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Bread Cordon Bleu

Hilda — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:36:13 +0000

Submitted by Nez Rodriguez.

Ingredients:

* Some slices of bread (depending on how many you want to serve)in this case 5 slices
*1 beaten egg
*supermarket bread crumbs
*1 pc processed ham,sliced into strips not longer than bread length
*Sliced strips of cheese not longer than bread length
*Cooking oil for deep frying

Procedure:

Press each slice of bread onto palm till flattened.Place a strip of ham & cheese in the bread.Roll bread with the strips inside.Soak in egg.Roll in bread crumbs.Fry in pre-heated oil.Watch closely as it cooks fast,remove bread when golden brown.Let it cool for 5 mins & enjoy.

Empanada

Hilda — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:55:41 +0000

One of the special delicacies I love to eat when I visit Ilocos is empanada. It is a popular bread dish in most Latin countries like Spain and Portugal but the Filipino version is something very close to our taste. You can do it in pork, chicken and even in beef. It is a good way to make use of your leftover meat.

Ingredients:

for the Empanada dough

3 cups of flour

1 teaspoon of salt

half a cup of water

1 egg

1 egg white

1 teaspon of vinegar

3 tablespoons of shortening

Preparation:

Start by preparing your empanada dough. In a bowl beat water, egg, egg white and vinegar together. Set this aside. In another bowl, mix together the flour and the salt. Put the shortening into the flour mix using a pastry blender to be sure they are evenly mix. Put a well in the middle and pour the liquid ingredients from the first bowl into the center. Mix them altogether until it becomes stiff and they don’t stick to your fingers anymore. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead it just until all the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, but never more than 24 hours.

Empanada Filling

half a medium size onion chopped

1 garlic clove minced

half a teaspoon of cumin powder

half a teaspoon of dried oregano

half a kilo of ground beef (you can also eat cooked chicken meat shredded or cooked pork meat chopped)

one small can of tomato sauce

one tablespoon of dried raisins

1 tablespoon of pimiento chopped

some cooking oil

salt and pepper

Cooking the Empanada filling:

In a casserole warm up your oil. Sauté the garlic and onion. Add your meat, put the spices, salt, pepper, cumin and oregano. Add your tomato sauce , riasins and pimiento. Let it simmer.

Making the Empanada:

Once the empanada dough is ready, flatten them and make circles using any rounded tool you have at home. Put your desired filling in the middle. Close it and crimp the sides using a fork. Fry them on deep casserole with hot oil for three to four minutes or until they are golden brown.

Roast Pork

Hilda — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:55:12 +0000

Roast Pork

Ingredients:

about a kilo of Pork for roasting

fresh frigs of rosemary leaves
zest of 1 lemon

juice of 1 lemon
3 tablespoons of honey
2 tablespoons of soy sauce

2 tablespoons of vinegar
some salt and pepper
some olive oil

second part:
half a stick of butter
a quarter of glass of water
1 teaspoon of flour
some olive oil

Procedure:

In a bowl mix all the ingredients: lemon zest, lemon juice, salt,pepper,rosemary leaves, soy sauce,honey,vinegar and olive oil. Mix them well. Rub this marinade on your pork and let it stand on this for about thirty minutes. Preheat the oven at 180 ° celsius. The best way to cook pork is to roast it slowly on temperature that is not too strong. Heat a pan and put half of the butter on it and brown a little all sides of your pork (about 2 to 3 minutes at a high temperature). In your preheated oven roast your pork slowly for about thirty minutes. Putting some marinade and water from time to time to avoid drying up the meat. After the cooking time let the pork put it out of the oven and let it stand for about ten minutes before slicing them. During those time prepare the sauce; get all the juice and marinade in the pan, add some water witht the flour dissolved on it. Warm it up on the stove and stir it. As soon as it starts to thicken add the remaining butter. Pour this over your sliced pork.

Siomai

Hilda — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:49:10 +0000

Chinese influence in Filipino cooking is evident considerign the popularity of noodle dishes, dimsums and dumplings. Siomai is one of these dishes all filipino love. In siomai recipes we normally used half pork meat and half shrimp for filling. But don’t you know doing it in beef is also delicious?

Beef Siomai

Ingredients:

half a kilo of ground beef

half a kilo of ground pork

* you can either use one kilo of beef if you prefer

1 onion minced

some spring onions chopped

a thumbsized ginger pounded

2 teaspoons of sesame oil

2 tablespoons of soy sauce

1 teasepoon of sugar

1 teaspoon of tabasco (optional)

siomai wrapper

Procedure:

Mix in a bowl all the ingredients except the siomai wrapper. Mix them well using your hands. Taste if it additional salt is needed. Wrap them in wonton wrapper. Steam and serve with soy sauce and kalamansi juice.

Sisig

Hilda — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:29:43 +0000

Sisig is actually a Kapampangan delicacy that’s popularity spread out all over Philippines. In Kapampangan the term sisig actually means to snack on something sour. Sisig is a popular “pulutan” or an accompaniment when people are drinking beers or wine. Here’s a recipe for this Kapampangan recipe my Kapampangan friend taught me,hope you like them.

Sisig

Ingredients:

pig’s head (you will be needing the cheek, nose and ears)

1 big onion peeled and halved

1 carrot peeled

some water

some cooking oil for frying

1 chopped onion

3 chopped green chilies

2 tablespoons of soy sauce

2 tablespoons of vinegar

kalamansi for decoration

some butter

salt, peppercorn

2 teaspoon of tabasco

some fresh chilis for decoration

Procedure:

There are three phase involve in cooking a sisig. The first one is boiling. Boil your pig’s cheek, ears and nose in a large casserole with water, some salt, peppercorn, onion and carrots. Cook them until they are tender. You can use a pressure cooker to speed up this task. The second phase is to grill them. Over your charcoal fire, grill your cooked pork’s part. Brown them on both sides. After this you need to chop them very thinly. The last phase needs a frying pan, put some cooking oil, sauté your onion and chopped green chilies with your cooked chopped pork. Add the soysauce, tabasco and vinegar. Before turning off the fire add your butter, decorate with sliced kalamansi and chilies.

Asado Recipe

Hilda — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:14:05 +0000

Asado is actually a spanish term cut meats which are cooked in open grill. In Philippines on the other hand, asado is an interesting dish with meat. We can use the left-over in making the fillings of the popular chinese buns “Siopao”.

Ingredients
a 1 kilo pork (cut in bite size pieces) you can choose the part with some fat and some meat to make the dish much juicy

1 onion, chopped

1head of garlic minced

3 large potatoes peeled and quartered

3 cups of vinegar
4 tbsp. cooking oil

some salt, pepper to taste

some bay leaf

2 tablespoons of soy sauce

some achute juice for coloring

3 large tomatoes cut into small pieces

2 cups of water

Procedure:

Put the pork in a saucepan and add vinegar, pepper and half of the pounded garlic. Later, add the salt, bay leaf and soy sauce. Allow it to boil for 2 minutes.Add 2 cups of water and let boil until pork is tender. Fry the potatoes until golden brown, then set aside. Saute garlic, onion, and tomatoes, then add pork mixture, potatoes and atchuete juice, to the mixture and cook until done. Serve hot.

Chicken Binakol

Hilda — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:32:44 +0000

Ingredients:

3 cloves of garlic pounded

1 thumbsized ginger pounded

1 onion chopped

4 stalks of lemongrass (tanglad) white part only

1 kilo of chicken cut in serving portions

1 cup of scraped coconut meat (buko)

2 cups of water

3 cups of coconut water (the liquid inside the coconut)

some fish sauce to taste (patis)

some cracked pepper corn

1 chicken cube

1 cup of leaves of siling labuyo (chili leaves)

some cooking oil

Procedure:

Start by sautéing the garlic, ginger and onion with some cooking oil. Add the chicken when the onion becomes transparent. Dissolve the chicken cube in the 2 cups of water then let it boil. Add some fish sauce, peppercorn to taste. Pour the 3 cups coconut water and let it simmer for another hour or until the chicken is soft and tender. Add the coconut meat and chili leaves then turn off the fire. You can serve this inside a coconut for a fancier presentation.

Chicken Kinasal of Judy Ann Santos

Hilda — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:10:34 +0000

In the television series entitled Ysabella where Judy Ann Santos played the lead character as a cook who inherited a recipe from her mother. The story of course revolved around this chicken recipe.

Chicken Kinasal of Judy Ann

Ingredients:

1 kilo of chicken cut in serving portions

1 spoon of tabon tabon fruit (hydrophytune orbiculatum) A fruit native in Northern Minadanao and Camiguin, this fruit is normally use in preparing Kilawin as this removes the pungent smell of the fish (langsa)

2 tablespoons of honey

1 tablespoon of bagoong balayan (fish pasta)

2 dayap or lime juice (you can replace this with lemon or kalamansi)

Procedure:

Mix all the ingredients and marinade for 24 hours. The next day steam the chicken for thirty minutes. Then in a frying pan fry the chicken until its golden brown.

Beef Salpicao of Claudine Barretto

Hilda — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:29:01 +0000

Beef Salpicao

1 kg tenderloin or sirloin, cut into cubes
2 tsp garlic, crushed
½ c Knorr Liquid Seasoning
1 pc green sili
½ c canola oil

Marinade:

2 tsp garlic, crushed
½ tsp ground black peper
½ c soy sauce
¼ c Knorr Liquid Seasoning
1 sachet Knorr Real Sarap

Procedure:

In a bowl, put the cubed tenderloin, Knorr Real Sarap, ½ c soy sauce, ¼ c Knorr Liquid Seasoning and chopped garlic. Sprinkle ½ tsp ground pepper.

Mix then leave for 15-20 minutes or until the sauce seeps in the beef.

Heat the pan in low fire. Put the oil in the pan.

When the oil is hot, put the garlic in the pan and then add the marinated beef (make sure sauce is squeezed out from beef). Cook beef until light brown then remove from pan.

Using the same pan, put the marinated sauce and green sili and let it simmer for 3-5 minutes.

Put the beef back in the pan and let it simmer for another 3-5 minutes.

Adobong Ilonggo of Claudine Barretto

Hilda — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:27:45 +0000

Claudine’s Adobong Ilonggo

Ingredients:

½ kg chicken
½ kg pork liempo
1 tsp garlic, crushed
2 slices ginger, crushed
1 pc onion, sliced
1 tsp whole peppercorn
1/3 c vinegar
2 tbsp Knorr Liquid Seasoning
½ c water
1 tsp achuete powder
1 sachet Knorr Real Sarap

Procedure:

In a small bowl combine all ingredients except chicken, pork and achuete. Add Knorr Real Sarap to season.

In a wok, place the pork and the chicken, taking care that the pork is closer to the bottom of the pan.

Pour in the rest of the ingredients. Bring to a boil and lower heat to a simmer until tender.

Dissolve achuete powder in 1 tbsp of water and mix into the meat.

Continue cooking until the oil comes out. Mix well. Serve.

Lechon with Apple Sauce

Hilda — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:10:35 +0000

Lechon is undoubtedly a Filipino favorite dish for any special occasion. This recipe is a good alternative for the traditional lechon that is quite expensive nowadays.

Oven Roasted Lechon with apples (Lechon con Manzanas)
1.5 kg of pork loin
half a lemon
Salt
fresh rosemary and sages
some olive oil

for garnishing and sauce
about 5 golden apples (washed, cored and sliced)
one tablespoon of butter

for the sauce:
half a cup of home-made apple compote, 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, 1 tablespoon of butter

Rub pork with lemon, salt, sage, rosemary and olive oil. Roll it and tie it. Place the pork in a baking dish and cook in a preheated oven at 220° celsius for 20 minutes then reduce the heat to 180° celsius and cook for 45 minutes or until pork is cooked. While roasting, in a pan, fry your sliced apples with some butter. Set this aside. In a sauce pan melt the butter and put the apple compote and put the balsamic vinegar.

Bulalong Batangas

Hilda — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:34:36 +0000

Batangas is definitely one of the places to visit not far from Manila. Not only they boasts of their beautiful beaches, snorkelling spots, grandiose churches and most specially their cuisine. One of my favorite and definitely a recipe to remember is the Bulalong Batangas. There are several version but this one is my bestfriend’s grandmother’s most kept secret.

Ingredients:

half a kilo of beef chunks

One kilo of bone marrow

half a kilo of beef bones

1 big cabbage quartered

4 pieces of potatos peeled and cut into two

2 onions

1 onion leeks, cut about 3 inches long

3 sweet corn

2 bunches of pechay

3 liters of water

some rock salt

peppercorn

Procedure:

Start by putting in big casserole the meat ingredients. Put some rock salt, pepper corn, onions and pour in the water. All the meat should be submerged in the water. Boil for two to three hours over medium fire or until the meat is tender. The secret, pour cold water and start the fire strong then lower at the first boil. Put the vegetables accordingly: corn, cabbage, potatoes, onion leeks. Best eaten with fish sauce (patis) and calamansi.

Enjoy!

Beef Sinigang

Hilda — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:17:35 +0000

Another delectable and easy soup dish to make perfect for Sunday lunches.

Ingredients:

1 kilo of beef (you can use mix of meaty and bone parts)

1 cup of ripe guava peeled and chopped

1 cup of kangkong leaves

1cup of sitaw (snake beans)

1 liter of water

1 onion sliced

2 tablespoons of cooking oil

salt

2 siling haba (chili fingers)

Procedure:

In a big casserole put your meat and water. Cover and let this boil for about an hour and a half or until your meat is tender. Add your chopped guava. You can also use the guava sinigang mix for this recipe. Cover and lower the fire. Let this simmer for another ten minutes. Then add your vegetables and continue simmering until the vegetables are done. Add some salt and your chili fingers. Turn off the fire.

Adobo Flakes Pandesal

Hilda — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:12:33 +0000

A great way to make use of your adobo left overs.

Ingredients:

Chicken or pork adobo left over

4 cups of bread flour

1/2 cup of water

1/4 cup of milk

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

5 tablespoons of softened butter

1 egg

1 sachet of dry yeast (about 2 teaspoons)

some breadcrumbs (optional)

Procedure:

We always have left over adobo. You can use them to make a new delicious snack recipe. Start by flaking the meat with your hand. Set them aside. For the bread recipe dissolve the yeast in the water. Add milk, sugar and melted butter. In a separate bowl put the flour and salt together. Make a well in a middle and pour the liquide. Work on the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic. You can powder your hands and your working table to help you in kneading the bread. Cut 24 portions of this dough and form a shape of pandesal. Put a hole in the middle of each pandesal and put about a teaspoon of your flaked meat. Seal it . Line them up with spacing over a parchment paper. Let them rise for about 2 hours. Before bakign them spray the top with water to ensure a crispy crust and powder it with breadcrumbs. Preheat the oven at 200° celsius and bake for about 20-25 minutes.

Corned Beef Pandesal

Hilda — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:09:23 +0000

A savory and delicious snack for everybody. You can also replace corned beef with adobo flakes.

Ingredients:

1 can of 12 Oz sized Corned beef

1 small onion sliced

2 tablespoons of cooking oil

4 cups of bread flour

1/2 cup of water

1/4 cup of milk

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

5 tablespoons of softened butter

1 egg

1 sachet of dry yeast (about 2 teaspoons)

some breadcrumbs (optional)

Procedure:

Start by warming up a pan with cooking oil. Sauté the onion and corned beef. Cook for about five minutes. Let this cool off before adding to your pandesal dough. For the bread recipe dissolve the yeast in the water. Add milk, sugar and melted butter. In a separate bowl put the flour and salt together. Make a well in a middle and pour the liquide. Work on the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic. You can powder your hands and your working table to help you in kneading the bread. Cut 24 portions of this dough and form a shape of pandesal. Put a hole in the middle of each pandesal and put about a teaspoon of corned beef inside. Seal it . Line them up with spacing over a parchment paper. Let them rise for about 2 hours. Before bakign them spray the top with water to ensure a crispy crust and powder it with breadcrumbs. Preheat the oven at 200° celsius and bake for about 20-25 minutes.

Pork Adobo

Hilda — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:49:47 +0000

Various ways and styles fofcooking this filipino dish exist. This is but one of them. This is a bit sweet and not a dry version.

Ingredients:

half a kilo of pork (cut in serving portion) liempo or butt part is the best

1 tablespoon of sugar

5 tablespoons of vinegar

5 tablespoons of soy sauce

1 clove of garlic pounded

pepper

some cooking oil

half a glass of water

Procedure:

Prepare the marinating ingredients:sugar, soysauce, vinegar, pepper and lots of pounded garlic. Let the cut pork marinate in this juice for a minimum of two hours. Put everything in a casserole and pour the glass of water. Let this simmer gently. Do not let the sauce dries up, once the juice has reduced into half and the meat are tender you can cut the fire. Remember adobos are always best eaten the next day!

Pork Adobo Ilocano style

Hilda — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:14:30 +0000

Another filipino all time favorite. Historians claim it’s a spanish inspired dish, whatever they say this is definitely my favorite dish!

Ingredients:

1 kilo of pork (cut in cubes) you can choose a mixture of fatty and meaty parts

2 bay leaves

6 cloves of garlic pounded (you can add more if you want)

1 teasepoon of salt

half a glass of vinegar (sukang paumbong)

some cooking oil

half a glass of water

Procedure:

In a salad bowl mix your marinating ingredients: vinegar, salt, pounded garlic and crushed bay leaves. Put the pork and let it marinate for about an hour. After marinating pour everything in your casserole and add your water. Cover and let this simmer for about thirty minutes over medium fire. Once the juice starts to thicken pour about two tablespoons of cooking oil. You will fry them for about ten minutes or until it becomes golden brown in color.

Beef Morcon

Hilda — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:31:35 +0000

Ingredients:

1 kilo of beef (tell your butcher if possible it’s for making morcon) slice it thinly about 1 cm in thickness and 25 cm width

1/4 kilo of beef liver minced

5 pieces of sausages

200 grams of pork fat

3 hard boiled eggs

3 cloves of garlic,

1 onion chopped

1 cup of tomato sauce

half a glass of water

some bay leaves

Procedure:

With an add of a rolling pin flatten your beef by hitting it gently. This procedure will help the meat to become tender easily. Once you have flatten it, add some salt and pepper. Put your pork fat, hard boiled eggs, sausages and minced liver over the flattened meat on one side. Roll it delicately from the side where the stuffs were placed. Be sure to firmly close them by tying them with a kitchen thread. Set it aside. In a casserole, put some oil then sauté your garlic and onion. Add your tied beef and pour your tomato sauce, bay leaves and water. Let it simmer slowly covered until the sauce disappear. It is always better to serve them the next day. You can start by frying your rolled beef meat with some oil to give a nice brown color then slice it once it has completely cooled off.

Pork Pochero

Hilda — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:17:17 +0000

Ingredients:

1 kilo of pork cut in serving pieces

1 can of tomato sauce

1 teaspoon of tomato paste

half a cup of cooked garbanzos (chick peas)

1 onion peeled and cut into two

1 cup of string beans

1 cup of cabbage

half a liter of water

salt and pepper to taste

pork bouillon cube

Procedure:

In a casserole, put the pork and add some oil. Let the pork melt down its fat for about a couple of minutes. Add the onion and continue stirring. Add the tomato paste and tomato sauce. Put some salt and pepper. Pour the water with dissolved pork bouillon on it. Cover and let this simmer gently over medium fire. Add your vegetables and chick peas during the last part of the cooking.

Nilagang Baka

Hilda — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:08:45 +0000

Ingredients:

1 kilo of beef (you can put a mixture of meat, some bones and fatty parts to have a more sumptous soup)

you can also replace the beef with pork

5 pieces of potatoes peeled and halfed

1 big onion peeled and cut into two

1 ginger peeled

one cup of string beans (bitsuwelas)

1 cup of cabbage

you can also use some bokchoy or petsay

1 liter of water

1 beef bouillon cube

salt

black pepper

banana saba 3 pieces cut into two

Procedure:

This is a very simple and yet delicious soup dish perfect for sunday lunches. In a big casserole or crock pot start by putting the meat, onion, ginger and water. Boil for about an hour or more until the meat becomes tender. Add your bouillon cube, some salt and pepper to taste. Put only the vegetables during the last part of cooking, about ten minutes before turning off the stove. The vegetables will remain crispy and sweet.

Sarsa ng lechon

Hilda — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:16:33 +0000

Ingredients:

half a kilo of chicken liver pounded

one onion sliced

3 cloves of garlic pounded

3 tablespoons of soy sauce

3 tablespoons of sugar

1/4 cup of vinegar

some cooking oil

2 cups of pork broth

3 tablespoons of cornstarch

Procedure:

In a casserole start by warming up the oil. Put the garlic and onion. Sauté them until they become translucide. Add your pounded chicken liver and continue mixing. Put some salt and pepper . Pour your pork broth and let it simmer gently for about thirty minutes. Add the soy sauce and sugar. Continue mixing. Pour the vinegar and taste if it needs more sugar or salt. Then get a laddle of this broth and dissolve the cornstarch before adding it up in your sauce or sarsa. Mix well to avoid having lumpy part. Taste and turn off the fire. It the sauce is too runny add more cornstarch but be sure to dissolve it first on some liquid before adding. The sauce will thicken more if it stays longer on the stove. You can also replace the pork broth with chicken broth; This sauce is an all around sauce you can use for lechon, fried pork or chicken or even fried fishes.

Lechon Kawali

Hilda — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:08:26 +0000

Ingredients:

1 to 2 kilos of pork (you can choose the shoulder or the leg part)

2 tablespoons of rock salt

1 bottle of soda drink (7-up or Sprite)

1 big onion peeled

1 ginger pounded

2 liters of water

some cooking oil for frying

Procedure:

Start by cleaning the pork. Do not cut them. It is preferable you choose pork without bones and with some fat on it. Put the cleaned pork on a deep casserole (like crock pot or pressure cooker), put the rock salt, ginger, onion and pour the soda drink and the water. Cover this and let this cook for at least two hours (for normal casserole and an hour for pressure cooker) at a medium fire. Cook until the pork becomes tender. You can keep the broth for further cooking like; pancit or mami noodle soup. Drain well the pork. It is highly recommended to cook them the next fry them the next day. In a frying pan, pour your cooking oil, as on as the oil is very hot put the pork cover it. Let it cook for about ten minutes each side or until it is golden brown. You can serve this with a spicy vinegar or lechon sarsa.

Chicken Kare-kare

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:39:31 +0000

This recipe is faster than the traditional Kare-kare dish but will give you the same savour.

Ingredients:

1 kilo of chicken cut in serving portions

half a cup of peanut butter

1/4 cup of grinded toasted rice

1 onion sliced

some cooking oil

1 cup of sitaw (string beans)

one bundle of petchay (bokchoy)

3 pieces of egg plant cut lenghtwise

some orange food coloring

Procedure:

In a pan, put some cooking oil. Fry all the vegetables to give them a greener and brighter look. Take them off and set them aside. Add some more oil and sauté some onions with the chicken. Salt and pepper to taste. Pour one cup of water and let it simmer for about thirty minutes. After the first boil, get some hot liquid from the casserole and mix this with the peanut butter and grinded toasted rice. You will need to mix them well until it becomes smooth and homogenous. Pour this mixture in the pot. Add the vegetables and let it simmer for another ten minutes. Add your food coloring. Serve with sautéed bagoong on the side.

Kare-kare

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:30:05 +0000

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo of beef (round or sirloin ) cut into cubes

1/2 kilo of oxtail 2 to 3 inches long

you can also add up some beef tripes if you wish

1/2 cup of peanut butter

1/4 cup of grinded toasted rice

2 big onions quartered

2 tablespoon of atsuete dissolved in hot water (you can replace this with orange food coloring)

2 liters of water

some salt and pepper

for the vegetables:

one cup of cut sitaw (string beans)

3 bunches of petsay leaves (bokchoy)

3 egg plants cut

1 young banana bud cut

Procedure:

In a crock pot or pressure cooker, put all the meat , salt, pepper, onion and fill this with water. Cover and let it boil and simmer for about an hour and a half or until the meat are tender and cook. In a separate pan, put some cooking oil and fry lightly all the vegetables to give it a crispy and bright color. You don’t need to cook the vegetables. You just need to fry them for about five minutes each. Put all these vegetables ona larger pot and pour the meat stock you have. Cover and let it simmer for about ten minutes. In a separate bowl dissolve the peanut butter, grinded toasted rice with half a cup of stock from the pot. Mix them well until there is no more part that is lumpy. Pour this on the pot boiling with the vegetables. Add your dissolved coloring. Top this with the cooked meat and turn off the fire. Serve this dish with some sautéed bagoong (shrimp paste).

Pork Afritada

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:58:49 +0000

3/4 kilo of pork cut in serving portions

1 can of tomato sauce

1 onion

3 cloves of garlic

1 carrot cut in cubes

4 potatoes peeled and quartered

1 red bell pepper

1 teaspoon of patis (fish sauce)

1 tablespoon of soy sauce

salt and pepper

some cooking oil

half a cup of water

4 hard boiled eggs for garnishing

Procedure:

Heat the pan with oil. Put your garlic and onion and start sautéeing them. Once they change color add your cut pork. Mix well cook for about five minutes or until surface have beautiful coloration. Put your carrots, potatoes and bell pepper. Continue mixing. Pour the soy sauce, fish sauce and tomato sauce. Pour your water. Cover and let it simmer for thirty minutes over medium fire. Salt and pepper to taste. Just before serving you can top it up with hard boiled eggs.

Chicken Afritada

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:30:10 +0000

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo of chicken cut in serving portions

1 can of tomato sauce

1 onion

3 cloves of garlic

1 carrot cut in cubes

4 potatoes peeled and quartered

1 red bell pepper

1 teaspoon of patis (fish sauce)

1 tablespoon of soy sauce

salt and pepper

some cooking oil

half a cup of water

Procedure:

Heat the pan with oil. Put your garlic and onion and start sautéeing them. Once they change color add your cut chicken. Mix well cook for about five minutes or until surface have beautiful coloration. Put your carrots, potatoes and bell pepper. Continue mixing. Pour the soy sauce, fish sauce and tomato sauce. Pour your water. Cover and let it simmer for thirty minutes over medium fire. Salt and pepper to taste.

Pork Embutido

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:43:12 +0000

Ingredients:

1 kilo of ground pork

5 pieces of pork sausages chopped

2 pieces of carrots chopped

2 pieces of onion chopped

3 tablespoons of raisins chopped

1 teasepoon of pickles chopped

4 hard boiled eggs

salt, pepper

3 eggs

3 tablespoons of flour

3 tablespoons of milk

Procedure:

If you have an electric blender it will help you facilitate the task of mincing finely your ingredients. With the help of your blender mince one by one all the ingredients. In a large bowl put your ground pork, then add all the minced ingredients: sausages, carrots, onions, raisins and pickles. Mix them well. Put the three eggs, the flour and the milk and incorporate all the ingredients together. Salt and pepper to taste. Ready your alluminumfoil. Divide the embutido mixture into four. Put the mixture on the edge of your alluminum foil, line on the top your quarted hard boiled egg then roll it. Roll them gently and seal the edges. You will have four big rolls of embutido. Ready your steamer and steam your embutido over medium fire for an hour. Cool them and keep them refrigerated. Slice them gently the next day and serve with spicy catsup.

Crispy Pata

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:28:22 +0000

Ingredients:

1 Pata (you could use front or hind leg of a pig including the knuckles)

1 can of lemon based soda drink (7Up or sprite)

1 tablespoon of salt

1 teaspoon of pepper

5 tablespoons of flour

1 cup of cooking oil

2 liters of water

Procedure:

Start by cleaning your pork leg. With the aid of a sharp knife remove the hair by scraping it off gently on the surface. Wash thoroughly. You can rub it with some rock salt to remove the unpleasant odor. Make some four cuts on the surface of the leg of about 3 to 4 inches wide. If you have a crock pot or pressure cooker this will help you to cook the pata (leg) much faster. If not any thick casserole covered will do. Put your water and some rock salt. Add your pork leg and let it boil. The leg should be completely submerged into the water. After the first boil add your soda drink on to your pot. This will help you cook them faster and with a bit sweet taste. Continue simmering until your leg is cook. It will normally take around 1 hour to 2 hours depending on the pot you are using. The best way is to check regularly its tenderness by picking a fork on it. Once the leg is cook, let it dry and drip off all the liquide for a minimum of 3 hours. It is preferable to fry them the next day. In a deep frying pan for your cooking oil and fry it until its golden brown on all sides. You can serve this with a sauce of vinegar chopped chili pepper .

Sweet and Sour Pork

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:13:11 +0000

Ingredients:

1 kilo of pork loin slice them bite size pieces

1 egg

half a cup of flour

some cooking oil for frying

3 cloves of garlic

1 onion

some ginger chopped (you can replace this with ginger powder)

1 red bell pepper cut in cubes

1 green bell pepper cut in cubes

1 can of pineapple chunks (drained) and reserve the juice

2 tablespoons of soy sauce

some salt,

1 tablespoon of catsup

1 teaspoon of sugar

1 tablespoon of vinegar

1 teaspoon of cornstarch

some water

Procedure:

Start by beating the egg, then put the flour in a plate. Heat your pan with cooking oil. Put your pork in the beaten egg, add salt and pepper. One by one dredge the pork in the flour and fry them. Cook each side for about three minutes or until its golden in color. Set aside your fried pork. In another clean casserole, pour some cooking oil and start sautéeing your ginger, garlic and onion. add your pork then mix them well. Toss in the peppers and the pineapple. Add all your seasonings: sugar, salt, pepper,catsup, vinegar and soysauce. Put some pineapple juice (about a quarter of a glass) in your pan. Mix them well. Cover and let it simmer gently over low fire. Before turning off the heat, dissolve your cornstarch in a tablespoon of water and add this on to your dish to thicken the sauce. Turn off the fire and serve hot with rice.

Tokwa’t Baboy

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:02:59 +0000

Ingredients:

1 block of big fresh tofu

3/4 kilo of pork

3 pieces of shallots chopped

1 thumbsize ginger minced

1/4 cup of vinegar

1 teaspoon of vinegar

3 tablespoon of soysauce (toyo)

5 pieces of hot chili pepper (siling labuyo) optional

salt, pepper

one cup of cooking oil

Procedure:

In a deep casserole pour one liter of water add your pork and add some rock salt. Cover and let it boil for about thirty minutes. With an aid of a fork check the tenderness of your pork. After forty five minutes your pork is ready. You can keep the pork broth in making some soup or for cooking noodles. Get your pork and cut them in cubes once it has completely cooled off then set it aside. In another casserole, pour your cooking oil and let it warm up. Slice your fresh tofu of about 2 centimeter thickness each and deep fry them. They should be golden brown. Better to deep fry them to avoid sticking and breaking your tofu. Cook them gently for about seven minutes each side. It will depend on how hot your pan is. Let them cool and dry in a paper towel. Once it has completely cooled off, cut them in cubes. In a bowl mix the vinegar, soysauce, chopped ginger and shallots together. Add sugar,salt and pepper to taste. Put your cut pork and tofu. Toss them well. Perfect as a side dish with a hot porridge or eat is as a pulutan.

Pork Sinigang

Hilda — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:51:04 +0000

Ingredients:

1 kilo of pork cut in chunks (preferably with meat, fatty matters and some bones)

1 big onion quartered

2 tomatoes quartered

1 labanos (radish) peeled and cut

5 pieces of okra (optional)

1 cup of sitaw (string beans) cut

1 cup of kangkong (water spinach)

5 taro or gabi (peeled and cut in cubes)

2 green chili (siling haba)

1 cup of tamarind (sampaloc) you can replace this with sinigang mix

1 and half liter of water

2 tablespoons of cooking oil

salt

Procedure:

In a deep casserole start by pouring the cooking oil, put your onion, tomatoes and pork. Sauté them for about five minutes. Then add your water. Cover and wait until it boils. As soon as it boils add up your sampaloc (tamarind) or your sinigang mix and cover it once again. After the second boil, fetch all the sampaloc and put them in a bowl. Add some hot water from the casserole to help you in pressing out the juice. Strain and pour back the gathered sampaloc juice. Put your gabi, horserradish, okra and sitaw (string beans). Let it simmer for another five minutes. And lastly add your kangkong , chili and put some salt to taste.

Chicken Liver Adobo

Hilda — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:42:19 +0000

Eating livers and innards is an aqcuired taste. Although many might feel disgusted at a sight of it, but its health content and deliciousness in uncomparable. My dad’s famous Adobong Atay recipe is so far the best I’ve ever tasted.

Ingredients:

1 kilo of chicken liver, gizzards and heart (cleaned and cut)

1 onion siced

3 cloves of garlic pounded

1 tablespoon of kalamansi juice (you can replace this with lemon juice)

2 tablespoons of catsup (if you use spicy catsup the better)

3 tablespoons of soy sauce

1 teaspoon of sugar

some salt and pepper

cooking oil

Procedure:

In a bowl put the kalamansi juice, soy sauce, catsup, sugar, salt and pepper. Mix well. Put your cut livers and gizzard in it and let it marinate for about an hour. In a pan, put your cooking oil then fry your liver without the marinading sauce. Cook them slowly until they become golden brown in all sides. Add your onion and minced garlic. Continue mixing, pour the marinading sauce and add a bout a quarter of glass of water. Let it simmer until the sauce thickens. You can add some chili pepper to make a spicy adobong atay. Eat with your steamed rice!

Adobo Beef Shawarma

Hilda — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:11:59 +0000

Shawarma is one of the sandwiches that was popular during the 80′s. By adding the touch of adobo on this beef, this is completely transformed into filipino gourmet.

Ingredients:

half a kilo of beef (you can use tenderloin) sliced thinly diagonally

1 tablespoon of soysauce

1 tablespoon of vinegar

1 teasepoon of sugar

salt and pepper to taste

some cooking oil

2 big onions sliced

1 red bell pepper sliced

one cucumber peeled and sliced

3 tomatoes cut in cubes

some green salad

some shawarma bread

Procedure:

Start by marinating your beef in the adobo marinade: soysauce, vinegar, salt, sugar, pepper. Marinate it for about an hour. In a frying pan put some oil and stir fry your marinated beef. Fry them until the sauce dries up. Add the sliced onion and turn off the fire. Assemble your shawarma by putting the sliced salad, cucumber, peppers, tomatoes and beef.

Porc Sarciado

Hilda — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:58:39 +0000

This is one of my favorite filipino pork recipes. My mom loves to cook this during tomato season, when tomatoes are abundant and delicious red.

Ingredients:

4- 5 pork chops

1 egg

1 table spoon of flour

salt & pepper

1 tablespoon of kalamansi juice (you can replace this with lemon or lime juice)

some cooking oil

for the sarciado sauce:

2 cloves of garlic

1 kilo of tomatoes (chopped)

1 onion sliced

2 tablespoon of soy sauce

salt & pepper

2 bay leaves (laurel leaves)

some basil leaves (optional)

fried potatoes as garnishing

Procedure:

Start by putting the kalamansi juice on the pork chops. Add salt and pepper. Massage the meat so that flavor will penetrate. Beat the egg. Put the pork chops on the egg then dredge on flour. Fry them nicely golden on a non-stick pan using enough oil. Do not overcook or the meat will become tough. Fry them about five minutes each side on a very hot pan. On a separate casserole, put some cooking and fry the garlic and onion until they become translucent. Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, bay leaves and some basil leaves. Let the tomato simmer gently over low fire for about thirty minutes. Check regularly to avoid them sticking on the pan. When the sauce reduced and thickens you can add the fried pork on the top. Cover and let it simmer for another two to three minutes. Top it with chopped fresh basil leaves and garnish with some fried potatoes on the side.

Chicken Menudo

Hilda — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:29:16 +0000

I know that we are all die hard fans of Pork Menudo. No parties will ever be complete without menudo but have you ever tried Chicken Menudo. Try this special recipe of mine and you’ll forget about pork menudo.

Ingredients:

4 chicken breast cut in bite size cubes

250 g of chicken liver

2 tablespoons of kalamansi juice

1 onion chopped

2 cloves of garlic minced

salt and pepper

3 tablespoon of soy sauce

1 teasepoon of tomato paste

half a cup of tomato sauce

3 cloves of garlic

1 onion sliced

some cooking oil

3 carrots cut in cubes

1 big bell pepper cut in cubes

3 potatoes peeled and cut in cubes

2 tablespoons of raisins

2 to three bay leaves

Procedure:

Start by mixing in a small bowl the kalamansi juice, soy sauce, tomato paste, garlic and onion chopped. Mix well. Use this a marinade for your chicken and liver let them marinade for about an hour in your fridge. After about an hour of marination, put all the meat in a casserole with the marinating sauce and let it boil covered over low fire. As soon as the liquid reduced, turn off the fire. Heat a pan and pour the cooking oil. Start sauteéeing your garlic, onions and bell peppers. Next add the carrots, and potatoes, continue stirring. Add the boiled chicken and liver in the sautéeing pan. Put the pepper, the bay leaves and the tomatoe sauce. Cover it and let it simmer for about ten minutes. Add the raisin and continue simmering covered. Wait until the sauce thickens and turn off the fire.

Lechon Manok

Hilda — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:29:37 +0000

Lechon Manok was one the big hits of the 80′s that stayed longer than his street counterparts , Shawarma. a Lechon Manok popped out like mushrooms in the streets of Manila. Certainly this is one of the best and healthy way of cooking a chicken.

This recipe is something you can do for special occassions. You can cook it outside in a pitsburn or in your oven.

Ingredients:

1 whole dressed chicken

1 teasepoon of iodized salt

1 tablespoon of butter (about 10 to 15 g)

2 tablespoon of soy sauce

1 whole garlic

one bunch of lemon grass (tanglad)

3 bay leaves (laurel leaves)

some pepper

Procedure:

Start by cleaning the chicken. Wash and pat it dry with paper towel. Rub some salt on the surface and on inside cavity of the chicken. Rub the skin with butter, garlic and pepper. Inside the chicken cavity put the bay leaves, lemon grass, half of the garlic and some pepper. Roast for about an hour (depending on the size) at 210° celsius. Serve with spicy vinegar and chopped onions or Sarsa ng lechon.

Chicken Pork Adobo

Hilda — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:44:04 +0000

Adobo is Filipino’s all-time favorite dish. A classic one inherited from our great colonizers the Spaniards but definitely filipinized to adopt to our palate. Adobo is so versatile we can almost do it with different kinds of meat, fish or even vegetables. Try this beautiful blending of chicken and pork simmered to perfection! Take note that they taste even better the next day!

Ingredients:

half a kilo of chicken cut into serving pieces

half a kilo of pork cut in cubes (about 3- 4 inches)

one clove of garlic, minced

1 tsp of grated ginger

1 tsp of peppercorn (pamintang buo)

1 tsp of sugar

1/4 soy sauce

1/4 cup of vinegar

2 tbsp of cooking oil

Procedure:

The secret to any adobo is the marinating sauce. And the key to its success is slow cooking. In a salad bowl mix half of the pounded garlic, with sugar, peppercorn, vinegar and soysauce; mix well. Put the cut chicken and the pork into this mixture and cover it. Let it marinate for about 24 hours. The next day put the marinated chicken and pork along with the sauce plus half a glass of water in a casserole and cover it. Let it simmer slowly over medium fire until the juice of the meat has come out and the sauce has reduced. Remove the cover of the casserole then put the cooking oil and the remaining garlic freshly pounded. Fry them altogether. Best served with pandan rice and eaten with your hands!

Chicken Curry

Hilda — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:22:26 +0000

Curry is a delicious dish that’s very international. Although India has popularized it, almost each nation have their own version of this dish. Japanese curry is dark and sweet, Thai’s could be green, yellow or red that’s characterized by its spicyness. Pinoy curry is less aggressive compared to other curries but I just love it the way it is.

Ingredients:

1 kilo of chicken cut in serving portion

1 tablespoon of curry powder

3 cloves of garlic

1 onion sliced

1 small ginger sliced

1 red bell pepper cut in cubes

1 carrot peeled and cut in cubes

half a cup of potato peeled and cut in cubes

2 eggplants sliced (you can soak them in water to avoid discoloration)

2 bay leaves (laurel leaves)

half a cup of kakang gata (coconut cream)

half a cup of coconut milk

Procedure:

Always start by heating the saucepan. Pour the cooking oil, fry the chicken. You dont need to cook them we are just sealing the juice and we want some discoloration. As soon as the color turn light brown you can already take them out from the pan. You can add more oil if necessary, then fry the eggplants. Be sure to squeeze the water and juice of the eggplant before putting it in the pan. Cook them well on all sides, then take them off from the pan. Add the ginger and garlic. As soon as the beautiful odor comes out put the onion, bell pepper, potato and carrots. Put back the chicken and stir. Sprinkle the curry powder and add the bay leaves. Sautéing the ingredients dry with the curry increases the flavor. Always add your herbes before adding your water or any liquid for that matter. Pour your coconut milk. Let it simmer covered over medium fire, about fifteen to twenty minutes. As soon as the chicken and the vegetables have become soft and tender you can pour now the coconut cream. Put salt to taste. Cover and simmer for a couple of minutes. Before finally finishing off the cooking, add the fried eggplant and put back the cover. Turn off the heat. You can add siling labuyo (hot chili pepper) to you curry if you want it spicy. You can also put some pineapple chunks on your chicken curry to add a little bit of sweetness.

You can also try Shrimp Curry in pineapple

Chicken Tinola

Hilda — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:17:06 +0000

Jose Rizal wrote on his famous novel Noli me Tangere, that chicken tinola is Padre Damaso’s favorite dish. I wouldn’t disagree with him for this chicken soup is truly one of the best comfort food that highlights filipino’s abundant local ingredients. When my grandad loses in a cockfighting we knew we will feast on a delicious tinola soup after!! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

one whole chicken cut in serving portion

* for this dish it is advisable to use native chicken. The taste is uncomparable. But you need more patience and more water to cook this.

2 cloves of garlic

1 onion sliced

1 small ginger sliced

one cup of green papaya cut in cubes

* my father loves to use semi-ripe papaya for his tinola. The taste of the soup is marvelous, really worth trying!

*you can replace this with Sayote (Christophine), Carrots or Zucchini

Sili leaves about one bunch

*I think this is irreplacable in a Tinola soup. So if finding this ingredient is hard in your area, I suggest you plant your own chili at home. Chilis and peppers can be cultivated in pots and indoors!

one liter of water

1 cube of chickenbroth

Procedure:

Start by heating a saucepan, pour the cooking oil (about two to three spoons). As it heats up put the ginger and garlic. As soon as it changes color add the onion. Wait that it becomes translucent to add your chicken. Stir them well to be sure they are being cooked at all sides. Add your green papaya (sayote, carrots or zucchine) at this stage. Dissolve your chickenbroth cube on your one liter of water. Pour this water eventually to your tinola. The chicken should be all submerged by the water. If you need more you can add at this point or if you need to put less do not pour everything. The most important thing when cooking soupy dishes like sinigang, tinola or nilaga is to put all the water necessary right from the start. In this way the soup taste uniformly meaty. Let it simmer for about twenty minutes at a medium fire. After the first boiling, verify the tenderness of the chicken. Put the cover back and let it simmer again for few minutes over low fire. Once the chicken are tender, add the sili leaves put the cover and turn off the heat. This dish is best eaten with patis and chopped siling labuyo (hot chili pepper).

Pork Barbeque

Hilda — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:54:41 +0000

My friends swear that our neighbor’s Pork BBQ recipe is the best they ever tasted.

PORK BARBEQUE

1kilo of pork meat cut in bbq style

1/4 kilo of pork’s fat

1 clove of garlic crushed

half a bottle of banana catsup

1/4 glass of soy sauce

1/4 glass of pineapple juice (or lemon juice)

2 tbsps of sugar

salt & pepper

4 bay leaves

Bamboo Sticks

Procedure:

Start by preparing the marinate. In a deep bowl mix the catsup with pine-apple juice, soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper and bay leaves. Crush the garlic and put it in the marinating juice. Put the cut pork in the marinade and start giving a gentle massage on the pork. This help to tenderize the meat. Le the pork stand in the marinade for at least 24 hours covered inside the fridge. The next day, drain the pork and start pitting them with your bamboo sticks. Grill each side for about three to five minutes depending on the size of your meat. Best served with your Atchara (green papaya salad).

Lumpiang Shanghai

Hilda — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:32:42 +0000

Ingredients:

1kilo of ground pork

2 onions chopped

1 carrot chopped

4 hotdogs chopped

half a cup of raisins chopped

salt, pepper

3 eggs

3 tbsps of flour

about 20-30

Procedure:

In a salad bowl mix all the ingredients using your clean hands. Be sure that you mixed them well. Cut the

Chicken Pineapple

Hilda — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:35:25 +0000

That delicious blend of pineapple sweetness and sourness in a creamy chicken dish, a taste you will surely love!

Ingredients:

1 kilo of chicken (you can use whole chicken cut into pieces or choice of our favorite parts)

1 tsp of grated ginger

3 cloves of crushed garlic

one onion sliced

half a cup of pineapple chunks

one red bell pepper cut in cubes

2 laurel leaves (bay leaf)

1 tsp of patis (or 1 tsp of salt)

pepper

one carrot peeled and cut into cubes

1 tsp of curry powder

1/4 cup of evaporated milk

2 to 3 tbsps of cooking oil

half a glass of water

Procedure:

In a casserole put the cooking oil then sauté the ingredients starting with the garlic, add up the onion as soon as the flavor of garlic comes out. Put the garlic right after the onion, continue sauteeing. Then add the chicken and red bell peppers sauté for about three minutes or until the chicken has changed color on all sides. Add the carrots and the pineapple. Mix well. Put all the spices; pepper, patis, bay leaves, curry and the salt. Put the water and let it simmer for about ten to fifteen minutes. When the juice has reduced add the evaporated milk and lower the fire and continue simmering for five more minutes. Then this dish is ready.

Bistek Tagalog

Hilda — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:59:04 +0000

What makes this dish special is the beautiful blending of kalamansi and soysauce.

Ingredients:

1 kilo of beef (any part but better to use the tender part because this is not a slow long cooking beef dish)

half a glass of kalamansi juice (depending on the juicyness and size of your kalamansi) for overseas Filipino foodies you can replace this with a juice of one lemon and some lime zest for flavor)

1/4 cup of soy sauce

some cooking oil

2 big white onions sliced in ring style

Procedure:

In a salad bowl mix the kalamansi juice with soy sauce. Then in this marinade sauce put all the sliced beef. Let it marinade for about an hour. In a sautéeing pan , pour the cooking oil and fry lighlty each slice of beef. Do not cook for too long. Beef becomes rubbery when cook for too long. Fry each side of the sliced beef for about three minutes each side. Put back all the fried sliced beef on the pan and pour over the marinade sauce. Let it boil, then add the sliced onion rings and the cut the fire. Best served french fries or white rice.

Chicken Adobo

Hilda — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:39:11 +0000

For Pinoy foodies die-hard fans, nothing beats a good chicken adobo!

Ingredients:

one whole chicken cut into serving pieces

one clove of garlic, minced

1 tsp of grated ginger

1 tsp of peppercorn (pamintang buo)

1 tsp of sugar

1/4 soy sauce

1/4 cup of vinegar

2 tbsp of cooking oil

Procedure:

The secret to any adobo is the marinating sauce. And the key to its success is slow cooking. In a salad bowl mix half of the pounded garlic, with sugar, peppercorn, vinegar and soysauce; mix well. Put the cut chicken into this mixture and cover it. Let it marinate for about 24 hours. The next day put the marinated chicken along with the sauce plus half a glass of water in a casserole and cover it. Let it simmer slowly over medium fire until the juice of the chicken has come out and sauce has reduced. Remove the cover of the casserole then put the cooking oil and the remaining garlic freshly pounded. Fry them altogether. Best served with pandan rice and eaten with your hands!

Bopis

Hilda — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:48:37 +0000

The spicier the better.

This is the best bopis recipe I have learned from my Auntie.

SPICY BOPIS

half a kilo of pig’s heart

one kilo of pig’s lungs

2 1/2 liter of water (for cooking the heart and lung)

half a kilo of minced pork meat (giniling)

three cloves of garlic minced

one head of onion, sliced

tsp of grated ginger

2 tsps of atsuete seeds for coloring

1 red bell pepper

1 small tomato chopped

half a cup of green peas

half a cup of white radish (labanos)

2 laurel leaves

2-3 chili chopped (siling labuyo)

3 tbsps of cooking oil

1/4 cup of vinegar

salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

Start by boiling the heart and lung in a big casserole with lots of water. You can add some ginger, and onion to add more flavor on your innards. Take off your cooked heart and lungs and chop them. You can use a sharp knife or electric blender to chop them more finely. You can use some of this broth for your bopis. In another casserole, pour the cooking oil and start sautéeing your garlic, onion, ginger, tomatoes and red bell peppers. Do not overcook them, once you see the colors have changed and the flavor start to ooze out you can add the minced pork and the chopped heart and lung. Continue stirring add the green peas and sliced radis. Add all the spices; pepper, bay leaves (laurel leaves), cayenne or chilis. For the coloring you can use a yellow food coloring or atsuete seeds dissolved in a hot water. Pour about half a cup of your broth on to the dish. Cover and let it simmer for about fifteen minutes over medium fire. Pour the vinegar and add the salt and let it simmer for another five minutes without stirring and uncovered. Taste and correct the saltiness. Remove from fire. This dish is always served better the next day. Happy Eating!!

Beef Caldereta

Hilda — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:45:14 +0000

Ingredients:

1 kg of stewing beef cut into cubes
250 g of potatoes peeled and quartered
2 red bell pepper grilled, peeled and chopped
250 g of carrots peeled and cut into cubes
100 g of pitted green olives
half a cup of tomato sauce
1 tsp of tomato paste
2tsps of chili powder or cayenne powder
2 tbsps of hot sauce
2 tbsps of chili oil
2 tbsps of olive oil
10 g of butter

Marinating ingredients:
Half a cup of red wine, salt, pepper, 1 tbsp of crushed garlic, 1 big onion minced, half a cup of coarsely chopped chicken liver, some thyme and rosemary

Marinate for at least one hour the beef. In a pan, fry lightly the beef with olive oil and butter. Use the same frying pan for the carrots and potatoes. Then in a crock pot or any deep and thick casserole put all the ingredients including the marinating sauce. And simmer covered over low fire for two hours.