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Ginisang Tuna sa Spaghetti

Yep, it’s ginisa… the usual Pinoy way. If there is study on every Filipino household about our cooking habits, aside from frying (prito), sauteing (gisa, ginisa) will surely top the list.

From Wikipedia:

Sautéing is a method of cooking food that uses a small amount of fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat. Unlike pan-searing, sautés are often finished with a sauce made from the pan’s residual fond.

In addition to what I’ve cooked earlier, grilled chicken with mushroom sauce, another dish completes today’s dinner.  This time it’s a pasta dish cooked the Pinoy way.

RECIPE

Ingredients: 

4 servings of cooked spaghetti (or any pasta) — *serving here depends on your family’s appetite haha*

4 large ripe tomatoes, chopped

1 onion, chopped

4-6 cloves of garlic, chopped

3 tbsp slice button mushroom

3 tbsp olive oil

dash of rosemary

1 can tuna flakes in oil, drained; leave 2 tablespoons of tuna oil

salt and pepper, to taste

optional – capers and olives, sliced

Procedure:

1. Cook pasta as instructed in the pack (yep there are instructions there… quick overview, add  oil and salt to boiling water).

2. Heat pan. Saute garlic, onion, and tomatoes in olive oil until tomatoes are tender.

3. Add mushroom, tuna flakes and part of tuna oil, olives, capers, dried rosemary.  You may also add some chili flakes to spice up the dish.

4. Turn heat to low and mix cooked pasta well into the tuna mix.

5. May top with ground parmesan cheese. Serve and enjoy. 

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