Sweet and sour boneless tilapia fillets
April 17, 2006
Filed under Asian cooking, Chinese recipes
According to a local magazine, tilapia is St. Peter’s fish. Whether that has some historical connotation (Jesus and his disciples were fishermen, right?) or just a name given out of whim, I wouldn’t know. But I do know that tilapia is one of the most common fish sold in Philippine markets–relatively cheap, meaty and, when cooked correctly, juicy and tasty.
The going price of tilapia is PhP 60.00 to PhP 90.00 a kilo, depending on the size. The bigger ones are more expesnive. The change in seasons (rainy or dry) do not affect the prices that much because tilapia is abundant in the country. Laguna de Bay and similar fresh water areas are favorite sites for tilapia breeding and raising.
Small fish like tilapia are sold whole in the wet markets–heads, tails, fins and even entrails. You can have them gutted, scaled and cleaned but they will be weighed before any parts are removed. The bigger ones are sold by the kilo, either as cross-cuts or fillets, but not small ones. It all really translates to how much in a kilo of fish is actually not edible. Unless you’re making a stew or a soup and you want the fish heads to flavor the broth or sauce, it’s really cheaper to buy fillets.
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hi there!
can you please tell me in which MMLA supermarket these Tilapia Fillets are available?
i used to get them from Pampanga.
thanks!!
SPANX!
Got them from Shopwise, Spanky.
wow, another food discovery to try soon.
hi! just in case you are interested, i posted a recipe for tilapia fillte on our blog in http://thejesuitgourmet.blogspot.com/2006/01/open-house.html
btw, nice posts.
jhaw, I just saw your tilapia recipe and it looked wonderful.
Shopwise Makati?
thanks again, Connie!!!
Antipolo, actually.
hi111
I’m interested in your escabeche tilapia recipe, if you can send me one. I really appreciated it.
thank you,
Nancy
I think it’s called St. Peter’s fish because it was the fish commonly found in the red sea, etc during the time of Jesus Christ and His disciples. It was also the kind of fish they fed to people who followed them. (remember the story in which they fed thousands of people with a couple of fish that does not seem to run out from the basket)
you got a wonderful recipes! keep it up!