How to Cook Sinigang na Panga ng Tuna (Tuna Jaw in Sour Broth)
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 halves panga ng tuna
- 8-10 cups water
- 3 ripe tomatoes chopped
- 2 pieces taro gabi, peeled and halved
- 150 grams tamarind or sampaloc
- 1 cup water for tamarind or sampaloc
- 1 finger chili
- 1 cup radish peeled and cut into 1", slices
- 1 bunch kangkong tops washed
- 100 grams string beans or sitaw cut into 2'' pieces.
- Salt to taste
Instructions
How to cook Sinigang na Panga ng Tuna:
- In a soup pot, combine water, ripe tomatoes and taro. Boil for 4-5 minutes or until taro is almost tender.
- Meanwhile, in a saucepan, boil tamarind or sampaloc in water until soft. Mash tamarind (sampalok) in the liquid to extract juice then strain liquid into a bowl, Set liquid aside and discard the sampalok.
- Add the panga ng tuna, finger chili and radish to the soup pot and simmer until tuna is almost cooked, about 8-10 minutes. Stir in reserved sampalok juice and season with salt. Adjust seasoning to taste.
- Place kangkong and string beans or sitaw on top of the fish and simmer further until vegetables are cooked just right, about 2 -3 minutes. Serve piping hot with rice. Makes 2-4 servings