Delicious Eels: GINATAANG EEL(PALOS)

Delicious Eels: GINATAANG EEL(PALOS): Ginataan (or guinataan) is a Filipino cooking method that means “cooked in coconut milk”. Ginataang eel is a dish where eel  is cooked in c...

GINATAANG EEL(PALOS)

Ginataan (or guinataan) is a Filipino cooking method that means “cooked in coconut milk”. Ginataang eel is a dish where eel  is cooked in coconut milk (or cream) and served with banana peppers. This method is popularized by the locanos, the fifth-largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group that lives in the southern islands of Luzon.


There are many other ingredients that can be cooked with Coconut milk but my taste buds are craving for eel as of the moment. I can’t wait to put my hands on this yummy fish.
Halina’t lasapin natin itong lutuin na angkop sa ating Panlasang Pinoy.

Ginataang EEL(PALOS) Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 lbs EEL, cleaned (about 1 kilo or 5 to 3 pcs)
• 5 cups coconut cream
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 bulb onion, finely sliced
• 1 knob ginger, cut into strips
• 1-5 banana pepper
• 1/2 tbsp. fish sauce (patis)
• 1 tbsp shrimp paste (bagoong)
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 2 cup fresh spinach (or pechay)

how to cook:

Step 1: Sauté garlic, ginger, and onions in hot oil

Step 2: Add the shrimp paste and fish sauce

Step 3: Pour in the coconut cream and stir until natural oil from the coconut cream comes out

Step 4: Add the banana pepper and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes

Step 5: Lower the heat and add the eel and Simmer for 7 to 10 minutes

Step 6: Add the spinach and simmer for about a minute
Step 7: Serve Hot. Enjoy!