Fish Omelette or Tortang Isda
There are two ways to cook tortang isda (or any torta, for that matter). One is to flip the half-cooked omelette in the pan to brown the top side.A second way is to broil the half-baked torta in the oven so that no flipping is necessary.This tortang isda was cooked using the second method.
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- Oven-safe frying pan
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil - divided
- 1 cup cubed sweet potatoes
- ½ cup sweet peas
- ½ cup chopped bell peppers - (see notes after the recipe)
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- salt
- pepper
- 3 cups flaked cooked fish - (see notes after the recipe)
- 4 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F with both top and bottom heat on.
- Heat two tablespoons cooking oil in a pan.
- Over high heat, fry the sweet potato cubes until browned along the edges.
- Add the bell peppers, sweet peas, onion and garlic.
- Sprinkle in salt and pepper.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring, until all the onion bits start to turn translucent.
- Add the flaked fish to the vegetables.
- Cook, stirring, until the fish is heated through.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs with half a teaspoon of salt and two pinches of pepper.
- Add the vegetable and fish mixture and stir to blend.
- Heat the remaining cooking oil in a pan that can go into the oven.
- Spread the fish, vegetables and eggs into the pan.
- Cook over medium heat for about two to three minutes, or until the eggs are firm along the edges.
- Transfer the pan to the oven and cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until the eggs are fully set and the top of the torta is nicely browned in spots.
- Slide the tortang isda onto a plate, cut into portions and serve with rice.
Cook’s Notes
I used yellow and red bell peppers because that was what we had. You can use green too!The flaked fish could be grilled, poached or fried. The ones used here were fried two days earlier and had been sitting in the fridge since.How much salt and pepper you will need altogether depends on how generously seasoned the fish were when they were originally cooked.
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