Indonesian
Tongkol Balado (Skipjack Tuna in Chili)
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Tongkol Balado (Skipjack Tuna in Chili) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Poach the tuna steaks in a pot of salted water until just cooked through, about 8 minutes, then drain, cool, and flake into large chunks.
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Blend the red chilies, shallots, and tomato into a coarse paste.
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Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the paste over medium heat, stirring often, until fragrant and darkened, about 5 minutes.
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Add the flaked tuna and toss gently to coat, cooking 3 minutes more.
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Stir in the lime juice and salt.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tongkol Balado (Skipjack Tuna in Chili), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tongkol Balado (Skipjack Tuna in Chili) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 44 g
- Carbs
- 2 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 210 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Tongkol Balado (Skipjack Tuna in Chili) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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