
Originally Posted by
holdencaulfield
RELLENONG BUTANDING
Ingredients:
1 big butanding (whale shark)
4 kilos of garlic, minced
2 kilos of onion, chopped
3 kilos of tomatoes, diced
2000 eggs
1/4 drum lemon juice
500 small carrot, finely chopped
1/4 drum soy sauce
4 shovels of cooking oil
lotsa ham, finely chopped
lotsa raisins
lotsa cooked peas
lotsa salt and pepper to taste
Procedure:
With 5-6 people remove the intestines of the butanding.
With a very sharp sword, slowly remove the meat of the fish from the skin through the opening cavity below the head.
Remove the spine by snapping off the bone at the base of the tail and head. Use a shovel to scrape all the meat from the skin.
Marinate the head and skin in lemon juice, soy sauce and pepper.
Boil in 15 drums of water the butanding meat with some salt for 5 minutes.
Sauté the garlic and onions until slightly brown.
Add the lots of tomatoes and lots of carrots until tender.
Add the lots of chopped ham, lots of cooked peas, lots of raisins and the butanding meat to the mixture. Cook for another 50 minutes. Lots of Salt and pepper to taste.
Add beaten eggs to the sauté and mix well.
Stuff the mixture inside the butanding skin and head. Sew the cavity if needed.
Fry in oil until golden brown.
Slice slightly diagonal (3 1/2 feet thick) and serve.
*a butanding can measure up to 41.5 feet in length and weigh up to 21 tonnes.
a feast for the whole barangay!