Fried Seabass in Visayan Humba Sauce
Fried Seabass in Visayan Humba Sauce
30 mins cooking | 15 mins preparation
Servings: 6
Cuisine: FilipinoHUMBAmazing Humba recipe for the family
Looking for a heartily delicious meal without the guilt? Try this healthy option to the Visayan favorite. Sea Bass offers great meaty texture plus the benefits of Vitamin B12, selenium, and thiamin. That’s HUMBAmazing!
Ingredients you need
Original recipe yields 6 servings. The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified.
1 whole
½ cup
1 tsp
¼ tsp
1 cup
2 tbsp
½ cup
1 tbsp
2 pcs
2 pcs
3 tbsp
2 tbsp
¾ cup
1 tbsp
½ cup
2 tbsp
2 tbsp
¼ cup
Sarangani Bay Seabass, gutted, cleaned & scales removed
Flour
Salt
White pepper
Cooking oil
Sauce
Cooking oil
Red onion, chopped
Garlic, minced
Star anise
Bay leaves
Soy sauce
White vinegar
Gin
Light brown sugar
Cornstarch dissolved in
Water
Salted black bean, rinsed
Chopped cilantro
Procedure:
- Cut 4-5 slits on fish surface. Combine flour, salt and white pepper. Dredge fish in seasoned flour. Heat pan and add oil. Fry fish on both sides until crisp. Drain well and set aside.
- In a saucepan, heat cooking oil. Sauté onion and garlic. Add star anise, bay leaves, soy sauce, vinegar, gin and sugar. Put to a slow boil. Reduce until slightly thick. Strain sauce. Discard spices.
- Return sauce in the pan. Add black beans and dissolved cornstarch. Cook for 3 minutes until thick.
- Pour sauce over fried fish. Top with chopped cilantro. Serve.
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