Ginataang Tambakol Recipe

This Ginataang Tambakol Recipe Filipino Style is a Pinoy tuna recipe that’s oozing with flavor and heat. All you need are ‘tambakol’ or ‘yellowfin tuna’ seasoned with salt and pepper, fried then frying the eggplants, ginger, garlic, onions, and tomatoes. These are then simmered together in a spicy base sauce made of coconut milk, fish sauce, green chillies and red chillies. Try out this ginataang tuna recipe and make sure to pair this with heaps of rice!

Ginataang Tambakol Recipe :

• 1 kilo tambakol
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 pieces eggplant ( sliced )
• 1 thumb-sized ginger ( sliced )
• 5 cloves garlic ( chopped )
• 1 large onion ( sliced )
• 3 medium tomatoes ( sliced )
• 2 cups coconut milk
• Fish sauce to taste
• 3 to 4 green chillies
• Red chillies
• Oil for frying

Steps:

1. Season both sides of the fish with salt and pepper. Set aside. Heat oil in a pan and saute eggplants. Once both sides have browned, take these out.
2. Add a bit more oil and fry the tambakol until half cooked. Flip once one side has browned. Once both sides have browned, take these out.
3. In the same pan, saute ginger garlic, and onion until aromatic. Add in the tomatoes and cook until these are easy to crush. Pour in coconut milk and cook at low heat until it starts to boil.
4. Add black pepper and fish sauce to taste. Simmer until the sauce thickens slightly. Add back the fish and let these cook for 5 – 7 minutes until the sauce has reduced a bit.
5. Place in the green chillies, fried eggplants, and red chillies. Let it simmer together for a few minutes before serving.

Ginataang Tambakol with Talong Recipe

“Tuna Steak simmered in a savory coconut sauce” or shortened to “Ginataang Tambakol”. Is an easy, creamy and very savory dish to make. First season the tuna that’s been sliced into a ‘steak-cut’ with salt and pepper. Give this time to marinade on the side while you saute the sliced eggplants until it’s browned on both sides. Take these out and add more oil. Place in the tambakol and fry both sides until browned or slightly charred on both sides. This only needs to be  half cooked as this will be simmered in the sauce later on. Take these out to prepare the sauce in the same pan. 

For the sauce, saute in ginger for a few minutes before adding in the garlic and onions, cooking until aromatic. Then add in the sliced tomatoes and cook until these are easy to crush. Adding the tomatoes will help level up the richness and savory flavor of the sauce. Pour in the coconut sauce, bringing the heat to low. Once it starts to boil add in some black pepper and fish sauce to taste. Let everything simmer together until the sauce thickens slightly. Add back the fishes and let them simmer in the sauce for a few minutes or until the sauce has reduced further. You can also flip the fish to further make sure the sauce really sticks to the fish. At the end, add in the green chillies, red chillies, and eggplants. Depending how spicy you like the fish to be, add as much red or green chillies as you like. Mix and sImmer together until the chillies feel soft enough.

One of the best and easiest Ginataang Tambakol recipes you’ll find on the internet. This dish will make sure that it’ll awaken all the senses from the creaminess of the sauce, savory saltiness of the tuna, with that spick kick at the end. Great as a quick lunch or simple but still flavorful dinner or to make or bring at a  party as a healthy dish option.

Questions

• Additional Ginataang Tambakol ingredients :
  • Try adding more leafy vegetables to add more fiber into your diet. Some examples would be adding pechay to call it a “Ginataang Tambakol with Pechay recipe“, you can also use cabbage, bok choy, malunggay, sitaw ( string beans ), or spinach.
  • If you like a nice tart flavor into the dish, give it a bit of sweet and sour  ‘oomph’. Try adding Kamias or Bilimbi / Tree Sorrel for a “Ginataang Tambakol with Kamias” dish. Add this washed as a whole before the soup is simmering. You can also give these shallow slits to really intensify the flavor.

• How to store this

To store this ginataang yellowfin tuna recipe, cool the dish down to room temperature then place in an airtight container. This keeps in the fridge for a week and in the freezer for a month.

• How to reheat 
  • To reheat the ginataang tambakol recipe with coconut milk, let this thaw out for 20 – 30 minutes if frozen. Pop it in the microwave ( if placed in a microwavable container ) for 2 – 3 minutes. If still frozen, heat it up a minute at a time.
  • Another way is to place this in a pot with ¼ or ⅓ cup of water. Let this simmer until hot enough.

Ginataang Tambakol Through Photos

Try other Yummy Tambakol recipes (Filipino Tuna recipes) : 

• Tambakol Steak ( tuna cooked ‘steak-style’ )
• Tuna Carbonara Filipino-style
• Cheesy Tuna Lumpia
• Tuna Balls ( canned tuna fish balls )
• Tuna Sisig with Tofu ( a flavorful tuna dish served on a sizzling plate )

Ginataang Tambakol Recipe Tagalog

Mga Sankap:

• 1 kilo tambakol
• Asin at paminta panlasa
• 2 pirasong talong ( hiniwa )
• 1 hinlalaking luya ( hiniwa )
• 5 butil ng bawang ( tinadtad)
• 1 malaking sibuyas ( hiniwa )
• 3 kamatis ( hiniwa )
• 2 tasa gata ng niyog
• Patis panlasa
• 3 o 4 berdeng sili
• Pulang sili
• Mantika panprito

Paano Lutuin :

1. I-season ang bawat gilid ng isda ng asin at paminta. Itabi. Uminit ng mantika sa kawali at lutuin ang mga talong. Pag naprito na ang bawat panig, tanggalin sa kawali.
2. Dagdagan ng konting mantika at iprito ang mga tambakol. Pagpaliktarin pag nag kayumanggi na ang isang panig. Pag nag kayumanggi na ang bawat panig, tanggalin ang mga ito.
3. Sa parehong kawali, lutuin ang luya, bawang, at sibuyas hanggang bumango. Haluan ng kamatis at lutuin ang mga ito hanggang lumambot. Buhusan ng gata at lutuin sa mababang init hanggang kumulo.
4. Haluan ng paminta at patis panlasa. Pakuluin hanggang kumapal ang sarsa. Ibalik dito ang mga isda at lutuin ng 5 – 7 minuto o hanggang kumonti ang sarsa.
5. Ihalo dito ang berdeng sili, pritong talong, at pulang sili. Pakulutin ng ilang minuto bago ihanda.