Inun unan is a Filipino dish where fish and vegetables like okra, bitter gourd, eggplant and/or string beans are stewed on vinegar and spices. Similar to paksiw this Visayan version difference Inun unan is spiced primarily with ginger and only fish can be used, paksiw can be cooked with other meats like pork
Inun unan is a Filipino dish where fish and vegetables like okra, bitter gourd, eggplant and/or string beans are stewed on vinegar and spices. Similar to paksiw this Visayan version difference Inun unan is spiced primarily with ginger and only fish can be used, paksiw can be cooked with other meats like pork. I know a lot would disagree with my photo as the most traditional Inun-unan uses only fish and no vegetables but I need a little texture for the dish at the same time something to soak all of that wonderful sour flavours so I added eggplants and okra.
You need to have an acquired taste to enjoy this hence most young kids never liked it, I hated it when I was young but now I do sometimes crave for it. It’s not for everyone, its sour, its pungent, its fish its everything you don’t want on a dish but once you started to like it then there is no turning back. It’s a soul food for most Visayans and turning to be mine too.
Inun unan is a Filipino dish where fish and vegetables like okra, bitter gourd, eggplant and/or string beans are stewed on vinegar and spices. Similar to paksiw this Visayan version difference Inun unan is spiced primarily with ginger and only fish can be used, paksiw can be cooked with other meats like pork
Ingredients
Scale
2 pcs milkfish, scaled and sliced into 1.5-inch section
Hi Raymund, this is Megan from Visit Cebu. We’d like to share your photo for one of our articles–we will of course give the appropriate credits to you. Just let us know if you wish to have it taken down. Thanks!
This is a new dish to me, but looks like a good one. Good thing I’m not a kid, so I’ll probably like this. 🙂 Thanks!
Hi Raymund, this is Megan from Visit Cebu. We’d like to share your photo for one of our articles–we will of course give the appropriate credits to you. Just let us know if you wish to have it taken down. Thanks!
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All good, it will be my pleasure. Just send me the link once its live