Tinapa

Name: Tinapa
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 4 whole fish, cleaned; 1/2 cup salt; Wood chips, for smoking

Tinapa/tee-NAH-pah/

Also known as: Smoked Fish

About this dish

Smoked fish, salted and cured, a beloved Filipino breakfast staple.

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Ingredients

🐟4 whole fish, cleaned

🧂1/2 cup salt

🪵Wood chips, for smoking

Method

Serves 3

Brine the cleaned fish in a strong salt solution for a couple of hours.

Drain and pat dry.

Smoke the fish over wood chips for several hours until deeply colored and preserved.

Fry lightly before serving.

Serve with garlic fried rice and a fried egg.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tinapa is a traditional Filipino smoked and salted fish, commonly eaten for breakfast with garlic rice and egg.

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