Tuna Sisig Recipe — How To Cook this Healthier Version of the Pinoy Favorite Dish & the Ingredients

Check Here the Tuna Sisig Recipe & the Ingredients You Must Prepare

TUNA SISIG RECIPE – You can check here an easy guide on the steps on how to cook a healthier version of Sisig and the ingredients.

There are a lot of dishes that are favorite of many Filipinos. One of these dishes is the Sisig which is a Filipino dish that is usually made from pork jowl, belly, ears, and chicken liver. However, it is also known that it does not score well in terms of healthiness. Meanwhile, you can have a healthier version — the Tuna Sisig.

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If you are not into pork so the Pork Sisig recipe is not for you, the Tuna Sisig recipe is probably the one for you. Although it is not as popular as the pork version of the dish, it can be as sumptuous as the pork version and you can check the easy steps on how to cook it below.

Tuna Sisig Recipe
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Cook some Sisig Tuna for up to six (6) people. The first part of the Tuna Sisig recipe is the list of ingredients. Here are the ingredients that you must prepare:

  • 2 12 oz. can tuna
  • 0.5 cup chopped scallions
  • 4 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 4 medium red onions minced
  • 1 cup crushed chicharon
  • 6 to 8 pieces Thai chili pepper chopped
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 0.5 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 teaspoon butter
  • 6 tablespoons cooking oil

Sisig is one of the fastest dish to prepare. The second part of the Tuna Sisig recipe is the cooking process which may take as fast as 25 minutes. Here are the steps on how to cook this delicious food:

Drain the liquid from the tuna using the strainer. Press the fish meat into the strainer or you may also use a cheese cloth and squeeze the tuna until the liquid comes out.

Add some cooking oil in a pan and heat it. Pan fry the tuna until the fish meat’s color turns light to medium brown.

Add the onion and saute it until it becomes soft. Afterwards, add the scallions and the chili pepper. Saute for two (2) minutes more.

Season your delicious Tuna Sisig with ground black pepper, garlic powder, and soy sauce. Stir to mix the ingredients and continue cooking for one (1) more minute.

Add half of the chicharon and the mayonnaise into the cooking pot. Mix the ingredients well and transfer them into a plate and set aside for a while.

Heat a sizzling plate and melt some butter on it. Add the cooked Tuna Sisig and continue cooking it for around 30 seconds more. Afterwards, remove the sizzling plate from the heat and top your delicious sisig with chicharon. You can serve it with steamed white rice. Enjoy your food!

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