10 Delicious and Simple Pepes Fish Recipes, Using Spicy Spices

Kapanlagi.com - How to make pepes ikan (fish) turns out to be quite easy and practical. Moreover, the processed pepes fish combined with delicious and addictive spices. Pepes fish recipe can be made with various types of freshwater or saltwater fish.

Pepes is one type of food that is cooked by steaming or grilling. Through the grilling and steaming process, it becomes the characteristic of pepes. Various ingredients can be made into pepes such as tofu, tempeh, vegetables, meat, and even fish.

In addition, the strong and aromatic spices in pepes make this dish so delicious to eat. That's why in pepes fish, the fishy smell can be masked by the flavorful spices.

Pepes fish can be made using various types of fish such as tilapia, mackerel, tuna, or catfish. If you are interested in making it, a number of delicious pepes fish recipes below can be your reference.

 As for delicious and simple pepes fish recipes, you can choose them as a tasty and appetizing dish.

1. Recipe for Pepes Mackerel

Fish pepes recipe (credit: Instagram.com/luis_widarto/)

As mentioned earlier, pepes fish can be made with fish from the sea or freshwater. One of them is mackerel that can be processed into pepes. Here is a recipe for mackerel pepes that you can try at home.

The ingredients:

- 500 grams of mackerel fish.

- 2 handfuls of basil leaves.

- 5 green tomatoes, cut into pieces according to taste.

- 3 pieces of torn kaffir lime leaves.

- Sugar and salt to taste.

- Banana leaves and toothpicks.

The ground spices:

- 8 shallots.

- 5 cloves of garlic.

- 1 teaspoon coriander.

- 2 slices of galangal.

- A piece of turmeric.

- 4 candlenuts.

- A piece of ginger.

- 15 bird's eye chilies, according to taste.

- 4 red chilies.

- 1 red tomato.

How to make it:

- First, prepare the cleaned fish and coat it with the ground spices. Let it sit for 30 minutes to allow the spices to infuse.

- Then, add the tomato pieces, basil leaves, and torn kaffir lime leaves and mix well.

- Prepare the banana leaves and take 1 mackerel fish and add the spices.

- Wrap it in banana leaves and secure it with toothpicks.

- Repeat until all ingredients are used, then steam for 30 minutes or until cooked.

- Remove from heat and the pepes fish is ready to be served.

2. Recipe for Pepes Ikan Nila

Fish pepes recipe (credit: Instagram.com/@nadisyalicious)

In addition to saltwater fish, you can use freshwater fish such as tilapia to make pepes. The recipe for pepes ikan nila can be found in the review below.

The ingredients:

- 5 medium-sized tilapia.

- 5 red bird's eye chili peppers, sliced.

- 5 bay leaves.

- 3 kaffir lime leaves.

- 2 stalks of lemongrass, chopped.

- Salt and sugar to taste.

- 1 bunch of basil leaves.

- 2 small tomatoes, cut into 4 pieces.

- 10 thinly sliced starfruit.

- 5 banana leaves for wrapping.

- Lime.

- Toothpicks.

Ground spices:

- 10 cloves of garlic.

- 12 shallots.

- 12 roasted candlenuts.

- 3 cm roasted turmeric.

- 3 cm galangal.

- 3 cm ginger.

How to make it:

- First, clean the fish and add lime juice, then let it sit for 30 minutes. Then, clean it again.

- Grind all the spices, then mix them with basil leaves, kaffir lime leaves, bay leaves, sliced tomatoes, sliced bird's eye chili peppers, lemongrass, and starfruit in the ground spices, stir until well combined.

- Then, prepare the banana leaves, coat the tilapia with all the spices.

- Wrap the tilapia with banana leaves and secure it with toothpicks.

- Steam the pepes for 60 minutes until cooked and the spices are absorbed.

- Remove from heat and the fish pepes is ready to be served.

3. Wet Anchovy Pepes Recipe

Recipe for pepes gambang made (credit: Instagram.com/menureseprumahan/)

You can also use wet anchovies as the main ingredient for making fish pepes. Here is the recipe for wet anchovy pepes that you can follow through the review below.

The ingredients:

- 250 grams of wet anchovies.

- 1 lime, squeeze the juice.

- 1 bunch of basil, pluck the leaves.

- 1 tomato, sliced.

- 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

- 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.

- Banana leaves as needed.

- Toothpicks as needed.

The ground spices:

- 2 cloves of garlic.

- 6 shallots.

- 10 red chilies.

- 3 candlenuts.

- 3 cm of turmeric.

- 2 cm of ginger.

- 2 cm of galangal.

How to make:

- First, separate the wet anchovies from their heads, then clean the dirt. Rinse thoroughly and marinate with lime juice. Let it sit for a while.

- Then mix the anchovies with the ground spices, basil leaves, tomato, salt, and sugar, mix well.

- After that, prepare the banana leaves, fill them with seasoned anchovies.

- Then wrap them with banana leaves, secure with toothpicks on both ends.

- Grill the fish pepes until the leaves start to wilt and become fragrant.

- Remove from heat and the fish pepes are ready to be served.

4. Recipe for Pepes Ikan Dencis

How to make pepes ikan dencis (credit: Instagram.com/lusiani868/)

Ikan dencis is also suitable to be made into a spicy pepes dish. The recipe for pepes dencis can be found in the following review.

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of small-sized ikan dencis.

- 200 grams of grated coconut.

- 1 bunch of kemangi leaves (can be skipped if not available).

- 50 grams of bird's eye chili.

- 1 tomato.

- 1 lime.

- Sugar, salt, and powdered broth to taste.

- Banana leaves as needed.

- Toothpicks as needed.

The ground spices:

- 50 grams of red chili.

- 6 cloves of shallots.

- 5 cloves of garlic.

- 1 turmeric.

- 1 ginger.

- 1 galangal.

- 4 candlenuts.

How to make it:

- First, clean the fish and add lime juice and salt, let it sit for 10 minutes.

- Then, mix the ground spices with chopped tomatoes, bird's eye chili, grated coconut, sugar, salt, and powdered broth, mix well. Add the fish and mix again.

- After that, briefly grill the banana leaves to make them wilted, then take 3 marinated fish and wrap them with banana leaves, secure the ends with toothpicks.

- Then, grill the fish until the leaves change color and start to smell aromatic.

- Remove from heat and the pepes fish is ready to be served.

5. Recipe for Pepes Ikan Peda Merah

Recipe for pepes with ikan peda (credit: Instagram.com/@resepmakanandankue3)

Here is a recipe for red peda fish pepes that you can try at home. The way to process it is the same as the previous recipe, either by grilling or steaming. Just take a look at the review of the recipe for red peda fish pepes.

The ingredients:

- 2 red peda salted fish.

- 2 green tomatoes, roughly chopped.

- enough whole bird's eye chili peppers.

- 1 board of stink beans.

- enough basil leaves.

- 1 stalk of scallion, roughly chopped.

- enough granulated sugar, salt, and powdered broth.

- 1 lime.

- enough banana leaves.

- oil.

The ground spices:

- 1 turmeric.

- 1/2 ginger.

- 4 cloves of garlic.

- 6 shallots.

- 2 roasted candlenuts.

- 6 curly red chili peppers.

The way to make it:

- First, wash the peda fish and rub it with lime juice. Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then rinse it again until clean, drain.

- After that, sauté the ground spices with a little oil, add sugar, salt, and powdered broth, mix well.

- Then add bird's eye chili peppers, stink beans, and scallions, mix well.

- After the spices are cooked, add the red peda fish and mix well. Set aside.

- Prepare 2 sheets of banana leaves, add bay leaves, lime leaves, lemongrass, galangal, tomatoes, basil, and 1 red peda fish along with the spices.

- Then add slices of tomatoes and basil, wrap tightly and secure with toothpicks.

- Steam for 20-30 minutes.

- Then grill briefly, remove from heat and serve.

6. Recipe for Pepes Ikan Patin

Simple pepes recipe (credit: Instagram.com/@seneng_masak_di_dapur)

For those of you who are fans of patin fish dishes, it is good to try this recipe for pepes ikan patin. Because besides having a delicious taste, pepes ikan patin is quite easy to make at home. Just take a look at the review of the recipe for pepes ikan patin.

The ingredients:

- 300 grams of patin fish.

- 2 tomatoes, cut into pieces.

- 3 green chilies, diagonally sliced.

- 6 curly chilies.

- Enough banana leaves.

- 1/2 lime.

The ground spices:

- 3 large red chilies, remove the seeds.

- 2 candlenuts.

- 3 cloves of shallot.

- 3 cloves of garlic.

- 1/2 tsp of pepper and coriander powder.

- 1 tsp of salt, sugar, and brown sugar.

- 2 cm of turmeric.

- 1 slice of ginger and galangal.

How to make it:

- First, clean the fish and cut it into 3 parts. Add lime juice.

- Then heat the pan first to steam it.

- Then grind the spices and rub them on the patin fish, let it sit for 10 minutes.

- Wrap the fish with banana leaves and add tomatoes, sliced green chilies, and bird's eye chilies.

- Steam for 30 minutes until cooked and the banana leaves start to change.

- Remove from heat and serve.

7. Tuna Pepes Recipe

How to make pepes with mackerel (credit: Instagram.com/elpida_kitchen/)

Tuna is one of the easily found fish in the market. This fish can be processed into various recipes including pepes. The recipe for pepes ikan pepes can be found in the review below.

The ingredients:

- 2 tuna fish, squeeze with lime juice, let it sit for 15 minutes, then rinse thoroughly and make incisions.

- 4 bay leaves.

- 4 kaffir lime leaves.

- 2 slices of galangal, thinly sliced.

- 1 red tomato, cut into pieces.

- 2 green tomatoes, cut into pieces.

- 6 whole bird's eye chilies.

- 1 stalk of lemongrass, thinly sliced.

- 1 sprig of torch ginger flower, thinly sliced.

- 1 stalk of spring onion, sliced.

The ground spices:

- 6 shallots.

- 4 cloves of garlic.

- 4 candlenuts.

- 1 turmeric.

- 1 ginger.

- 1 tsp coriander.

- 4 large red chilies.

- 1/2 tsp salt.

The instructions:

- First, grind the spices with the slices of torch ginger flower, spring onion, and lemongrass.

- Then, coat the fish with the ground spices.

- Prepare banana leaves, place the fish that has been coated with spices in the banana leaves.

- Add galangal, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, red tomato, green tomato, whole bird's eye chilies, then wrap it. Secure with toothpicks on both ends.

- Steam the pepes ikan for 60 minutes in a rice cooker (fill the rice cooker with water about ¾ full) and let it sit for 60 minutes in the rice cooker to cook and let the spices absorb.

- Remove from heat and serve.

8. Salmon Pepes Recipe

Recipe for pepes with salmon (credit: Instagram.com/rosemary_kitchen_id/)

Who would have thought that salmon, which is so delicious and nutritious, can also be made into pepes ikan. The recipe for salmon pepes can be found in the following review.

The ingredients:

- 400 grams of salmon fillet, cut as desired.

- 2 eggs, beaten.

- 10 pieces of kaffir lime leaves.

- 4 pieces of bay leaves.

- Salt, pepper, sugar, and broth powder to taste.

- Banana leaves and toothpicks as needed.

The ground spices:

- 5 shallots.

- 3 cloves of garlic.

- 2 cm ginger.

- 1 cm turmeric.

How to make it:

- First, sauté the ground spices, add kaffir lime leaves and bay leaves until fragrant.

- Then, add the sautéed mixture to the salmon pieces.

- Next, add the beaten eggs, and season with salt, sugar, and broth powder until well mixed.

- Prepare the banana leaves, fill them with salmon.

- Add the beaten eggs, wrap and secure with toothpicks.

- Steam for 30 minutes.

- Remove from heat and serve.

9. Recipe for Pepes Catfish

How to make pepes (credit: Instagram.com/@food.captures)

Among the types of freshwater fish that are most easily found is catfish. Catfish can also be made using the pepes method as in the recipe below. Just take a look at the following review of the recipe for pepes catfish.

The ingredients:

- 1/2 kg catfish, cleaned.

- 1 stalk lemongrass, sliced the white part.

- 2 bay leaves.

- 2 kaffir lime leaves.

- 1 tbsp tamarind water.

- 3 kaffir limes.

- Sufficient amount of water.

- Salt and sugar to taste.

- Sufficient amount of banana leaves.

The ground spices:

- 7 curly red chili peppers.

- 5 bird's eye chili peppers.

- 1 segment of galangal.

- 1 segment of ginger.

- 1 segment of turmeric.

- 4 shallots.

- 3 garlic cloves.

- 3 roasted candlenuts.

The preparation method:

- First, clean the catfish, then marinate it with lime juice and salt. Let it sit for 15 minutes or more.

- After that, grind the spices, apply them to the catfish. Add other ingredients such as lemongrass, tamarind water, kaffir lime leaves, bay leaves, mix well and let it sit for 15 minutes.

- Then, prepare the banana leaves, place the catfish on top of the banana leaves.

- Coat it with the remaining spices, wrap it with banana leaves and secure it with toothpicks at the ends.

- Steam for approximately 15 minutes, then remove from heat.

- After that, grill the pepes catfish until cooked.

- Remove from heat and serve.

10. Banyuwangi Special Fish Pepes Recipe

Banyuwangi typical fish pepes recipe (credit: Instagram.com/@ulfamarotin)

Here is a recipe for Banyuwangi's special fish pepes that you can try at home. The way to make it is very easy and simple, as follows.

The ingredients:

- 6 mackerel.

- 12 red bird's eye chilies.

- 8 large red chilies.

- 2 shallots.

- 1 tbsp tamarind.

- 1 tomato.

- Brown sugar, salt, and granulated sugar as needed.

- Banana leaves as needed.

The way to make it:

- First, clean the fish and remove the gills, set aside.

- Grind the red bird's eye chilies, large red chilies, shallots, tamarind, and tomato. Then add brown sugar, salt, and granulated sugar.

- Mix the ground spices and spread them evenly on the fish.

- Wrap the seasoned fish with banana leaves, secure the ends with toothpicks.

- Grill the fish pepes over low heat until the leaves change color and a fragrant aroma starts to emerge.

- Flip it over until both sides are cooked for about 1 hour.

- Then, remove from heat and serve.

So, those are 10 delicious and simple fish pepes recipes with flavorful spices. The above recipe can be a reference for you to cook fish using the pepes method.

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