Pinaputok na Tilapia recipe is a kind of Filipino fish recipe wherein the fish (tilapia) is stuffed with mixture of tomato and onion (some considers adding ginger). The name of this dish came from the way of how the fish is prepared; stuffing with diced onions and tomatoes up to a certain point wherein the fish cavity is close to its bursting (pinaputok) state.
Pinaputok Na Tilapia can be cooked and prepared in many ways. Common ways of making this dish are via grilling, baking and frying. At this recipe of ours, we will do the frying way of cooking.
Pinaputok Na Tilapia Ingredients:
* 1 large tilapia
* 4 pcs of medium sized tomatoes, diced
* 2 pcs of medium sized onions, chopped
* suitable amount of ground pepper
* small amount of salt
For the dip/sauce:
* 5 Tbsp soy sauce
* 5 Tbsp kalamansi juice
* 2 Tbsp brown sugar
* 2 red chili pepper, sliced
Pinaputok na Tilapia Cooking Instruction:
1). Remove the scale of tilapia. Clean it and pat it dry.
2). Put slits on each side of the fish.
3). Rub and sprinkle both sides of the fish including the stomach with the small amount of salt and pepper. Set aside.
4). Put in the chopped onions and tomatoes in a bowl and mix them up. Season it with salt and pepper to taste.
5). In a sheet of aluminum foil (enough to cover the whole fish), lay down the tilapia and put (stuff it with) tomatoes and onion mixture in the stomach part of it, at both sides of the fish (where the slits are made).
6). Wrap tilapia tightly with the foil.
7). Fry tilapia for 4-5 minutes. Enjoy!
Serve your pinaputok na tilapia along side with your created dip or sauce.
Pinaputok Na Tilapia Filipino dish is best served with steamed rice or even as a pulutan (for beer/alcohol drinkers).
Pinaputok Na Tilapia Image By Ramon FVelasquez [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Image may vary from the end result of this recipe.
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Pinaputok is really one savory and tasty seafood treat.
We always cook this at home. Our version of Pinaputok na Tilapia is usually grilled though 🙂
One of the best way to cook tilapia! Looks tasty and delicious.
Everytime I crave for this dish I just order it in one great restaurant here in Davao. Now I can makem it on my own because you shared this recipe. Thanks =)
I like that it's easy to make. It's something I can quickly prepare after a long and tiring day at work.
We'll try this one, the recipe is not that difficult. The only way we knew to cook tilapia is deep fried or grilled
When I am still living in Sto. Cristo, Bulacan ito lagi naming ulam. That is why I miss eating this kind of fish here in Davao. Madalang lang kasi sa Davao ito. Hope makakain ako ulet ng Tilapia at ganito ang lulutuin ko ..PINAPUTOK.
This Pinoy na Pinoy na dish looks so delicious, pinaputok na tilapia… sarap sa toyomansi! Hmmmmm !
I have been preparing this pinaputok na tilaptia for my family. And we all love it.
wait.. 6). Wrap tilapia tightly with the foil.
7). Fry tilapia for 4-5 minutes. Enjoy!
you'll fry the tilapia with foil in it???
I still have to try cooking this. I saw one episode of Kris TV and Coco Martin was the guest. He made this pinaputok na tilapia and it sure did looked great. Very Pinoy dish 🙂
That looks good Ron. I might make one this Thanksgiving 🙂 . Tilapia is abundance here and thanks for the recipe 🙂
seems simple enough, but still I'm afraid to fry fish.
if there is what is we call Family fish, Tilapia it is! the entire family just love it in whatever way it will be prepared! maybe i can ask my dad to prepare pinaputok for dinner tonight and share this recipe… thanks!
This is what I want to cook, reminds me to buy frozen tilapia, too bad ,i don't have fresh ones in my place.
I love Tilapia and I can eat that everyday! 😀
tasted the fried pinaputok na tilapia when we visited lake sebu… it's really great to know how its done. thanks. Yahweh bless.
i love it ! looks sumptuous. i can eat the whole piece. trust me !
I love tilapia even if it's only fried especially dipped in fish sauce with calamansi. Good thing tilapia is available here but a little pricey.
kapag ito ang ulam namin, grabe dami kain haha
it's one of my family's favorite
Our version have lots of chopped garlic, same thing we wrapped it in a foil before grilling 🙂
Love pinaputok na tilapia. I have a question though. Do you mean to bake it first with foil then fry it? Thanks!
This is perfect if your tilapia is really fresh. Buti nalang meron ditong nabibilhan malapit sa amin. Ma-try nga 🙂
This is one fish that we all memorize where the bones lie! We love tilapia, cooked this way or other ways.
I love, love, love this! Yum! Now I know why the recipe is called pinaputok. Yun pala yun
i think i still have a piece or two of tilapia in the fridge waiting to be cooked. i might have all the ingredients you've mentioned since they are my usual pantry staples. i will try this recipe soon + will let you know how it goes, thanks for sharing! 😉
thanks for this! my wife and kids love that dish but we just don't have an idea on how to cook it right. 🙂 Big help!
That's a lovely fish dish. I'll try it out with the kids during the holidays
Ay nkakagutom! Di pa nmn ako nglulunch dito office! Thanks for the share 😀
looks delicious. 🙂
Looks really delicious. 🙂
Tilapia alone is already a favorite. More so, if it's Pinaputok na Tilapia. I tried this dish the first time at work years ago and since then, every lunchbreak, I would order Pinaputok na Tilapia 🙂
You're making me hungry!!! Wait let me get some food! LOL
haven't tried this recipe, we usually fried the tilapia, i should try this recipe next time we have a tilapia at home
Noted this recipe. I will suggest this one on our department Christmas Party.
Kakagutom naman. Tagal ng lunch time, hehe.
Wow! Aaaargh! This post makes me so hungry!!!
I love preparing and eating pinaputok na bangus. Never tried this one yet. Definitely, I'll try this on the coming weekends. =)
Yum yum! 🙂 I wanna eat!
Thanks for posting this! I will try this!
ohh myyy! one of my faves.. i want this dish now!
Its gutting and scaling the fish that I am afraid of. Otherwise, I would love to cook tilapia.
Tilapia is my favorite but I'm not sure if I've tried this recipe. It looks easy to cook so I might try it. Thanks! 🙂
We always cooked this at home but instead of using aluminum foil we used banana leaf to cover the tilapia…mas masarap at mabango when using banana leaf.
we always cooked this tilapia recipe at home but instead of using aluminum foil to cover the fish we used banana leaf…my kids love it.mas masarap at mabango when using banana leaf.
Hmmm ang sarap, eto no fail ang isdang to. kahit paano lutuin masarap pa rin 🙂
no pic of the cooked pinaputok na tilapia?? hehehe thanks for sharing this sir ron, will definitely try, specially now that the tilapias in our fishpond are bigger than ever!!! hehehe 😀 excited!!! this will definitely be part of our christmas menu! 😀
This one looks good and I never realized it was easy to prepare 🙂
wow. we never cook tilapia because we do not know how to cook it. we thought it is malangsa. will try this!