Thursday, July 31, 2014

Pork Kaldereta

Is a simple dish composed of cubed pork belly, potato, carrots, tomato sauce, liver spread and other vegetables.
Also one of the popular dish here in the Philippines, very delicious and commonly served during dinner time, parties, festivals and other special occasions. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
2 lbs. Pork (cleaned, cubed)
15 oz. Tomato sauce
1 medium red bell pepper (sliced)
 1 medium green bell pepper (sliced)
2 medium potatoes (peeled and cubed)
2 medium carrots (sliced diagonally)
1 medium yellow onion (sliced)
2 tsp. garlic (minced)
4 cups beef broth
½ cup liver spread
½ cup cooked green peas
3 tbsp.  cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste


Cooking Procedure:
Heat the oil in a cooking pot then sauté the garlic and onion.
Add the pork. Stir and cook until the color turns to medium brown.
Pour-in the tomato sauce and beef broth. Let boil. Cover and simmer for 60 minutes.
Add the liver spread. Stir and cook for 3 minutes.
Put-in the carrots and potatoes. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
Add the cooked green peas and bell peppers. Cook for another 8 minutes.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Turn-off the heat. Transfer to a serving plate.


Serve and Enjoy!

Beef Steak

Simple yet flavorful dish, which you’ll surely enjoy eating it together with rice.  Beef steak is also known as “bistek” in Tagalog, a thinly beef slices mix with calamansi, with a great taste of soy sauce and ground pepper which can definitely give you a delicious taste for your steak. Enjoy!


Ingredients:
1 lb. beef sirloin, thinly sliced
¼ cup soy sauce
3 pcs. calamansi
½ tsp. ground black pepper
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 large onion (sliced into rings)
3 tbsp. cooking oil
Salt to taste

Cooking Procedure:
Marinade beef in soy sauce, calamansi and ground black pepper for at least 1 hour
Heat the cooking oil in a pan sauté the onion rings until the texture becomes soft. Set aside
In the same pan, fry the marinated beef alone until color turns brown. Set aside
Put-in the garlic then sauté for a few minutes then pour the marinade sauce and bring to a boil.
Put in the fried beef and simmer until meat is tender. (Add water if necessary)
Add the stir-fried onions and salt to taste.


 Serve and Enjoy!

Kangkong with Bagoong

Kangkong
 This simple dish can be also considered as appetizer. Quick and easy dish, you don’t have to exert effort in cooking this kind of dish. Just prepare those simple ingredients. You’ll surely have an amazing appetizer.  Enjoy!

Ingredients
§  1 bunch Kangkong (water spinach) , chopped into 5 inch pieces
§  ½ tbsp. sesame oil
§  ¼  tsp. soy sauce
§  ¼  cup ginisang bagoong
§  6 cups water for boiling
§  10  cups cold water

Cooking Procedure
1.       Pour water in a cooking pot and let boil.
2.      Put-in kangkong(water spinach) and cook 4 minutes.
3.      In a strainer, drain kangkong(water spinach) and rinse it with cold water. Set aside
4.      Combine sesame oil and soy sauce. Then brush kangkong(water spinach) with this mixture.
5.      Transfer to a serving plate. Serve with bagoong.

Serve and Enjoy!


Chicken Misua with Patola


Is a simple and delicious noodle soup recipe, very quick and easy to cook. Commonly served during rainy season or during break time, together with a slice of bread. You’ll surely enjoy this dish.


Ingredients:
½ lb. boneless chicken breast (strip slices)
5 ½ cups chicken broth
3 cups water
4 ounces Miswa (Chinese Vermicelli)
1/2 cup spring onions (chopped)
1 small yellow onion (minced)
4 cloves garlic (crushed and minced
2 tbsp. cooking oil
Sponge Gourd (skinless and sliced diagonally (thin slices)
1 teaspoon atsuete powder
Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure:
In a cooking pot pour in water then bring to a boil.
When the water boils, add the chicken breast boil for up to 10minutes
Remove the chicken and let cool. Set aside.
Heat the cooking oil in a clean cooking pot.
Sauté the onion and garlic
When the onion becomes soft, add chicken meat. (2 minutes)
Add in the atsuete powder and. Pour-in the chicken broth.
Stir and let boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
Put-in the miswa noodles and sponge gourd. Stir and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the spring onions, salt, and ground black pepper.
Transfer to a serving bowl.

Serve and Enjoy!


Thursday, July 24, 2014

Pork Adobo with Tofu

Pork adobo with Tofu
Is another pork adobo dish mix with the deep fried tofu. Different taste similar with the pork adobo alone and take note:  it’s simply delicious.  You’ll surely love this dish also. Enjoy!



Ingredients:
1 lb pork (cubed)
14 ounces tofu (cubed and deep fried)
2 tbsp. oyster sauce
2 pcs. Green chilis (sliced diagonally)
4 pcs. Dried bay leaves
5 cloves garlic (minced)
6 tbsp. soy sauce
4 tbsp. vinegar
1 cup water
2 tsp. sugar
2 tbsp. cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure:
Heat oil in a cooking pot.
Sauté garlic until color turns light brown.
Add pork and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until the color turns light brown.
Pour-in soy sauce, oyster sauce, and water. Let boil and simmer until the pork becomes tender.
Add vinegar and chilis wait until the liquid re-boils. Stir.
Put-in sugar and fried tofu. Cook for 3 minutes.
Add salt, and pepper. Stir.
Turn off heat. Transfer to a serving bowl.



Serve and Enjoy!

Tofu with Broccoli stir fry

Is a vegetable tasty dish that you’ll surely love to eat, a healthy and easy to prepare dish. Good for your appetite and best served with rice during lunch or dinner. You’ll surely enjoy eating this.




Ingredients
8 oz. extra firm tofu (sliced thickly in ½ inch)
3 cups broccoli florets (sliced)
1 medium onion (sliced)
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. minced ginger
2 tbsp. oyster sauce
6 tbsp. cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Heat a pan and then pour-in cooking oil.
When the oil becomes hot add: tofu and fry both sides until it become crisp (8minutes both sides)
Remove the tofu from the pan and lice into smaller rectangular pieces. Set aside.
On the same pan, heat the remaining oil.
Sauté the garlic, ginger, and onion
Add the fried tofu slices then pour in oyster sauce and stir.
Put-in the broccoli florets. Stir (10 minutes)
Add salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to serving plate.



Serve and Enjoy!

Friday, July 11, 2014

Ukoy

This is one of Filipino finger food. Commonly served during break time together with the vinegar sauce you will surely enjoy this kind of food. This isn’t seasonal this can be served all the times. Easy to prepare and budget friendly.






Ingredients:
1 cup small shrimps (cleaned)
1 cup cornstarch
¼ cup flour
1 ½ cups monggo bean sprouts
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 piece raw egg
Cooking procedure:
1. In a large bowl. Combine cornstarch, flour, baking powder, egg, water, salt, and ground black pepper then stir until diluted.
2. Add: the shrimps and monggo bean sprouts in the mixture and stir.
3. In a large frying pan pour-in the cooking oil.
4. When the oil is hot enough, scoop 3 tablespoons of the mixture and quickly drop it in hot oil. (Flatten)
5. Cook each side for 3 minutes or until the color turns golden brown.
6. Remove the deep-fried “Ukoy” from the pan and place in a plate lined with paper towel to absorb the oil.
7. Remove the paper towel and serve with “sinamak” or vinegar sauce.



Serve and Enjoy!