isda Recipe

Sarciadong isda or fish sarciado recipe means “Fish with sauce” is another simple and easy to prepare healthy Filipino dish. Fried fish is simmered in a sauce that is usually composed of tomatoes, onions and eggs; some seasonings are also added like cheese to enhance the flavor. This recipe is a way to re-cooked any left over fried fish to a very tasty and hearty dish. But in my demonstration I used tilapia. There are no specific types of fish required for this recipe so feel free to use whatever suits you best.