Although I am yet to post the recipe here, a good amount of the traffic that leads to Kawaling Pinoy are from web searches for “ginataang hipon”. Since I hate to disappoint and I did have a pound left after cooking my mom’s shrimps with oyster sauce, I decided to cook ginataang hipon for dinner tonight and share with you my take on this seafood dish done with coconut milk. Filipino grub at its best.
Ginataang Hipon
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Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 small onion, peeled and sliced
- 1 to 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 can (14 oz) coconut milk
- 1 chili pepper
- 1 pound large shrimps, tendrils trimmed
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and cook, stirring regularly, until fragrant. Add fish sauce and continue to cook, stirring regularly, for about 1 minute.
- Add coconut milk and bring to a simmer. Lower heat and continue to cook for about 10 to 15 minutes or until coconut milk is reduced to half and starts to oil.
- Add chili peppers. Add shrimps and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimps change color and are cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.
My dad makes this and I was looking for an easy recipe for this dish. I just made it and it was delicious! I will definitely make it again, thank you for posting!
I am glad you enjoyed this ginataang hipon, it’s one of my favorite comfort foods as well 🙂
Hi. i searched for shrimp recipes last night and i saw yours. I cooked it for our dinner and it was perfect. Grabe sarap…i didn’t have fresh chills on hand so what i did while simmering the coconut cream was add about a 2 tablespoons of sciracha and about 1 tsp of dried chili flakes….thank you lalaine, i will definitely try your other recipes….
Hello Liza
Pinasaya mo naman ako. Salamat 🙂
Pero I can’t take full credit as you made the recipe your own with the modifications you did. Try ko rin nga ang shiracha, sounds delicious.
My Philippina friend from work cooked blue crabs for us just like this! It was so so simple and perfectly delicious. I’m very happy to have the recipe so I can try it myself at home now. Thanks for sharing it. =)
Hi Nichole
Yes, crabs would be a good substitute for the shrimp in this recipe. You might just have to add a little bit more coconut milk as crabs take longer to cook.
Thanks.