A very simple pompano fish soup

By Macy
Philippines
March 25, 2021 1:05am CST
Pompano has become a favorite fish in this household. We are mainly pescatarians here - we consume more fish and veggies than red meat or chicken or game. So it's always a treat for us to have this white fish for soup. I just boiled tomatoes, ginger and onions in water. Then I lowered the fish and left it to simmer. I seasoned with fish sauce then added some water spinach. As soon as I turned off the stove, I poured in some freshly squeezed calamondin juice. Delish! A very simple yet very satisfying dish.
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12 responses
@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
25 Mar 21
We also eat more fish than any other kind of meat, it is healthy and it is good.
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• Philippines
26 Mar 21
Yes, it's generally the better diet. Sometimes when I eat one whole burger, I feel dirty and sinful. It's probably psychological too.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
26 Mar 21
@almostoveryou I am sure that it is psychological. We never eat pork, I have the feeling that I smell bad if I eat pork.
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• Philippines
26 Mar 21
@LadyDuck hahaha glad to know I'm not alone.
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@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
25 Mar 21
believe it ot not never had fish soup before!
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• Philippines
25 Mar 21
Oh. Don't like fish soup?
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• Philippines
26 Mar 21
@didinedhia I hope you get to try it someday.
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• Algeria
25 Mar 21
@almostoveryou i would love to have it!! my wife never try to cook it befor:! even my mather
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@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
25 Mar 21
This looks yummy.
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@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
26 Mar 21
@almostoveryou Should try it sometime
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• Philippines
25 Mar 21
It really is. I love this soup.
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@rhuenz (10643)
25 Mar 21
Delicious! Nice to consume more fish with veggies, I think you are near to area where there are varieties of fish?
2 people like this
• Philippines
25 Mar 21
Not really. We don't get a lot here so they're kinda pricey.
@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
25 Mar 21
White fish is very tasty and delicious when I was a child I often cooked my mother fish soup, I miss her cooking, I just have to be careful with the thorns
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• Philippines
25 Mar 21
That's a beautiful memory of your mother. I prefer white fish for soup too.
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@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
25 Mar 21
@almostoveryou thank you
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@Naku00 (47)
26 Mar 21
Tasty looking soup you have there
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• Philippines
26 Mar 21
Yes, this has become a family favorite.
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
25 Mar 21
Nice one, that fish is one of the most flavorful fish that we have. Although they are mostly caught very thin and their flesh is not that many in one fish.
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• Philippines
25 Mar 21
Fortunately the ones that we get from here are plump and fleshy. We get the biggest we can get, have it cut into 3 parts and share the soup in one meal.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
25 Mar 21
Delicious!
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• Philippines
26 Mar 21
Yup. I prefer this as soup than grilled or fried.
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@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
26 Mar 21
The recipe is almost similar to our singgang.
@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
26 Mar 21
That particular dish that you just prepared kinda looks like a local dish that most filipinos prepare too, Anyways just looking at it makes me want to try it out sometime too. Cheers for sharing your thought in here my friend
• Philippines
26 Mar 21
It is a Filipino dish. In local term, it would be called 'pangat'. You might have tried this before.
@rakski (123450)
• Philippines
25 Mar 21
I missed pompano.
@rakski (123450)
• Philippines
25 Mar 21
@almostoveryou Pangat. I do not go to the talipapa or wet market here. There are lots of people there
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• Philippines
25 Mar 21
I hope you can get some next time. How do you cook it?
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• Philippines
26 Mar 21
@rakski we cook pangat style. Yeah, understable..too risky to go to a crowded market these days.
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@thelme55 (77080)
• Germany
26 Mar 21
Looking at the photo makes me hungry. Fish is healthy.