PESANG ISDA RECIPE

The Pesang Isda Recipe is an adapted Chinese-influenced dish of fish, rice wash, and ginger. A history of the dish as discussed by known food historian Doreen Hernandez, our Filipino term “pesa” have come from the Chinese term “peq-sa-hi” with “peq” and “sa” standing for the broth and “hi” for fish. Literally, then, the term would mean “plain boiled fish” and what exactly is how we Filipinos have done pesang isda as well; a stewed fish-based dish. Another version of this dish substitutes the fish for chicken (Pesang Manok).

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