Sinigang na Bangus sa Strawberry

Sinigang na Bangus sa Strawberry. Want some fruity twist to your sinigang na bangus? today I want to share a unique sinigang dish soured with strawberry. This is not new some restaurant and hotels in Baguio City have it as must have dish on their menu. There are several bloggers who have made some post about it but I cannot find anything using bangus. Most are pork sinigang with strawberry. In the tradition of using all kinds of sour fruits in sinigang na bangus, I thought strawberry would be best with bangus instead of pork, this is based on my numerous post of siningan na bagus using fruits (Sinigan na Bangus sa Sampalok. Sinigang na Bangus sa Santol, Sinigang na Bangus sa Bayabas).

   

 Now it’s time to cook it, first I manage to buy some good bangus from the Asian Store near my place, they did have some okra, winged beans and kangkong as well so it was my lucky day I have all the basic ingredients oh, I almost forgot sampalok sinigang mix, yes it is still needed I don’t think the strawberry alone cannot provide enough sourness for a good sinigang. Off to the supermarket for a pack of strawberry, guess what? strawberry is not in season here and its extraordinary expensive, no time to back out I have bought already the other ingredients besides it is already programed in my mind. Cooking the dish is basically similar to the usual sinigang. First boil the tomato, onion before adding the other ingredients, now here is the strawberry part. Divide the strawberry into equal parts, the first half is boiled together with the tomato and onion and the other half is added last when it’s time to add the long green chili. The dish came out great it was a hit, if you like Siningang na Bangus sa Bayabas then you will definitely love this, taste wise is somewhat the same but with the aroma of fruity strawberry. If you happen to be going up to Baguio this summer why not grab some strawberry on your way back and have a try. Here is the recipe of my Sinigang na Bangus sa Strawberry.

Ingredients:

1 medium size bangus, sliced diagonally 

250 grams strawberry, cut in half 

1 medium size onion, quartered 

4-6 pieces okra, cut to serving pieces 

4-6 pieces winged beans, cut to serving pieces 

1 small bundle kangkong, trimmed 

1 small stalk spring onion, cut into 2”length 

3-5 pieces long green chili 

1 to 2 tbsp. sampalok sinigang mix 

salt to taste

 

Cooking procedure:

In a large pot boil 6 to 8 cups of water, add in onion, tomato, half portion of the strawberry and sinigang mix and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes. Add in the fish and simmer 1 to 2 minutes or until bangus. Add in the vegetables and simmer for continue to simmer for 3 to 5 minutes or until the vegetables and bangus are just cooked. 

Season with salt to taste. Now add in the long green chili, spring onion and the other half of strawberry, cook for another 1 to 2 minutes. Serve hot with fish sauce and kalamansi dipping sauce.

See other Fish and Seafood Sinigang recipes; 

Sinigang na Bilong Bilong sa Kamote 
Sinigang na Tanguige Steak sa Kamias 
Red Sinigang na Maya-maya sa Miso 
Sinigang na Barramundi 
Sinigang na Alimango, Crab Sinigang 
Sinigang na Samaral 
Sinigang na Panga ng Bariles Sa Miso 
Sinigang na Bangus at Hipon sa Sampalok 
Sinigang na Sapsap sa Kamias 
Sinigang na Sugpo sa Buko 
Sinigang na Sugpo at Alimasag 
Sinigang na Malasugi sa Kamatis 
Sinigang na Isda sa Miso (Ulo ng Talakitok) 
Sinigang na Ulo ng Salmon 
Sinigang na Bangus sa Santol 
Sinigang na Isda (Ulo ng Lapu Lapu) 
Sinigang na Bangus sa Bayabas