Photo by Victor Consaga

Fish in a spicy lemon sauce

Ingredients

  • 1-2 pounds fresh yellow-fin tuna
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 8-10 lemons (squeezed for juice)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 or 4 red peppers, crushed

Cut tuna into small, thin pieces and place in a large bowl. Add onions, salt and peppers.
Mix well. Add lemon and continue to mix. Place in refrigerator to chill or eat as is.

By Lourdes C. Scroggs and Belle H. Gumataotao

Editor’s note: This recipe is from Lepblon Fina’tinas Para Guam: Guam Cookbook, 1985. Reprinted with permission from Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Y Inetnon Famalao’an* (Women’s Association).

* Y Inetnon Famalao’an was a women’s organization composed of cabinet wives and women executives in the government of Guam.