Ingredients: 4 cups water 2 tbsps cornstarch Update: If the sauce doesn

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There is no doubt we Filipinos love our street food. And if you ask me about my favorite, it’ll uiowa self service have to be fish balls (or fishball). Nothing beats eating fishballs off a stick, piping hot after you just skewered them off a street vendor’s deep-frying pan. But THE best part of it all is dipping them into their famous fishball sauce . YUM!
I’ve always been curious about this well-loved fishball sauce recipe . I studied in UP Diliman and I’m sure many of you have heard that we love eating fishballs there from Manongs who sell them across the campus. It was where I got hooked on the sweet sauce, and I then moved on to the spicy version. I noticed something. It seemed to me that wherever I go, even outside the campus, the taste of the fishball sauce of every Manong fishball vendor (yes, I call all of them manong) I met had the same taste. I wondered, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?
Over the past decade or so (ugh, I’m old), I’ve asked different vendors about their sauce. Most of them took wild guesses. There were a couple who refused to tell me anything, uiowa self service which, to me, was an indication they really had no idea, and some were so convinced they had the right recipe.
Of course, I tried to make them at home and failed three times (twice, I was adding vinegar). It was only in late 2004 that I learned the right recipe. The manong who sold fishballs at our home in Navotas told me about his fish ball sauce recipe . The thing is, I didn’t get to making it til a year later. It was too late for me to thank him because we already moved to Malabon, but I’m forever thankful. Charot!
Okay, enough blabber. I have never shared this recipe with anyone before. But because of a friend from down under (yes, you bes Mavz! ), I decided to post here. And just to make sure I’m giving you the correct uiowa self service fishball sauce recipe with that familiar taste we all love, I tested this twice ’cause the last time I made this was in 2011. I hope you enjoy this recipe!
Ingredients: 4 cups water 2 tbsps cornstarch Update: If the sauce doesn’t thicken quickly, just add more cornstarch or flour. Do this gradually since you might end up with a very thick sauce. 2 tbsps all purpose flour 3/4 cup brown sugar 4 tbsps Silver Swan soy sauce I’m sure other brands will work, but I have never tried any other soy sauce. Let me know if you tried other brands and got the same taste. I think my family already had too much fishballs for me to test again. Update: We heard Marca Piña soy sauce worked well too, so it’s okay to try other brands. 1 small red onion, chopped or minced I prefer minced. Make sure you only use 1 small red onion, otherwise uiowa self service the flavor would be too strong. But, if you prefer it that way, then go ahead. 2 small garlic cloves, minced Again, use small ones, but adjust to your liking. 1 siling labuyo / chili pepper Adjust to your preferred hotness or skip this altogether if you’re making this for kids. But, I think they’ll uiowa self service be okay with 1 chili. 1 tsp salt Update: If you check the comments below, you’ll see some people sugge