Last Updated on March 1, 2019 by Ed Joven
How to make Sinamak
Sinamak Recipe - Filipinos love to have "sawsawan" (dipping sauce) in their grilled dish and Sinamak from the Western Visayas region is one of the most popular. You can find Sinamak in most native restaurants in the Philippines, because it is a great dip for seafood dishes. Now supermarkets sells Sinamak. Sinamak is a spiced vinegar and very easy to prepare, the basic ingredients are siling labuyo, ginger, peppercorns and garlic, but in Western Visayas it always has langkawas or galangal. Langkawas gives your Sinamak an enticing aroma and appetizing flavor, but if you can't find one, Ginger is good enough. When serving Sinamak, you can mix it with soy sauce or fish sauce.
Sinamak Ingredients and Preparation Instructions: |
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Sinamak Recipe
Sinamak is a popular sawsawan (condiment) in the Visayas region. It is spiced with pepper, red chili, ginger garlic, onions.
Ingredients
- 3 ยฝ cups Cane vinegar best if you can have a Vinegar from Tuba or Palm Wine
- 1 cup fresh Siling Labuyo
- 3 tablespoons ginger sliced
- 3 tablespoons langkawas sliced
- 1 tablespoon Peppercorns
- 1 head garlic
- 1 long neck empty bottle cleaned
Instructions
- Clean and slice the Ginger and Langkawas
- Combine langkawas, ginger, garlic, whole peppercorns, and siling labuyo chili in a long neck bottle (any clean liquor bottle will do)
- Pour the vinegar in the bottle then tightly cover it.
- Lightly shake the bottle and store in room temperature for 2 days to allow the spices to blend with the vinegar, the longer you store it, the spicier it becomes.
- Serve as condiment with soy sauce or fish sauce for your grilled and fried dish.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Sinamak Recipe
Amount Per Serving (2 tbsp)
Calories 20
Calories from Fat 540
% Daily Value*
Fat 60g92%
Sodium 135mg6%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 1500IU30%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Some Filipino dishes are more appetizing when paired with Sinamak, here are some them;
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Chicharon Bulaklak
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Inihaw na baboy
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Pork Chicharon
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Shrimp Kropek
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Beef Tapa
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Inihaw na Bangus
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Chicken Inasal
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Bagnet
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Inihaw na Liempo
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Fried Bangus
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Crispy Fried Isaw
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Lumpiang togue
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Inihaw na Pusit
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Lumpiang Bangus
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Daing na bangus
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Lumpia Shanghai
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Vigan Empanada
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Raipolz says
Im always fond of making sinamak for personal consumption. The only challenged I encountered was completing the ingredients since "langkawas" is very hard to find even on the local market.
betsy says
What is grilled or fried fish without sinamak? Every Negrense household has a bottle on the dining table. Thank you, Pare Ed, for sharing this recipe.
Eric Sanchez says
What is the ratio soy sauce to sinamak. Or pour it by taste?
Ed Joven says
depends on your taste buds some like it salty, just pour it and taste the saltiness.
Sara Trojaniello says
I want to try it, if I can find all the ingredients!
Sherry Compton says
Thanks. Great recipe and useful. Flavor like this really adds to a recipe.
Karl Marty Balingit says
Awesome thanks for the Sinamak recipe Ed! It's hard to find that here in the US ๐