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Pesang Dalag (Stewed Mudfish)

January 5, 2020 by Manny 4 Comments

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Pesang Dalag or stewed mudfish is a regional Filipino dish. Mudfish are not usually sold in supermarkets or wet markets. And it is not as easy to clean and cut them if you will buy it alive unlike most salt water fishes that are sold. But most vendor will do the tedious task for you on pounding the fish and removing the gills, scales and innards. There is also a final step before cooking it, you have to scrape the fish to remove the thick saliva-like secretion from the mudfish to remove the fishy odor and taste. This pesang dalag recipe includes miso dipping sauce.

To cook pesang dalag; Boil rice water. Add ginger, peppercorn, onion and season with salt and vetsin. After 3 minutes, add fish and cover. Cook for another 3 minutes because fish cooks faster than meat so less time is needed. Then add the cabbage and petsay. Continue cooking until vegetables are half cooked. Then serve with miso sauce.

 

Pesang Dalag
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5 from 5 votes

How to Cook Pesang Dalag (Stewed Mudfish)

This recipe is an old time favorite stewed mudfish cooked in broth with vegetables.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time12 mins
Total Time22 mins
Course: Fish Recipes
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: pesang dalag, pesang isda, stewed mudfish
Servings: 3 servings
Calories: 120kcal
Author: Manny

Ingredients

  • 1 large mudfish dalag, sliced
  • 1/4 kilo cabbage cut into big pieces
  • 1/4 kilo petchay cut into halves
  • 1 Tbsp. whole peppercorns
  • 1 tbsp. ginger strips
  • 4 cups rice water water from rice washing
  • 1 Tbsp. monosodium glutamate vetsin
  • 1 medium sized native onion quartered ( red onion )
  • salt to taste

Ingredients for miso sauce:

  • 1/2 cup soybean paste miso
  • 1 large onion finely chopped
  • 3 tomatoes finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 tbsp. fish sauce or patis
  • 1/2 cup water cooking oil for sauteing

Instructions

How to cook Pesang Dalag

  • Boil rice water. Add ginger, peppercorn, onion and season with salt and vetsin.
  • After 3 minutes, add fish and cover.
  • Cook for another 3 minutes because fish cooks faster than meat so less time is needed.
  • Then add the cabbage and petsay. Continue cooking until vegetables are half cooked.
  • Then serve with miso sauce.

How to make miso sauce:

  • Saute garlic in oil until brown. Add onion and tomatoes.
  • Saute for 3 minutes, then add miso. Season with patis and vetsin.
  • After another 3 minutes, add water. Cook until sauce thickens.

 

Pesang Dalag

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Author Bio

Manny Montala is a webmaster and admin of this blog and one of his interest is on the area of Filipino dishes and recipes. Please visit this blog often and bookmark. Please read my about page for details. Thanks for visiting.

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Comments

  1. Jhunie Escribano

    January 6, 2020 at 12:33 am

    5 stars
    I miss this recipe for a long time! I hope I can find dalag in our local supermarket so I can cook this this week. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Manny

      January 8, 2020 at 7:57 am

      5 stars
      HI Jhunie, I think it is best to look for it in the wet market.

      Reply
  2. Elsie Crawford

    May 7, 2018 at 4:12 pm

    5 stars
    Hi Manny! Thank you for all the Filipino recipes you have in your blog. They are all delicious. Your blog is my go-to page in the internet when I want to impress my husband on Filipino food. You need to have your own Filipino restaurant. Best regards and God bless.

    Reply
    • Manny

      May 7, 2018 at 8:59 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Elsie, thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate sharing your experience and hoping this blog can serve you better. Cheers!

      Reply

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