Martes, Oktubre 11, 2011

Ginataang Manok Recipe

Ginataang Manok (Chicken cooked in coconut milk), chicken stew simmered in coconut milk and spices. One of the most Filipino favorite ingredients is coconut milk, locals often called "Gata" or Ginataan . It makes the meat more fragrant, tasty and exotic.

Ingredients:

1 2-3 pound chicken, cut into serving pieces
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 12-ounce can coconut milk
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon salt
3 cloves garlic, crushed

Cooking Instructions:

In a saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil and simmer about 20 minutes until practically all the liquid has evaporated and a thick sauce remains. Serve hot, paired with rice.

Huwebes, Setyembre 29, 2011

Beef Steak Filipino (Bistek) Recipe

Beef Steak, commonly known in the Philippines as "Bistek", this dish is very typical to Filipino families because of its mouth-watering taste and lots of nutrients too which is very good to the body.  Thinly sliced beef marinated in soya sauce and kalamansi.

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo tender pork or beef steaks, sliced
1 tablespoon kalamansi or lemon juice
5 tablespoons soy sauce
3 cloves of garlic
1 small piece ginger, crushed
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup onions, sliced in rings
4 tablespoons cooking oil

Cooking Instructions:

Marinate the pork or beef steak in kalamansi (lemon) juice, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and pepper for 30 minutes. In a frying, add cooking oil. Add the marinated pork or beef steak and cook slow until done. Increase heat for a minute or two to brown steaks. Add the sliced onions and continue to cook for another minute.
Serve on a platter including the oil and sauce. Best served with hot plain rice.

Dinuguan (Pork Blood Stew) Recipe

Dinuguan also called "blood porridge", a dish made from pig blood, entrails, and meat. It is also called Dinardaraan in Ilocos region is stewed pork's meat blended with meat's blood.

Ingredients:

1/2 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
1/2 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
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Cooking Instructions:

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.

Crispy Pata Recipe

Crispy Pata, Pork knuckles (pata), marinated then deep fried until crispy golden brown. However, the knuckles are a small portion, thus it is the whole leg of pork that is usually served.

Ingredients:

1 Pata (front or hind leg of a pig including the knuckles)
1 bottle of soda (7Up or sprite)
1 tablespoon of salt
2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)
1/2 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
4 tablespoons of flour
Enough oil for deep frying

Cooking Instructions:

Clean the pork pata by removing all hairs and by scraping the skin with a knife. Wash thoroughly. Make four to five inch cuts on the sides of the pata. On a deep stock pot, place the pata in water with soda and salt. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Then add the baking soda and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes. Remove the pata from the pot and hang and allow to drip dry for 24 hours. An alternative to this is to thoroughly drain the pork pata and refrigerate for a few hours. After the above process, rub patis on the pata and sprinkle flour liberally. In a deep frying pot, heat cooking oil and deep fry the pork pata until golden brown.

Adobo Recipe

Adobo is a favourite dish consisting of pork and/or chicken stewed in a broth of soy sauce, vinegar, garlic and peppercorns. It can be chicken or pork.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo pork cut in cubes + 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces or
choice of either 1 kilo of pork or 1 kilo of chicken
1 head garlic, minced
1/2 yellow onion, diced
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup vinegar
2 cups of water
1 teaspoon paprika
5 laurel leaves (bay leaves)
4 tablespoons of cooking oil or olive oil
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 Tbsp crushed black peppercorn
Salt to taste
3 tablespoons water

Cooking Instructions:

In a big sauce pan or wok, heat 2 tablespoons of oil then sauté the minced garlic and onions.Add the pork and chicken to the pan. Add 2 cups of water, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, vinegar, paprika and the bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or when meat is tender. Remove the pork and chicken from the sauce pan and on another pan, heat cooking oil and brown the pork and chicken for a few minutes. Mix the browned pork and chicken back to the sauce and add cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken. Add salt and/or pepper if desired. Bring to a boil then simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Serve hot with the adobo gravy and plain rice.

Pinakbet Recipe

Pinakbet or pakbet is a popular Ilocano dish of the Philippines. Pinakbet is the contracted form of the Ilocano word pinakebbet, meaning "shrunk" or "shriveled". The basic vegetables used in this dish include native bitter melon, eggplant, tomato, ginger, okra, string beans, lima beans, chili peppers , parda and winged beans. A Tagalog version usually includes calabaza.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 garlic cloves, crushed
4 thin slices ginger root
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 lb lean pork, sliced thinly
1 tomato, chopped
2 tbsp bagoong alamang (fermented shrimp paste)
1/2 cup water
4-6 Asian eggplants, sliced
1-2 bitter melon
1/4 lb okra, fresh or frozen, stems removed
1/4 lb long beans, quartered

Cooking Instructions:

Slice bitter melon lengthwise; remove seeds and white center. Slice in 2-inch pieces. Heat oil in large pot. Saute garlic, ginger, and onions until tender. Add pork and saute until browned. Add tomatoes and bagoong alamang, and cook for 5 minutes. Add water and bring to boil. Stir in eggplant, bitter melon, okra and long beans. Simmer for 15 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Salt to taste.

Lumpiang Shanghai Recipe

Lumpiang shanghai is a tiny fried spring rolls filled with minced pork and shrimp and served with sweet and sour sauce.

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground pork
1 cup chopped shrimps
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup finely chopped carrots
2 whole eggs
3 tbsp. soy sauce
3 dashes of sesame oil
salt and pepper, to taste
lumpia wrapper
vegetable oil, for frying

Cooking Instructions:


In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Mix until well blended. Wrap into thin rolls in lumpia wrapper. Fry in deep hot oil. Drain on paper towels. Transfer to aserving platter. Serve with your favorite catsup or make your own Sweet and Sour Sauce recipe. Sahre and enjoy!