Recipe Details

How To Make Kinilaw

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An indigenous Filipino preparation of fish and seafood that involves "cooking" it in vinegar and aromatics.

Ingredients


  • 1 (2-inch) piece 

    ginger

  • 1/2 

    small red onion

  • 1 to 2 

    red Thai chiles

  • 1/2 cup 

    fresh or bottled calamansi juice

  • 3/4 cup 

    coconut or cane vinegar (such as datu puti), divided

  • 1 pound 

    sashimi-grade yellow fin tuna or Spanish mackerel, or raw shrimp

  • 1/2 teaspoon 

    kosher salt, plus more as needed

  • 1/4 teaspoon 

    freshly ground black pepper, plus more as needed

  • 2 tablespoons 

    full-fat unsweetened canned coconut milk (optional)

Description

  • Chef's knife and cutting board

  • Mixing bowls

  • Fine-mesh strainer

  • Large spoon