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Calamares

Hilda — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:43:45 +0000

This is truly a perfect pulutan , fried squid!! And if you are hungry for more try them with white rice even better!

Ingredients:

half a kilo of Squid (medium or big size)

half a liter cooking oil

one cup of beer

half a teaspoon of paprika

salt and pepper

3/4 of flour

Procedure:

Clean and slice your squids. In a bowl mix the beer, flour, paprika, salt and pepper. Mix them well. In a deep frying pan , warm your oil, once it’s ready dip your squid into the batter and fry them until they are golden brown. You can serve it with different kinds of sauces: mayonaisse with a little bit of mustard, vinegar and chili or soy sauce with a slice of lime.

Sardines

Hilda — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:23:10 +0000

How about making your own home-made sardines. A great way to cook your sardine fish and tomatoes. For a version more filipino you can replace the sardines with galunggong fish.

Ingredients:

1 kilo of sardine fish (you can replace this with galunggong) cleaned and washed

some cooking oil

3 tablespoons of flour

salt

1teaspoon of chili powder (optional)

one fourth cup of olive oil

20 cloves of garlic minced

1 big onion sliced

1 teaspoon of fresh ginger chopped

half a cup of tomato purée (tomatoes skins and seeds removed puréed in a blender)

1 teaspoon of tomato paste

4 tablespoons of vinegar

salt

pepper

Procedure:

Dredge the fishes with flour and fry them on a shallow pan with some cooking oil. Set them aside. In another casserole, put some olive oil (about 3 tablespoons) and start sautéing your garlic, onion and ginger. Add the tomato paste, tomato puree and vinegar. Put your fried fishes and chili powder. Let it simmer over medium fire. Pour the rest of your olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste.

Bagoong Guisado

Hilda — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:18:36 +0000

Bagoong is an important Filipino delicacy and ingredients to most of its dishes; Be careful of its pungent odor for its actually fermented. Bagoong could be alamang “tiny shrimps” or in fishes. Filipinos love to snack them with green mangoes or just even to top them on newly cooked rice.

Bagoong Guisado

Ingredients:

about half a cup of bagoong (shrimp paste)

1 teaspoon of sugar

2 tablespoons of vinegar

some chilies (labuyo) this is optional if you want spicy

some pork fat

1 red onion chopped

Procedure:

In a pan, put your pork fat add a little bit of water and cover it. Let it boil and let the oil come out from the fat. Fry the fat from its oil, add the garlic then the onion. Add the bagoong and continue frying. Add the sugar and vinegar cook until the vinegar has completely evaporated. If you want a spicy bagoong add the chopped chilies.

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.

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.

Adobong Sitaw with fried tokwa

Hilda — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:19:20 +0000

This is my auntie’s specialty!

Ingredients:

2 cups of cut sitaw (long beans)

3 cloves of garlic pounded

1 big onion sliced

3 tablespoons of soy sauce

3 tablespoons of vinegar

2 tablespoons of black beans (tausi)

half a glass of water

250 g of ground pork (optional)

one block of big tofu (tokwa)

half a glass of oil for frying

Procedure:

Start first by frying the tokwa (tofu) in a deep casserole. You should put enough cooking oil to fry the tofu easily. They need to be golden brown on both sides. About putting the tofu too early. The oil should be hot enough. Cool them off and cut them in cubes. In a separate casserole put your cooking oil. Fry your garlic and onions. Add your ground pork and your black beans. Then put the sitaw and continue stirring. Add soy sauce, vinegar and water. Cook until the sitaw are tender. Top it with fried tokwa.

Adobong Sitaw

Hilda — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:47:33 +0000

One of my favorite vegetable dish that is so easy to cook!

Ingredients:

2 cups of cut sitaw (long beans)

3 cloves of garlic pounded

1 big onion sliced

3 tablespoons of soy sauce

3 tablespoons of vinegar

half a glass of water

some hibe

250 g of ground pork (optional)

Procedure:

In a casserole put your cooking oil. Fry your garlic and onions. Add your ground pork and hibe. Then put the sitaw and continue stirring. Add soy sauce, vinegar and water. Cook until the sitaw are tender.

Adobong kangkong

Hilda — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:43:32 +0000

When I was a kid I grew up close to kangkong plantation. I remember how many times I enjoy eating adobong kangkong everytime my parents didn’t have the money to buy food. Now its a food I always long to taste.

Ingredients:

2 cups of kangkong leaves and stalks (in our family we cut the stalks in ringlike forms)

3 cloves of garlic pounded

1 big onion sliced

3 tablespoons of soy sauce

3 tablespoons of vinegar

half a glass of water

some chicharon

Procedure:

In a casserole put your cookign oil. Fry your garlic and onions. Add your kangkon, soysauce and vinegar. Pour half a glass of water and let it simmer for about fifteen minutes covered. Before servign top it with chicharon.

Paksiw na Bangus

Hilda — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:38:27 +0000

The best way of choosing bangus is by their eyes. It should be shiny and brilliant; It shouldn’t have any foul odor too.

Ingredients:

1 big bangus cleaned but not scaled cut in about 4 to five slices

2 siling haba (finger chilies)

3 cloves of garlic pounded

a small piece of ginger washed, pounded

1 ampalaya sliced

1 eggplant sliced

half a cup of vinegar

1 teaspoon of salt

some water about (half a glass of small water)

Procedure:

Wash and clean your bangus. Remove the gills but do not the scales. Rub them with salt and wash with running water. In a casserole place the sliced bangus, pounded garlic and ginger, some salt and water. Cover and let it simmer for about ten minutes. Add the vegetables and vinegar and continue simmering for another five minutes. Before cutting the fire add the siling haba.