Oyster Sauce Recipe

An inexpensive alternative–Fried Adobong Galunggong

An avid Inquirer reader and a passionate cook, Godelia “Godie” Ricalde simply couldn’t pass up the chance to share her specialty fish dish, Fried Adobong Galunggong.

Ricalde, a retired librarian, submits her recipe for fish adobo using galunggong (round scad) with the budget-conscious homemakers in mind as well.

“This is a result of my constant experiment in the kitchen, which turned out to be my most sought-after dish by family and friends,” says Ricalde, whose culinary interest started in early ’90s when she took care of her sick mother and spent most of her time at home.

She had been whipping up adobong galunggong for some time, until a friend suggested she instead fry the fish for added crunch and texture.

“I did just that,” she says. “I fried the fish and it was good. Later on, I improved on it by marinating the fish overnight for a more flavorful bite.”

After marinating the galunggong with vinegar, salt, garlic and ground black pepper, Ricalde cooks the fish and the marinade with sautéed garlic, onions and ginger. Then, she adds oyster sauce to make it a bit sweeter.

When the liquid has been reduced to half, she removes the fish and fries it separately in vegetable oil until crispy. She serves the fried fish with adobo sauce on the side. She complements the concoction with ensaladang ampalaya and fried rice.

“I prefer to use galunggong because it’s meatier and easy to eat when fried,” says Ricalde, who hails from Lemery, Batangas.

Others can also use hasa-hasa (short-bodied mackerel) or alumahan (Indian mackerel).

Aside from her fish adobo, Ricalde cooks other Pinoy specialties such as menudo, pork kilawin, pineapple meatloaf, chicken pork adobo, adobong pusit (without the squid ink), pork binagoongan (using homemade bagoong sourced from Laguna), cream chicken, pancit bihon, steamed tilapia with sesame oil, oyster sauce and leeks.

Her friends also ask for her buco pandan, fruit salad and ginataang bilo-bilo.

Profession

Ricalde finished high school at Manila Science High School. She then worked for her AB Social Sciences major in Economic Political Science degree at the University of the Philippines in Manila. She took up her master’s degree in Library Science at UP Diliman.

For 10 years she was a librarian at Philippine Social Science Council organizing and setting up its library system and network. She then moved to Ateneo de Manila University, where she served for 15 years.

Oyster Mushroom Pasta in Pink Sauce, recipe | Naturally Knocked Up

Sea salt and black pepper

Method of Preparation

1. Boil pasta according to package directions.

2. Saute onion in 2 Tbsp butter or oil with 1 tsp of salt until soft.

3. Add in minced garlic and saute for an additional 2 minutes.

4. In a blender, pour in the hot onion and garlic, milk, nutritional yeast, and tomato paste. Blend until fully combined.

5. Heat mixture over medium low heat until hot.

6. While sauce is heating, saute the mushrooms in the other 2 Tbsp butter or oil with a touch of salt, until browned.

7. Toss the pasta with the sauce and mushrooms, garnish with parsley.

{And yes – there are mushrooms under that pasta! They just fell underneath a bit.}

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