In cooking a dish, it is not necessary to follow procedures step by step as what recipe books say. Explore your creative flair and make your own style and ingredients added unto it. One example of doing so is the dish I would like to feature, a modification of the quintessential Filipino dish: adobo. Normally, we…
Pancit bihon is commonly known as a Filipino type of noodles. Noodles in every Filipino’s life is very significant. For instance, eating and serving noodles especially during your birthday is symbolic way of saying “may you have a long life ahead of you”. This type of noodles called rice stick noodles or bihon vermicelli is…
Dinuguan or big blood stew is commonly served in Filipino gatherings in the Philippines such as birthdays, fiestas, wedding, funerals, anniversaries or reunions. But they are not only served during these special occasions. Dinuguan can also be cooked for domestic consumption or bought at a nearby eatery. I learned to cook dinuguan when I was…
Actually, this type of adobo is the same version that we used to have. I just only add another part of pork meat which is the liver. Every time I cook adobo, I make sure that I have enough steam rice. Most of the Filipinos really love to eat adobo. It is already part of…
Shrimp paste or popularly known to us Filipinos as alamang is not only made from shrimp. Small fish, small prawns, and krill can be used to make shrimp paste. Shrimp paste is made by mixing salt with either shrimp or fish or both. The mixture is stored overnight, drained, and sun-dried. The dried mixture is…
Cooking adobo, the well-known Filipino dish, is the stylist’s way of using the combination of the fragrance and taste of the main ingredients. Most of us as a Filipino always eat rice wherever we are and so I highly recommended this dish as one of the best partners of rice. It is prepared by pieces…
Usually, common beans are low in fat and offer an excellent source of protein, fiber, and complex carbohydrates. They are also a very good source of folic acid and molybdenum. They provide significant amounts of iron, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and potassium. Mung Beans or we called it in tagalog “Mongo’ are very good source of…
Adobong sitaw is a string bean vegetable cooked with pork flavoring with the sauce combination of soy sauce and vinegar. Ingredients: 1 lb string beans (sitaw), cut in 2 inch length 1/2 lb pork (belly or spareribs) 1/3 cup vinegar 1/2 cup soy sauce 1 medium-sized onion, sliced lengthwise 3-4 cloves garlic, crushed 1/2…
One of the most popular Filipino dishes is adobo. It is a quintessential Philippine stew, often present in fiestas and other social gatherings. It often involves pork or chicken meat marinated in a sauce of vinegar and garlic, browned in oil, and simmered in the marinade. Although they share the same name with a Spanish…
This recipe is characterized by its tender meat and rich fragrant smell. Ingredients 400g pork belly 1 green pepper 1 garlic 4 pcs dried bean curd 1 pimiento Seasonings 2 tbsp spicy broad bean curd paste 2 tbsp sweet bean sauce 1 tbsp granulated sugar 1 tbsp cooking wine 1/2 tbsp soft soy sauce 1…