Archive for the ‘Special_Filipino_Delicacies’ Category

Lumpia Sauce

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Recipe
Lumpia Sauce
Ingredients
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups water
? cube pork broth
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon black pepper
Method
1. In a sauce pot, bring 2 cups water to a boil, lower heat and put in pork cube.
2. Dilute 2 tablespoons cornstarch in 3 tablespoons water
3. Add in cornstarch, soy sauce, brown sugar and black pepper
4. Stir well & bring up to a boil until cornstarch is cooked & sauce thickens in consistency

Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk

Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Recipe
Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk
Ingredients
* 1 Kilo Whole chicken (cut into parts) or choice cuts of breasts, thighs or wings.
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup soysauce
* 1 cup white vinegar
* 1 1/2 head garlic (roughly chopped)
* 3 pcs. chili pepper
* 1 cup coconut milk (first squeeze)
* 2 tablespoons oil
* 1/2 teaspoon peppercorn
Method
In a deep skillet, brown chicken in oil.
Add salt, soysauce, peppercorn, garlic and vinegar.
Bring to a boil, lower the fire and cook uncovered for 10 minutes.
When it gets too dry just add 1/2 cup of water.
Cover and let simmer until chicken becomes tender.
Pour coconut milk and chilli pepper.
Cook for a few more minutes to thicken the sauce.

Squid Adobo

Monday, July 14th, 2008
Recipe
Squid Adobo
Ingredients
* 1 Kilo squid
* 1/2 cup water
* 1 cup white vinegar
* 1 teaspoon peppercorn
* 1 pinch of salt
* 1 head garlic (roughly chopped)
* 1 medium onion (roughly chopped)
* 3 pieces tomatoes (diced)
* 1/2 tablespoon sugar (optional)
* 3 tablespoons oil
Method
Wash and clean squid well, making sure the black tint does not burst as it will give bitter taste.
In a deep pan, bring the water to a boil along with the squid, vinegar, pepper and salt until squid is cooked.
Take out the squid, set aside.
Strain the sauce, set aside.
In another pan, saute’ garlic, onion and tomatoes.
Add the squid and pour the rest of the sauce.
Add sugar if desired and allow it to thicken or be a little dry in consistency.

Beef Salpicao (Naomi’s Version)

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Recipe
Beef Salpicao (Naomi’s Version)
Ingredients
# 250 grams beef tenderloin (cut into chunk cubes)
# 2 tablespoons garlic (minced)
# Pinch of salt & pepper
# Pinch of paprika
# 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
# 2 tablespoons liquid seasoning
# 1 tablespoon butter
# 2 tablespoons olive oil
Method
# In a bowl marinate beef in salt & pepper, garlic, paprika and olive oil for a few minutes.
# In a saute pan, heat oil in very high heat.
# Put in beef and all marinade ingredients and toss very swiftly keeping the heat very high.
# Add in the oyster sauce and liquid seasoning while tossing.
# Finish with butter.
# Serve with garlic rice

PORK KILAWIN

Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Recipe
PORK KILAWIN
Ingredients
1 k. pork liempo 3/4 cup onions, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup vinegar 2 cups water
1/2 cup soy sauce salt and pepper to taste
Method
Boil pork liempo in 2 cups water and add some salt. Cook until liempo is tender. Cut liempo into small cubes. Place in a bowl and add vinegar, soy sauce, and onions. Serve immediately.

Kare kare

Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Recipe
Kare kare
Ingredients
* 1/2 kilo beef (tender cut from sirloin or round) cut into chunk cubes
* 2 oxtail
* 2 pig hocks
* 7 cups water
* Pinch salt & pepper
* 1/2 cup oil
* 4 tablespoons atsuete oil
* 2 heads garlic (minced)
* 2 medium sized onions (diced)
* 1/2 cup bagoong alamang
* 3 cup ground nuts or 4 cups of peanut butter
* 1/4 cup ground toasted rice
* 5 pieces eggplant (sliced into rings)
* 1 banana bud (cut to almost proportional to eggplant slices, blanch in boiling water)
* 1 bundle sitaw (string beans) cut to 2″ long
Method
1. In a casserole, boil oxtail, hocks, beef. Lower fire and let simmer until all meat is tender and cooked. Remove all scum that rises to the surface.
2. Take out the meat, set aside, keep stock for later.
3. In another casserole, heat oil and atsuete oil and saute garlic, onion and bagoong alamang and toasted rice and nuts (if using nuts)
4. Add oxtail, hocks and beef, pour in the stock, season with salt and pepper and add peanut butter (if using peanut butter)
5. Simmer until all flavors are incorporated, then add the vegetables.
6. Make sure vegetables is well cooked and not soggy.
7. Serve hot with bagoong with calamansi and chili pepper.

Tokwa’t Baboy

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Recipe
Tokwa’t Baboy
Ingredients
# 1/2 kilo pork (cut into chunk cubes)
# 5 pieces tokwa (beancurd)
# 2 heads garlic (minced)
# 1 cup vinegar
# 1 cup soy sauce
# 1 teaspoon salt
# 1 teaspoon brown sugar
# 3 small onions (diced)
Method
1. In a casserole, boil pork in just enough water with salt, lower fire and let simmer until pork is tender.
2. Take the pork out and set aside.
3. Fry tokwa in hot oil until toasted and slice to the same size as the pork.
4. In a saucepot, mix vinegar, soy sauce, salt garlic and onions and heat for just a few minutes.
5. Pour in mixture over pork and tokwa.
6. Serve hot.

Dinuguan – Pork Blood Stew

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Recipe
Dinuguan – Pork Blood Stew
Ingredients
# ? kilo pork (diced)
# 1/8 kilo pork liver (diced)
# 1 small head of garlic (minced)
# 1 small onion (minced)
# 2 pieces laurel leaves
# 3 tablespoons oil
# ?-cup vinegar
# 3 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)
# 2-cups stock
# 1-cup pig blood (frozen)
# 4 long green peppers
# 2 teaspoons sugar
# 1 teaspoon salt
# ? teaspoon black pepper
Method
# In a pot, simmer pork for 30 minutes and remove scum that rises to the surface. Keep stock.
# In a casserole, heat oil and saute garlic and onion for a minute.
# Add in pork, pork liver, laurel leaves, patis, salt & pepper and saute for another 5 minutes.
# Add in vinegar and bring up to a boil without stirring.
# Lower heat and allow simmering uncovered until most of the liquid has evaporated.
# Add in stock and allow simmering for 5 minutes.
# Add in blood, sugar and long green peppers.
# Cook for 10 minutes more or until consistency thickens, stirring occasionally to avoid curdling.
# Serve hot with puto.

Pork Adobo

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Recipe
Pork Adobo
Ingredients
* 1 kilo pork picnic or side bacon belly (cut into bite-sized cubes)
* 1 cup white vinegar
* 1 head garlic (finely chopped) portioned into two
* 3 pcs. laurel (bay leaves)
* 1/2 cup soysauce
* 1 cup water
* 1 teaspoon peppercorn
* 3 tablespoons oil
Method
In a deep skillet, brown pork in oil.
Add vinegar, soysauce, first portion of garlic, laurel, peppercorn and water.
Bring to a boil, lower the fire and cook uncovered for 10 minutes.
When it gets too dry just add 1/2 cup of water.
Cover and let simmer until pork becomes tender.
In another pan, cook remaining garlic until golden-brown.
Add pork and pour the rest of the adobo sauce.

Bagoong Fried Rice

Friday, June 20th, 2008
Recipe
Bagoong Fried Rice
Ingredients
1 pc egg, cooked as omelet then cut into thin strips
1 head garlic, crushed
1 medium (50 g) onion, sliced
1 Tbsp ginger strips
2 pcs siling haba (cayenne pepper), seeded then sliced
1/2 cup ground pork
3 Tbsp bagoong alamang (shrimp paste)
1/4 cup oil
1 can (140 g) DEL MONTE Tomato Sauce
5 cups cooked rice
1 small (175 g) green mango, cut into thin strips
1 stalk green onion, chopped
Method
1 SAUT? garlic, onion, ginger, sili, ground pork and alamang in oil. Cook for 5 minutes. Add DEL MONTE Tomato Sauce. Cook for another 5 minutes.

2 ADD rice and mango. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring continuously. Serve with green onions and egg strips on top.

Note
For more Filipino Recipe Visit Del Monte Web site http://www2.kitchenomics.com/.