December 24, 2010

hito

 
hito - /hí-tò/ (Tagalog and Cebuano fish) [n.] catfish


This white species of catfish is not from the freshwater, but from the sea. Fish vendors at the Lapu-Lapu Public Market in Opon, Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan Island, Cebu called it hito sa dagat (sea catfish).

While the freshwater catfish are black-skinned.

Catfish is good if fried or grilled. To have a soupy dish, the fried or grilled ones can be further cooked with tuno (coconut milk) like a linabog dish, inun-on, and/or with mishua (Chinese somen) noodles. 

For miniswahan (a soupy dish with mishua)the catfish is fried, flaked, sautéed with garlic, and then boiled. When boiling, mishua is added and the pot is removed from the fire after a minute. Best relished by cracking a fresh chicken egg and stirring before removing the pot from the fire. Best served while still hot.


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