Sauteed Bok Choy

Is a vegetable dish that is composed of Bok Choy or “Pechay” together with the shrimp bits and carrots, which could surely give a healthy delightful dish for everyone.

Ingredients

10 pcs. Medium shrimp (cleaned and deveined)

5 bunches Bok Choy (pechay slice halves)

1 medium tomato (diced)

1 tsp. Garlic (minced)

1 ½ tbsp. Oyster sauce

1 medium white onion (sliced)

Salt and pepper to taste

1 medium size bell pepper (cut into strips)

1 medium size green bell pepper (cut into strips)

2 tablespoons cooking oil

1 tsp. Fried garlic

Instructions

Heat the oil in a pan.

Saute the garlic and onions for up to 2 minutes.

Add the tomato. Cook until soften.

Put-in the shrimp and oyster sauce. Cook for 5 minutes.

Add the Bok Choy, bell peppers then stir. Cover and cook for up to 5 minutes.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Transfer to a serving plate. Then Sprinkle it with fried garlic. Then Serve.

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Chicken Stir Fry

Another stir fry dish but simply composed by chicken cubes and other healthy vegetables. It is very simple to cook and it is also an additional dish for your dinner routine.

Ingredients

§  1 ½  lbs. boneless chicken breasts (sliced into cubes)

§  1 medium onion (chopped)

§  1 tsp. garlic (minced)

§  1 medium green bell pepper (sliced into strips)

§  1 medium red bell pepper (sliced into strips)

§  2 tsp. lemon juice

§  ¼ tsp. sesame oil

§  2 tbsp.  soy sauce

§  2 tbsp. oyster sauce

§  1 tsp. ground black pepper

§  1 tsp. salt

§  3 tbsp. cooking oil

§  1 cup snow peas

§  2 medium size carrots (peeled and julienned)

Cooking Procedure

1.      In a bowl, combine chicken, soy sauce, and lemon juice. Mix well (Marinate for 1 hour)

2.      Heat cooking oil in a wok, and then sauté garlic, and onion.

3.      Add the marinated chicken, and then stir for 3 to 5 minutes.

4.      Put-in the salt, ground black pepper, and oyster sauce and sesame oil and continue to stir fry.

5.      Add red and green bell pepper, snow peas and carrots cook for up to 4 to 5 minutes.

6.      Turn off heat. Transfer to a serving plate.

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Misua Soup

Another exciting dish composed of sardine’s mix with misua and beaten egg. Best served during rainy season, and dinner time it is very easy to cook and affordable one. Budget friendly meals, share it with your family and friends and served it together with a slice of bread. 

Ingredients

4 ounces Misua noodles

15 ounce canned sardines in tomato sauce

1 raw egg (beaten)
1 medium patola (peeled and thinly sliced)

½ cup spring onions (chopped)

2 to 3 cloves of garlic (crushed)

1 medium onion (diced)

Salt and pepper to taste

3 tbsp. cooking oil

5 to 6 cups water

Cooking Procedure

1.       Heat the cooking oil in a soup pot.

2.      Saute the garlic until golden brown. Set aside the garlic alone.

3.      On the same pot, add-in onions.

4.       Pour-in the sardines in tomato sauce. Stir for up to 2 minutes.

5.       Pour-in the water. Let boil. Simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.

6.      Add-in the misua and patola. Gently stir. Cook for 2 minutes.

7.       Add: the egg. Gently stir. Then add salt and pepper to taste.

8.      Transfer to a serving bowl.

9.      Sprinkle each bowl you serve, with fried garlic and spring onions.

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Beef Pochero

Beef Pochero is a Filipino Stew similar to “Beef Nilaga“. This dish is composed of the sweetness of the saba banana, and also together with the sour blend of the tomato sauce. Attractive dish that is worth craving for; Beef Pochero carries another delightful taste and it is best served together with the steamed rice.

Ingredients

§  2 lbs. beef sirloin (cubed)

§  ½ cabbage (quartered)

§  1 bundle green beans (cut into 5 inches)

§  1 medium sized potato (cubed)

§  1 bunch Bok Choy (Pechay)

§  2 large plantains(saba banana) (sliced)

§  1 large tomato (diced)

§  1 medium sized onion ( chopped)

§  2 tbsp. whole pepper corn

§  2 tbsp. soy sauce

§  1 tsp. garlic (minced)

§  1 pouch small tomato sauce

§  1 cup garbanzos

§  1 cup cooking oil

Cooking Procedure

1.      Heat oil in the pot and fry the banana until color turns golden brown. Once done, set the bananas aside

2.      On the same pan, sauté the garlic, onion, and tomato.

3.      Add the beef and cook for up to 5 minutes

4.      Add the fish sauce, tomato sauce, and whole pepper corn and mix well.

5.      Add water and simmer until meat is tender (about 35 minutes )

6.      Put in fried banana, potato, and garbanzos and simmer for 7 minutes.

7.      Add the cabbage, green beans and simmer for up to 5 minutes.

8.      Add the bok choy and turn off the heat. Cover the pot for 5 minutes to cook the bokchoy

9.       Serve hot.

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Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry

Another savor dish of shrimp with a delightful aroma and a strong blend of sweet and spicy sauces top with fried garlic and best served with steamed rice.  This kind of dish is commonly served during lunch break or during summer season.

Ingredients

§  1 lb. Fresh shrimp (medium size, cleaned)

§  1 ½  tsp. garlic  (minced)

§  3 tsp. ginger (minced)

§  1 tbsp. sugar

§  2 tsp. soy sauce

§  2 tbsp. tomato ketchup

§  2 tsp. red chili (chopped)

§  1 tbsp. vegetable oil

§  2 tablespoons scallion (chopped)

§  1 tsp. fried garlic

§  Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

1.      In a large bowl. Combine soy sauce, ketchup, and sugar. Mix well and set aside.

2.     Heat oil in a pan.

3.     Add ginger and garlic. Cook until light brown.

4.     Put-in the shrimp and stir for up to 2 minutes.

5.     Pour-in the ketchup mixture, scallions, and chili. Stir 5 minutes.

6.     Add salt and pepper.

7.     Transfer to a large serving plate. And sprinkle with fried garlic then serve.

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