Totsong Bangus

Totsong Bangus is a Filipino dish that most probably was influenced by the Chinese cuisine, the ingredients such as tahure (fermented tofu) and salted black beans is already big indication. In this dish milkfish (bangus) is twice cooked by frying then stewing it on a tomato, vinegar and black bean sauce. I know the mixture is quite odd but trust me it all works well together.

Totsong Bangus is a Filipino dish that most probably was influenced by the Chinese cuisine, the ingredients such as tahure (fermented tofu) and salted black beans is already big indication. In this dish milkfish (bangus) is twice cooked by frying then stewing it on a tomato, vinegar and black bean sauce. I know the mixture is quite odd but trust me it all works well together.

Back in the Philippines cooking this was not a challenge because all the ingredients are quite easy to find but here in New Zealand is a different case both the fish and the fermented tofu is a rarity. Once in a while milk fish shows at my local fishmonger but in a frozen state (better than nothing) so when this happens we cook dishes there it uses them like our recipe for today. The only difference with this recipe is the use of tahure where we will just use a normal deep fried tofu in replacement.