Fish Head Soup

Ingredients

1 fish head (salmon, lapu-lapu, maya-maya, tanguigue), cleaned
1 whole garlic, crushed and peeled
2 thumb-sized pieces of ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
2 onions, peeled, halved, and sliced
6 cups of boiling water
2 tbsps. of cooking oil
a bunch of sili leaves
patis

Directions

Heat the cooking oil in a large deep saucepan or casserole.
Saute the garlic and ginger until fragrant.
Add the onions and cook, stirring, for another 30 seconds
Pour in the boiling water. Season with patis.
Lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 10-15 minutes,
depending on the size of the fish head.

Meanwhile, pick the sili leaves, discarding the stalks.

Check the fish. Add more patis, if necessary.
Turn off the heat, add the sili leaves and cover.
Leave for another 10 minutes.

Serve hot.