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Milkfish

Chanos chanosAlso called Chanos chanos

Milkfish is a fish with tender flesh. Cooks braise, shallow-fry, or smoke it, and also serve it raw. It is sold fresh, frozen, canned, and dried.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Muscle
Family
Chanidae
Texture
Tender
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Milkfish, whole

Photo: Hugues Evano (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Ressources Biologique… · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use milkfish

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Braise
  • Raw
  • Shallow fry
  • Smoke

Cooking with it

Pressure cooking can soften the bones.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Tender

Shopping

Choosing and storing milkfish

Sold as
Canned, Dried, Fresh, Frozen

Nutrition

What 100 g of milkfish holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 75%Fat 25%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of milkfish, raw
Energy148 kcal · 619 kJ
Protein21 g
Fat6.7 g
of which saturated1.7 g
Carbohydrate0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium72 mg
Cholesterol52 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of milkfish, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium292 mg
Calcium51 mg
Iron0.32 mg
Magnesium30 mg
Zinc0.82 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)30 µg
Folate16 µg
Vitamin B123.4 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 173675), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where milkfish is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use milkfish. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list milkfish among their ingredients.

Origins

First cultivated
in Philippines

On the table

Dishes made with milkfish

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Otak-otak

    Indonesia

  • Pallumara Ikan Sunu

    Indonesia

  • Masam keueueng

    Indonesia

  • Pindang Serani

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include milkfish.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: milkfish in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
fish

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What milkfish is called

Names in 67 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Chanos chanos · Sabalote · Bangus · Pez de leche

  • French

    Chanos · Chanos Chanos · Poisson-lait

  • Italian

    Chanos chanos · Pesce latte · Chanidae

  • Portuguese

    Chanos chanos

  • German

    Milchfisch · Chanos chanos · Milchfische · Chanidae

  • Dutch

    Bandeng · Chanos chanos · Chanos aldrovandi · Chanos orientalis

  • Turkish

    Süt balığı

  • Russian

    Ханос · Chanos chanos · Молочная рыба · Хановые

  • Polish

    Chanos · Chanos chloropterus · Chanos chanos · Chanos gardineri

  • Arabic

    سلماني · سمك السلماني · أسماك السلماني · دجاجة الجبة

  • Persian

    خامه‌ماهی · خامهٔ ماهی · خامه ماهیان · خامه ماهی

  • Hebrew

    אכנס כסוף · דג חלב

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  • Achinese

    Geumulôh

  • Afrikaans

    Melkvis · Chanos chanos

  • Albanian

    Chanos chanos

  • Aragonese

    Chanos

  • Asturian

    Chanos chanos

  • Balinese

    Ulam susu

  • Bangla

    চেনোচ

  • Basque

    Esne arrain

  • Bikol

    Bangus

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Chanos chanos

  • Bulgarian

    млечна риба · ханос

  • Catalan

    Chanos chanos

  • Cebuano

    Awa

  • Chinese

    遮目鱼 · 狀元魚 · 虱目魚科 · 遮目魚

  • Czech

    chanos stříbřitý · Chanos chanos

  • Egyptian Arabic

    اسماك السلمانى

  • Esperanto

    Chanos chanos

  • Estonian

    piimkala · Chanos chanos

  • Extremaduran

    Chanos chanos

  • Fijian

    Yawa · Chanos chanos

  • Filipino

    Bangus · Chanos chanos · Lulukso · Milkfish

  • Finnish

    maitokala · Chanos chanos · Chanos aldrovandi · Chanos orientalis

  • Galician

    Chanos chanos

  • Goan Konkani

    Gholshi

  • Ido

    Chanos chanos

  • Iloko

    Bangus

  • Indonesian

    Ikan bandeng · Ikan bolu · bandeng

  • Interlingua

    Chanos chanos

  • Interlingue

    Chanos chanos

  • Irish

    iasc bleachta

  • Japanese

    サバヒー · 虱目魚

  • Javanese

    Iwak bandeng

  • Korean

    젖빛고기

  • Latin

    Chanos chanos

  • Lithuanian

    Pienžuvinės · Pienžuvė · Chanidae

  • Macedonian

    Млечна риба

  • Madurese

    Bhândheng

  • Malagasy

    Rononomandry

  • Malay

    Ikan susu

  • Malayalam

    പൂമീൻ

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Sat-ba̍k-hî · Sat-ba̍k-á · môa-sat-bàk

  • Nauru

    Ibiya

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Melkefisk · Chanidae · Chanos · Melkefisken

  • Occitan

    Chanos chanos

  • Pampanga

    Bangus

  • Pangasinan

    Milkfish

  • Romanian

    Chanos chanos

  • Simplified Chinese

    遮目鱼

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    遮目鱼

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    虱目鱼

  • Sundanese

    Bandeng

  • Swahili

    Fupefupe

  • Swedish

    Mjölkfisk

  • Tamil

    பால்மீன் · பாலமீன் · துள்ளுகெண்டை

  • Thai

    ปลานวลจันทร์ทะเล · ปลาทูน้ำจืด · ชะลิน · Chanos chanos

  • Traditional Chinese

    虱目魚

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    虱目魚

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    虱目魚 · 海草魚 · 遮目魚 · 安平魚

  • Ukrainian

    Молочна риба · Chanos chanos · Chanidae

  • Vietnamese

    Cá măng sữa · Chanos chanos · Chanidae · Cá măng biển

  • Volapük

    Chanos chanos

  • Waray

    Bangus

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q465261