Chicken Ginger Stew (Tinolang Manok)

Chicken Ginger Stew or Tinolang Manok is very famous among Filipino dishes. "Tinola" an old dish, was derived from older chicken soups by the Chinese.

Ingredients:
Chicken 3/4 kg - cut into medium pieces
Green Papaya 1 piece (regular size) - cut into medium pieces
Chili Leaves
Green Chili
Ginger
Onion
Garlic
Cooking Oil
Water - 3 cups
Chicken cube - 1 piece
Salt

How to Cook:
1. Heat casserole and pour with small amount of cooking oil.
2. Saute ginger, onion then add garlic.
3. Once the garlic turns golden brown, add the chicken then mix equally.
4. Cover the casserole in 10 minutes then mix again the chicken, wait till the oil gets dry.
5. Once the oil is almost dry, add 3 cups of water.
6. Cover the casserole and boil the chicken around 15 to 20 minutes to tender.
7. Add the green papaya and boil till papaya gets tender.
8. Put the chicken cubes and add salt to taste
10. Finally put in the chili leaves and green chili, cover the casserole and boil in half a minute.
11. Ready to serve.

Makes 4 to 5 servings.

FRIED RICE with SWEET CORN

Doctor said breakfast is the very important meal of the day. That's why I have set my alarm everyday to wake up early and prepare food to eat for breakfast with my husband. One of my favorite food to cook  for breakfast is Fried Rice with sweet corn.





Ingredients:
Steamed Rice - 3 cups
Sweet Corn - 1/4 cup
Garlic - minced
Butter - 1 tbsp

How to Cook:
1. Heat the pan and put on the butter.
2. Add garlic, cook till golden brown.
3. Add sweet corn, cook up to 2 minutes
4. Add steamed rice, then mixed well up to 10 minutes

GINISANG MONGGO (Sauteed Mung Beans) for FRIDAY

It's Friday again! For sure there are lots of Filipino housewives cooking Ginisang Monggo today. Monggo or Mung Beans in English is one of the famous Filipino Dish to cook especially during Fridays. I don't know exactly the reason behind why it became a tradition to cook Ginisang Monggo or Sauteed Mung Beans during Fridays. Sauteed Mung Beans or Ginisang Monggo is usually serve with fried fish. Here is my own version on how to cook Ginisang Monggo or Sauteed Mung Beans.

Ingredients:

1/4 Monggo or Mung Beans

1/4 Pork Belly

3 pieces Tinapa or Smoked Fish

Ampalaya Leaves

1 piece Red Oinion

3 gloves Garlic

Vetsin 

Salt

2 tbsp Cooking Oil

How to Cook:

1. Soak the Mung Beans or Monggo at least one hour before cooking, this will help the Mung Beans or Monggo to get tender easily while cooking

2. Boil the soaked Mung Beans or Monggo in a casserole with 2 cups of water, cover the casserole

3. Wait till the Mung Beans or Monggo gets tender, TIP: while boiling, press the Mung Beans or Monggo with ladle. This will help the Mung Beans or Monggo to cook easily

4.  Set aside the boiled Mung Beans or Monggo once cooked

5. On a separate casserole, pour and heat the cooking oil

6. Saute onion then add garlic, wait till the garlic turned golden brown

7. Add the Pork Belly, cook until tender

8. Once the pork is tender, add the smoked fish or tinapa and cook up to 5 minutes

9. Now, add the boiled Mung Beans or Monggo and cook for another 5 minutes

10. Then add the Ampalaya Leaves, cook for 5 mimutes

11. Add salt and vetsin to taste

Makes 4 servings. Best serve when hot.

GROUND PORK in TOMATO SAUCE

Ground pork in tomato also known in Tagalog language as "Giniling" is one of the common food that most family prepare for lunch. Ground pork is also one of the  fave food of the kids because it is finely chopped  and easy to chew.

Ingredients:
Ground Pork - 1/4 kg
Potato - 2 pieces of medium size (cut into small cubes)
Carrots - 1 piece large (cut into small cubes)
Red Onion - 1 piece
Tomato Sauce - 200 ml
Garlic - 4 gloves
Ground Pepper
Bay Leaves
Cooking Oil
Water - 1/2 cup
Salt
Vetsin



Hot to cook:
1. Heat the casserole, then add small amount of cooking oil
2. Put the read onion, wait till golden brown then add garlic
3. Put the ground pork, cook until the ground pork is tender (approximately 15 minutes)
4. Add 1/2 cup water, then put the potato and carrots altogether
5. After 5 minutes, check if the potato and carrot is tender, then add tomato sauce
6. Boil for 5 minutes, add a pinch of ground pepper and bay leaves
7. Add some salt and vetsin to taste
8. Ready to serve

Makes 2 to 3 servings

How to Prepare Green Mustard Salad (Ensaladang Mustasa)

Green Mustard Salad

Green Mustard Salad is one of the best Filipino salad you could ever ask for, you usually encounter eating this Green Mustard Salad in the provinces. Nowadays, hotels are also serving Mustard Salad as appetizers. Eating green mustard has a lot of health benefits to our body - Green Mustards are low in calories and contains a lot of antioxidants. Green Mustard provides an excellent source of Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Folic Acid, Calcium, Carotenes, Manganese, Copper and Green Mustard contains a lot of fiber. Green Mustard is also a very good source of phosporus, vitamins B1 & B2, protein, potassium, magnesium and iron.

Ingredients:

Green Mustard (Mustasa)- 8 pieces (sliced)

2 Tomatoes - sliced

2 Red Onions - sliced

Ground Pepper

Salt

Vetsin

Cider Vinegar

How to Prepare:

1. Rinse sliced Green Mustard with running water and place it in a bowl

2. Combine sliced tomatoes and sliced red onions

3. Add ground pepper, salt and vetsin to taste

4. Add cider vinegar, approximately 5 tbsp, you can add more as desire
5. Put inside the fridge 2 hours before serving

Makes 4 to 5 servings. Best serve with Fried Fish (especially "galunggong" or blue mackerel scad)

President Nixon's Barbecued Chicken Sauce

Just want to share this delicious recipe, an easy to cook chicken recipe I have found.

Kindly click to see the full view of the recipe: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/58973657?access_key=key-28fd5vfmu3ellyko3rov

Happy Eating!

Yellow Fin in Coconut Milk

Since my father was born in Bicol Region of the Philippines, we were brought up eating dishes with coconut milk, as Bicolanos were known for cooking with coconut milk. Once a week our father will definitely cook something with a coconut milk.

Until I got married, though my husband is not a Bicolano, but he loves to eat foods with coconut milk. Last month when we visited my father in law in Cavite, I cooked this recipe with coconut milk and guess what??? My father in law and my brother in law really liked this coconut milk recipe:

Ingredients:
Fresh Yellow Fin - 1/2 kg
Vinegar (suka)
Iodized Salt
Ground Pepper
Vet sin
Ginger (luya)
Red Onion (Sibuyas) - 1 piece chopped
Garlic (bawang) - 4 gloves chopped
Chinese Cabbage
Coconut Milk (gata ng niyog) - 2 cups

**No. of servings - 4 to 5 persons

How to cook:
1. Cook the fresh yellow fin with vinegar - in a casserole, combine the chopped ginger, red onion, garlic and yellow fin.

2. Add vinegar, just level the amount of vinegar just enough for the 1/2 kilo Yellow fin.

3. Add a pinch of iodized salt, ground pepper and vet sin or "Magic Sarap".

4. Boil in 15 to 20 minutes till the fish is tender.

5. Add 2 cups of coconut milk, boil for another 15 minutes until the coconut milk will become creamy in texture.

6. Once the coconut milk is creamy in texture, Chinese cabbage can be added and boil for only 3 minutes.

7. Ready to serve.

More recipes with coconut milk soon. 

PINOY ADOBO with EGG

Every race has their own way of cooking pork adobo. Cooking pork adobo is one of my favorite food that I love to serve on our family table.

My own style of cooking pork adobo - makes 4 to 5 servings (approximately)

Ingredients:

Pork Belly - 1/2 kg (medium sliced)

Soy Sauce (Toyo) - 6 tbsp

Vinegar (Suka) - 6 tbsp

Ground Pepper

Onion (Sibuyas) - 1 piece (chopped)

Garlic (Bawang) - 4 gloves (minced)

Cooking Oil - 2 tbsp

Sugar - 1/2 tbsp 
Bay Leaves

Egg - 6 pieces (boiled)

How to cook:

1. Heat the pan, then pour 2 tbsp of cooking oil
2. Fry onion till golden brown then add the garlic
3. Wait for the garlic till it turns into golden brown before you add the medium sliced pork
4. Cook for about 20 to 25 minutes till the pork is tender
5. Add soy sauce and vinegar
6. Add the ground pepper and bay leaves
5. Boil for another 10 minutes
6. Add sugar to add some sweet
7. Put the boiled egg and boil for another 5 minutes
8. Ready to serve