When I was pregnant with my second child I was craving for Filipino food. Dried fish is one of them. When I went to the Filipino store to get them, they came in bulk. One packet of dried fish has like 30 to 50 pieces in it. I was a bit hesitant to buy but then I really like to eat dried fish that time. One of my favorites is called "parutput" in Waray Waray dialect or "kiampi" in Bisaya dialect. So there, I bought one packet but then my problem is how am I going to save all of them? I will not be eating all in one go and I will certainly not eat them everyday as it is salty and can be rather unhealthy as well. Cooking them everyday also mean my house is going to stink and that it will take me weeks if not months to get rid of the smell. I am the only one in the family who enjoys this food so imagine the distorted faces of my husband and daughter every time I fry them?
So here's what I did and you may want to do as well if you want to save your dried fish.
1. Fry all dried fish in olive oil. You may want to use whatever oil you have in the pantry.
2. Once brown and cooked, place them in a tight container with a kitchen towel at the bottom to drain the excess oil. I used 2 take away containers for this.
3. Once it's cool down, remove the kitchen paper.
4. Put the lid on and place the container inside a zip lock bag. I find it useful to use a ziplock bag because I still see a bit of oil coming out from the container and it also help me get rid of the smell totally.
5. Put the bag in the freezer and there, you can save it for a year or more!
How to reheat? Do any of these...
1. You can either defrost it half an hour or an hour before you eat them or
2. Heat the fish in the microwave or
3. Fry them again.
I have been doing #1 , this way I can save 1 bottle of air freshener to get rid of the smell hehe... Once defrosted, all I have to do is pour vinegar on it and yummmmmmmmmmm!
Below are the only fish left after a year!
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