Tuna Relyenong Talong

When you start preparing Filipino dishes, you will quickly notice how inventive most of the recipes are. Who would have thought to combine tamarind with diverse vegetables such as tomatoes to make Singing, an irresistibly sour stew? The concept of how some of the most well-known Filipino foods came to be…

When you start preparing Filipino dishes, you will quickly notice how inventive most of the recipes are. Who would have thought to combine tamarind with diverse vegetables such as tomatoes to make Singing, an irresistibly sour stew? The idea of how some of the most famous Filipino foods came to be motivates me to create something unique and delicious. As a result, this Relyenong Talong with Tuna was created, using some extremely rich and delectable ingredients to create something fresh and unique!

But, if you’ve never had a Relyenong dish before, allow me to introduce you to a very popular technique of cooking in the Philippines.

Discovering Relying Dishes

This is done by stuffing shellfish with a semi-sweet, semi-savory beef filling. The Relyenong Brangus, which uses delicious milkfish, is the most popular variant. However, as Pinoy cuisine changes, we find variations in which we do not gorge ourselves with seafood. This Relyenong Talong, for example, deviates from the typical Relyenong route because the major ingredient in the filling is tuna!

Let me show you some alternative ways to get your relying!

But let’s get back to our main course: the delicious Relyenong Talong with Tuna! This can be a little difficult to create because it requires more than just cooking your ingredients together. However, assembling this and getting creative with plating can be a lot of fun. Why not try it out?

How to Make Tuna Relyenong Talong

Making the Eggplant

The first step is to cut each of your three giant eggplants crosswise into half an inch thick slices. Then, to produce eggplant rings, cut around the inside of each slice. Then, chop up the section that was taken out and set it aside for now.

Tuna with Eggplant Cooking

Put 3 tablespoons of cooking oil in a pan and heat it up. Then add 1 onion and 2 garlic cloves and sauté them together. Continue to simmer until the onion is tender. Then, within, add 12 ounces of canned tuna and your diced eggplant. We’ll cook everything for 3 to 5 minutes. Then, within, add 2 teaspoons of Knorr Liquid Seasoning. After that, simply transfer everything to a mixing bowl and set aside to cool.

Putting the finishing touches on the stuffing

Simply beat your two eggs and add them to the mixture in the bowl. Place half of the 12 cup minced carrot in the bowl, along with 1 chopped bell pepper and 12 cup chopped spring onions. Everything should be completely combined.

The Eggplant Is Fried

Pour the remaining oil from the 12 cup you prepared for this recipe into a pan. Then warm it up. We will now cook each eggplant ring for 1 minute on the first side. Then turn them over and fry the other side.

Preparing the Relyenong Talong with Stuffing

Fill each ring with some of your minced carrot, bell pepper, and green onions. Then take the tuna mixture from before and spoon part of it into the rings as well. Spread them out evenly in the ring to ensure uniform distribution. Then, reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook for 2 minutes.

Finish with minced carrot, bell pepper, and green onions. Flip this over, and then cook for another 2 to 3 minutes on the other side. Then remove the Relyenong talong from the pan and arrange it on a serving platter! I would absolutely pair this with some delicious banana ketchup.

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Tuna Relyenong Talong