Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso

Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso is a quick comforting tangy sour steamed fish dish made with salmon heads, tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, miso paste, water, sinigang mix, pepper, fish sauce, mustard leaves, and green chillies. All these ingredients make your usual traditional sinigang into the next level. Try our this comforting Yummy recipe that takes less than 20 minutes to make.

Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso Recipe :

Ingredients

• ½ kilo salmon head
• 3 pieces tomatoes ( sliced )
• 1 onion ( sliced )
• 2 garlic ( minced )
• 1 thumb ginger ( sliced )
• 3 – 4 tablespoons miso paste
• 1 liter of water
• Sinigang mix
• Pepper to taste
• Fish sauce to taste
• A bunch of mustard leaves
• 2 pieces long chili ( green )
• Oil for sauteing

Steps:

1. In a deep pan; add in oil and saute tomatoes and onions until soft. Then add garlic and ginger until aromatic. Place in miso paste and water. Bring to a boil.
2. Add in the salmon heads and pieces, sinigang mix, pepper, and fish sauce. Give it a stir  before covering and cooking for 10 minutes. Add in the mustard leaves and chillies. Cover and cook for 3 minutes. Turn the heat off and transfer into a serving bowl.
3. Serve hot!

How to cook Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso Recipe ?

In Filipino “Paano Magluto ng Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso ?” This version of sinigang is many more healthy, savory, and slightly salty-sweet with the addition of miso. Why use salmon heads instead of the whole fish? While you can add just the head, or head and some parts of the fish to make it more filling. The reason why the salmon head is added into the dish is simply from all of the health benefits it provides. The head is fatty, making it more flavorful, it’s also full of tender meat, cartilage, and brains which gives the soup a good amount of Omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, iron, Vitamin A, and zinc. The head is also a great way to get all of the nutrition with an affordable price.

A flavor packed meal; this Sinigang na salmon sa miso paste recipe starts with sautéing the aromatics in a pan. Cooking the tomatoes and onions till slightly soft, then adding the garlic and ginger, heating them up till these smell aromatic. Place in your choice of miso paste or powder, giving this a bit of water before adding some water. Bring this into a boil before adding the salmon heads, sinigang mix for a quick additional flavoring, pepper, and some fish sauce to add tang and saltiness, add more or less of this as a replacement for salt. Cover for 10 minutes, giving it a stir then taste to add more miso, sinigang mix, fish sauce or pepper as needed. Once ready, place in the mustard leaves and chillies, covering to cook for a few more minutes till the leaves have turned tender and the chillies slightly soft enough to crush. Place these in a serving bowl and serve with a side of rice. This salmon miso soup recipe is best eaten in rainy or colder weather months. It warms you up, is filling, and is so easy to make!

Questions ?

• Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso Calories

For a serving or 1 cup, this can have around 290 calories.

• What other sinigang na salmon sa miso ingredients to add ?
  • Try adding other leafy vegetables aside from mustard greens / mustasa. You can add spinach, cabbage, bok choy, pechay, chili leaves, or taro leaves.
  • Try adding other fillers like carrots, okra, string beans, potatoes, or a fan favorite ingredients in soothing warm soups, the taro or in Filipino ‘gabi’ to make “Sinigang sa Miso with Gabi”.

• Using other cuts of the salmon
  • While the salmon head is a great flavor additive, sometimes you’d just want to add or replace this with more meatier parts of the fish. For example using other salmon cuts like the steak cut which is a healthy cut of the fish.
  • Use the fillet cut or the stomach to make “Sinigang na Tiyan ng Salmon sa Miso ” which is the tenderest part, but also note that you can ask for this to be boneless to make it easier to eat after.
  • A cheaper option would be buying frozen salmon belly cuts. But do note that these are the fattier and oiler parts of the fish. How to cook Sinigang sa Miso Salmon Belly” simply do as the recipe did and place it in the simmering soup base. But if you’d like to remove most of the oils, saute them on a non-stick pan without any oil till all the sides have slightly browned or charred before adding them into the soup.
  • You can also choose to use any other parts or types of cuts of the fish which are more readily affordable and easier to find.
  • If you’d like to not add any fish or meat, just double the amount of vegetables or add some tofu to make “Sinigang sa Miso Vegetables”.

Other Yummy Sinigang Recipes!

• Sinigang na Hipon ( shrimp sinigang )
• Sinigang na Hipon sa Kamias ( a very sour version of the shrimp sinigang with bilimbi/tree sorrel )
• Sinigang na Bangus ( milkfish sinigang )
• Sinigang na baboy ( pork sinigang )
• Pork Sinigang with Gabi (taro )

Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• ½ kilo ulo ng salmon
• 3 piraso kamatis ( hiniwa )
• 1 sibuyas  ( hiniwa )
• 2 bawang ( tinadtad )
• 1 daliring luya ( hiniwa )
• 3 – 4 kutsarang miso paste
• 1 litro ng tubig
• Sinigang mix
• Paminta panlasa
• Patis panlasa
• 1 bungkos ng mustasa
• 2 piraso berdeng siling haba 
• Mantika panluto

Paano Lutuin :

1. Sa malalim na kawali, lutuin ang mga kamatis at sibuyas na may kaunting mantika. Pagkatapos haluin ang bawang at luya hanggang bumango. Ilagay ang miso paste at tubig. Pakuluin.
2. Ilagay ang mga ulo ng salmon, sinigang mix, paminta, at patis. Haluin ng konti bago takpan ng 10 minuto. Pagkatapos ilagay ang mga dahon ng mustasa at mga sili. Takpan at lutuin ng 3 minuto. Tanggalin sa init at ilipat sa serving bowl.
3. Ihanda habang mainit pa!