Mackerel in Tomato Sauce with Egg (Fish Sarciado)

Fish Sarciado

This is a typical Filipino specialty and is very easy to cook.  For this dish you will need:

Fish, filleted and deboned (I used half of a medium sized mackerel for this recipe)
Two medium sized tomatoes cut into quarters
one egg beaten
one onion diced
three cloves of garlic
two cups of cooking oil for frying enough to reach half of the fish's thickness
some flour for dusting the fish
fish sauce (or salt if you don't prefer handling fish sauce)
one cup of water
salt
ground white pepper to taste


Dust the fish with flour and salt on both sides
Heat your oil in medium heat in a frying pan or sauce pan for about five minutes
Fry the fish on both sides for about 7 minutes on the skin side and 5 minutes on the flesh side
Once done set aside the fish
From the same oil used to fry the fish discard some oil leaving about two tablespoons
Saute the onions then the garlic until the onions are transparent
Return the fish to the pan and saute the fish
Add the tomatoes and let it be heated for about 3 minutes
Add one cup of water and let the mixture simmer
Crush the tomatoes so make a sauce
Add the egg and mix it this allows more thickness into the sauce
Finally, add some fish sauce/salt and pepper to taste

Serve on top of hot steamed rice!  I actually wrote this entry while finishing my lunch.