Filipino Seafood Recipes Kilawin Isda

Kilawin isda or fish kilawin originally oiginated on visayan province as their major livelihood there is fishing. It is consider as a purely lutong pinoy seafood fish recipes because everybody love to prepare this as a appetizer during drinking session.


Fish Recipe Kilawin  Ingredient

• Fresh sea water fish -1 kg  ( red snapper or maya maya, dilis or anchovy, Tanigue or blue marlin,Tuna)
• 5 Pcs of onion medim size, chopped
• 1/4 cup of peeled ginges, cut into stips and chop
• 15 pcs Calamansi, juiced
• 5 pcs siling labuyo / red hot chillie slice into pcs
• 1 cup of vinegar
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 cup of Coconut milk (optional)

How to Prepare:

• Clean fish thoroughly, remove gills, guts and scale, rinse with water and drain on a strainer.
• Put on a bowl and pour vinegar to dip and let it stay for 15- 20 minute, drain.
• Add all of the ingredient, salt to taste.
• Add coconut milk (optional)
• Refrigerate fish kilawin for 1-2 hour and served.