In a small bowl, combine garlic, onions, ginger, tomatoes, patis and pepper. Mix while pressing on tomatoes to bring out their juice. Set aside.
Ingredients:
- banana leaves or foil for wrapping fish
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger (optional)
- 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 1 fresh tilapia, trimmed and cleaned (gutted and scaled)
- salt or fish sauce and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Cooking Directions:
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Cut some slits in the fish, down to the bone, either with one long cut parallel with the backbone or with several slashes perpendicular with the backbone.
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Insert the tomato mixture into the cavity of the fish through the cuts.
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Wrap the entire fish with banana leaves. Cook over grill for 20 minutes. When the smell gets pungent, it’s ready to eat. Serve hot.
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If baking in oven: preheat to 400˚F and bake on a baking sheet for 20 minutes. Serve hot too!
