Fillet of Maya-Maya with Sweet-Sour Ginger Sauce

Ingredients

• � k maya-maya, fillet but skin-on, sliced into big pieces with equal thickness
• rock salt
• � inch ginger, peeled and crushed
• For the escabeche sauce:
• pre-mix in advance...
• 250 ml. pure sukang tuba
• 250 ml. water
• 90 gms. sugar
• 15 gms. rock salt
• 1 pc. green sili, long

Instructions

1. Season fillet with rock salt then set aside.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan then add fish, skin side down. Slightly brown the fish then turn over. When fish is half cooked, remove from pan and set aside.
3. Brown the garlic in the same pan then add the ginger and brown too, without burning the garlic.
4. Push the ginger and garlic to the side of the pan then add the fish.
5. Add the sauce and bring to a boil without stirring. Add the sili.
6. Cook the fish in the sauce until done and simmer the sauce until the vinegar is cooked and the sweet and sour balance is achieved.