Crispy Pata Recipe

 

Ingredients :

• Medium sized Pork Leg/Pork Shank
• 1 Glass/bottle of Sprit or 7-up ( Lemonade will do)
• 1 1/2 Cups of water
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsbp salt
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp msg or vetchin
• 2-3 cups of water ( covering the pata for boiling)
• Oil ( enough for deep frying)

Sauce Ingredients :

• 3/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 medium sized onion chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
• 1-2 small red chilli pepper chopped
• salt and pepper

Procedure :

1. Clean the pork shank/pork leg ( remove remaining hairs ) and slit skin on both side (3-4 slits) without cutting the bone.
2. Place it in a deep pan with tight cover
3. Add water, 7-up, msg and salt. Bring to a boil after 15 minutes, add baking soda. Baking soda will hasten the softening of the pata’s skin. Continue cooking for another hour or until tender. If water dries up and pata is not yet done, add another cup of water. Drain when done.
4. Hang for 1 day or place in refrigerator overnight to make skin dry. Before frying, brush with patis (fish sauce) and sprinkle with flour generously.
5. Deep fry until crispy and golden brown. Put off heat and pour 1/4 cup water. This will make the skin more crispy.
6. Serve it with cracklings side dish! Enjoy eating!

Special thanks to Recipezaar.com for this yummy recipe!

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Special Beef Calderetta Recipe

Beef Kaldereta Ingredients:

• 1 kilo beef, cut into chunks

• 1/2 cup ground liver

• 5 onions, minced

• 5 cloves garlic, minced

• 6 tomatoes, sliced

• 1 cup tomato sauce

• 3 green peppers, diced

• 3 red peppers, diced

• 4 pieces hot chili peppers, minced

• 3/4 cup grated cheese

• 2 cups beef stock or water

• 1/4 cup cooking or olive oil

 

Kaldereta Cooking Instructions:

1. In a casserole, sauté: garlic and onions in oil. Then add tomatoes, red & green pepper and chilli peppers.

2. Add in the beef, tomato sauce, liver spread and water or stock. Salt to taste and let simmer for at least 1 hour or until the beef is tender.

3. Add cheese and olives (optional) and continue to simmer until the sauce thickens.

4. Serve with plain rice

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Squash and String Beans Guisado w/ Prawns Recipe

This recipe is easy to make. Just follow these simple steps and you can have this yummy vegetable guisado that Pinoys especially Ilocanos really love. Since I'm residing here in UK, I listed here the alternative ingredients . Here's how:

Ingredients:

1 Medium British Squash (Diced)

1 Pack of String Beans

1/2 cup of Medium Prawn, (Peeled and Semi-cooked)

3 Cloves of Garlic, Crushed

1 Medium sized onion, sliced

1 Medium Sized Tomatoes Diced

2 Tbsp of Oil

4-5 tbsp of Anchovy Bagoong or Halubaybay (Alamang)

 

Procedure:

1. In a pan, saute garlic till golden brown.

2. Add onion till it turns transluscent.

3. Put tomatoes stirring constantly then add prawns. Cook for a minimum of 3 minutes in a medium heat. (Don't burn)

4. Add squash. Saute for 3 minutes then add the beans.

5. Seasoned it with bagoong halubaybay or alamang, msg and add at least 3/4 cup of water and bring to boil. Do not put too much water.

6. Serve it in a glass bowl with rice.

Easy! I feel I'm home (Philippines) when I've done this recipe. And so I share a bowl of it to my Pinay neighbor. Cheers!

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Okoy Recipe (Squash and Bacon)

Here's another experimented recipe. Íve just found a British squash that I can use in Okoy recipe that my Nanay used to cook when I'm still young. Since I don;t have shrimp here, I used Bacon as alternative. Check it out!

Ingredients:

1. Medium Size Onion chopped

4 Cloves of Garlic, chopped

1 Cup of grated Squash

1 Cup All Purpose Flour

1-2 Eggs

Ground Pepper

Msg,Salt,Oil

Chopped Bacon

Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients with enough lukewarm water.

2. Put enough oil in the pan and bring it to boil.

3. Using spoon, flatten scoop of mixture to the pan and cook it till golden brown.

4. Make a Vinegar sauce suing chopped onion, spicy chili and vinegar.

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Cucumber Omelette Recipe

I admit, I love experimenting! Well Í don't know if there is a recipe like this listed on the website. But I will share this recipe that you might as well try.

Ingredients:

1 Med. Cucumber, diced

1 Med. Onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, chopped or crushed

2 Med. Tomatoes Chopped

2 slice of Bacon, chopped ( You can use pork meat or shrimp)

1-2 Medium Eggs

Oil,salt, msg. (optional) to taste

 

Instuction:

1. In a pan, pour 2 tbsp. of oil. Add garlic, onion tomatoes and bacon. Saute for a couple of minutes.

2. Add cucumber (Do not over cooked).

4. Seasoned it with salt, ground pepper and Msg. (optional)

3. Beat eggs and pour it in the pan stirring constantly till the egg is done.

4. Serve it with plain or fried rice.

 

Enjoy your breakfast!

Technorati Tags: Cucumber Recipe,Recipe Experiment,Vegetable Recipe

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Spinach Recipe (Experimented)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of plain flour
1 egg
1/4 cup of lukewarm water
Spinach leaves
black pepper
oil
salt
msg

Procedure:

1. In a glass bowl, mix flour,egg,water,black peper, salt and msg all together. Mix well.
2. Heat the oil in the pan.
3. Coat spinach leaves with the flour mixture then fry till it turn golden brown or until it turns crispy.
4. Serve it with vinegar, chopped onion, chilli mixture.

Enjoy this simple recipe!

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ITALIAN FOOD - Spaghetti Bolognese

This is my second favourite Italian Dish and there are two ways of making it.

1. The easy way but still very tasty
2. The hard way but allows to suit to personal taste

The easy way on how to make Spaghetti Bolognese is to buy pre-made ingredients. You will need Spaghetti Pasta, a Jar of Bolognese Sauce (My personal favourite is Dolmio), 500 grams of Beef Mince (Feeds 3 - 4) and your favourite brand of Cheese, if you like Cheese that is.

1. To begin, you must insert the mince into a saucepan on full heat and stir until the mince has browned.
2. Then drain the fat and reduce the heat to low.
3. Add the sauce and stir well.
4. Allow the mince and sauce to simmer for 20 minutes stir occasionally.
5. 10 minutes into the mince simmering, insert the desired amount of spaghetti into a sauce pan with boiling water. (That way you will time the meal to perfection.)
6. During the last 10 minutes of cooking time, as well as stirring the mince and sauce occasionally. You may wish to take the opportunity to grate the cheese.
7. After the 20 minutes of simmering the mince and 10 minutes of boiling the spaghetti, your meal will now be ready to serve.
8. Drain the water from the spaghett and serve. My personal way of serving is to put the spaghetti on the plate first, followed by the mince and then top it with a sprinkle of cheese.

The hard way of making spaghetti bolognese which may be preferable to you, is to make your own bolognese sauce. Please click the link below to see my personal recipe.

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Chinese Stir Fry with Cucumber

Ingredients:
1/2 Cucumber cut into strips
2 Pork Steak cut into strips
Bell Pepper Cut diagonally
medium sized carrots, diced
String Beans
Medium sized onion, chopped
4 cloves of garlic chopped
1 Medium sized tomatoes, chopped
small pc of ginger diced
1/2 cup og pork broth
Ground Pepper
Salt and MSG



Procedure:
1. In a pan, saute garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes for few minutes.
2. Add pork till it turns brown.
3. add beans and saute for few minutes.
4. add the remaining vegetables and water. Seasoned it with salt, ground pepper and MSG to taste ans simmer for few minutes ( Note : Do not overcook the veggies )
5. Serve it with plain rice while its hot.

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Sardines Burger

Ingredients:

1 Can Sardines ( Ligo/Mega Sardines/Master)
3 Cloves Garlic, Chopped
1 Medium Onion, Chopped
2 Eggs
3 Tbsp. Oil
1 strip spring oniol, cut diagonally
Salt
Pepper

Procedure:
1. In a bowl, separate the sardines sauce from the sardines.
2. Beat 2 eggs and mixed onion,garlic,salt, pepper, sardines. Crushed the sardines.
3. In a pan, heat oil then fry the mixing. Make a burger formation.
4. Place it in a plate and put the sauce on top. Put spring onion for garnish.


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Leek and Potato Soup

This recipe is one of my mother-in-laws specialty. She taught me how to make this during her vacation here in Cemaes. This soup is really easy to make. If you want to give it a try, here's the procedure:

Ingredients:
5 Medium Sized Potatoes, Peeled and quartered
3 Stem of leek chopped
3 tbsp of Butter
Ground Pepper
3 cups of water
Salt
Msg (Optional)

Procedure:
1. In a pan, soften leeks in butter.
2. Add water and potatoes. Bring to boil till the potatoes is fuly cooked.
3. Seasoned with salt,ground pepper and msg (optional).
4. Put it in a blender and liquidise!
5. Put it back in the pan and simmer.
6. Serve while its hot. ( You can serve it with a piece of bread and butter.)

See how easy it it? Try it now and discover how yummy it is! This is good for those who are on diet.



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Spring Roll Recipe ( Pork and Vegetables)

Ingdredients:
1 medium pack of mixed vegetables ( bean sprouts,onion,cabbage,beans,bell pepper,carrots)
3 slices of Pork steak ( Minced, chopped ) or Ground Pork
1 Medium sized Onion ( Chopped )
4 cloves of garlic ( Minced )
2 tbsp vegetable Oil
Ground Pepper
Msg
Salt
Spring Roll Wrapper

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic, onion and meat over medium heat.
2. Add Vegetables seasoned with salt , ground pepper, msg to taste.
3. Roll the stir-fried vegetables on your Spring Roll Wrapper.
4. Deep fry and serve while its hot.


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Gising-Gising Recipe

Its been 3 days off and I'm a bit bored here at home. So I started thinking of what I can do as past time. Yesterday, when we go to shop, we bought some vegetables and seafoods that I can used in making my very own recipe for the day. Here it is:

Ingredients:
String beans
Green Peas cut diagonally
Young Corn, cut diagonally
Bell Pepper, cut diagonally
4 pcs. Mushroom, quartered
Cauliflower
Brocolli
Spring Onion cut diagonally
Parsley, minced
3 leaves Nanna Cabbage, cut 1 inch
1 Medium Carrots cut diagonally
1 Medium Onion, sliced
4 cloves Garlic, minced
2 pcs Chilli Pepper, minced
1 1/2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
1 tsp. Cornstarch
Soy sauce
Ground Black Pepper
Squid
Shrimp

Procedure:

1. Saute garlic and onion.
2. Add squid and shrimp, saute for 5 minutes.
3. Add all the vegetables and saute for 5 minutes.
4. Seasoned with black pepper, soysauce, oyster sauce, msg and add cornstarch diluted in 1/4 cup of water. Bring to boil till it thickened.

Note: Vegetables is best when its only half cooked.

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Korean Kimchi

I dont think it the color of my kimchi is striking but its definitely taste as good as KIMCHI. Since Im here in UK and sourcing the ingredients is really hard i have to think of some alternatives to successfuly make it.

Ingredients:

Rock/Sea Salt
6 cups water
2 lbs. Chinese (Napa) cabbage, cut into 2-inch squares
6 scallions or medium onion, minced
1 1/2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
1 head garlic, minced
2 tablespoons Korean ground dried hot pepper (or other mildly hot ground red pepper)
1/2 Jalapeno Chili sauce
1 teaspoon sugar

Procedure:
1. Get the washed Nana Cabbage and sprinkled it with rock salt,equally. Leave for a few hours. Approximately 2 hours.
2. Wash the cabbage and put it in a glass bowl.
3. Combine all the ingredients. Mix gradually!
4. Put it in a clean, sterilized jar and put it in a dark place, average temperature. Ferment for 2-3 days.
5. After 3 days, the kimchi is ready. Refrigerate kimchi to stop fermenting and to keep it cool whenever you serve it with the meal of your choice. Ciao!

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Pork Broth Soup ( Nilagang Baboy)

Ingredients:

2 Medium sized Pork Ribs cut into cubes
1 Medium sized Onion, quartered
4 Medium Sized Potatoes, Quartered
3 Banana ( Saba ), quartered
3 Cloves Garlic, Crushed
1 Tsp. Peppercorns
1/2 Tst Ground Pepper
6 Nana Cabbage Leaves cut into 1/1/2 inches
1/4 String Beans
2 Spring onion cut diagonally
4 Cups of Water
Salt and Msg to taste

Procedure:
1. Put the pork and water into boil, with salt till the pork is tender.
2. Add onion, garlic, Peppercorns and potatoes and cook till potatoes are cooked.
3. Add nana cabbage, beans, ground pepper and MSG. Bring to boil till the cabbage half-cooked.
4. Add the spring onion and simmer for few minutes.
5. Serve it with rice while its hot.

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Chicken Adobo Recipe

Ingredients:

Garlic ( Chopped)
1 Medium Onion (Chopped)
3 Tbsp of Chopped Ginger
1 Cup Soy Sauce
1/4 Cup Vinegar
Ground Pepper
1/2 Cup Water
6 Pcs of Chicken Drumstick
Carrots ( Cut diagonally)
Bell Pepper (cut diagonally)
3 Medium sized Potatoes (Quartered)
Sugar

Procedure:

1. Mix soysauce, chicken,vinegar,onion,garlic, ginger and water in a medium pan.
   
2. Bring to boil until the chicken is nearly cooked.
3. Add Potatoes, carrots and bell pepper and boil for another 5 minutes.
4. In a different pan, set aside the liquid from the boiled chicken.
5. Put 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in a pan and then saute the chicken mixtures for 5 minutes. Add sugar.
6. Pour the chicken liquid in the pan and simmer for another 5 minutes.
   
7. Serve it with rice.

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Shrimp Balls Recipe

Ingredients for Shrimp Balls:

Shrimp (Chopped)
Onion ( Chopped)
Carrots (chopped)
Bell Pepper (Chopped)
Ground Pepper
Salt
Flour
Baking Powder
Garlic (chopped)
1/2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
Milk
1 egg
Msg.

Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients until its ready to for balls.
2. Form balls and roll it in flour or breadcrumbs.
3. Deep fry.

Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Chili Sauce:
3 tbsp of vinegar
6 tbsp of Sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2 tbp of chili sauce
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 Cup water
Sesame seed oil
1/2 tbsp. dried garlic
1/2 dried parsley

Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to boil till it becomes thick.
2. Serve it with shrimp balls.

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Pancit Canton Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 onion, sliced
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 lb pork shoulder, sliced thinly
• 1 chicken breast, deboned and sliced thinly
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup cabbage, shredded
• 1 cup green beans, julienned
• 2 carrot
• 1 (1 lb) package pancit noodles (Chinese wheat noodles)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• patis, to taste (Filipino fish sauce) (optional)
• 4 green onion, sliced
• 1 lemon or kalamansi, cut into wedges
  

Direction:

1. Heat oil over medium-high heat in wok or large skillet.
2. Saute garlic and onions until tender.
3. Add pork and chicken, and cook until browned.
4. Add soy sauce, stirring to flavor.
5. Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
6. Add cabbage, green beans, carrots.
7. Cook until vegetables are tender, yet crisp, 5-8 minutes.
8. Add noodles, mixing gently to prevent them from breaking.
9. Cook until liquid is absorbed and noodles are done, about 10 minutes.
10. Remove from heat.
11. Season with black pepper and patis.
12. Garnish with green onions and lemon wedges.

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Shrimp in Sour Soup ( Sinigang na Hipon)

Ingredients :

• 2 cups rice washing or water
• 1 package of tamarind ready-mix powder ( Sinigang Mix)
  
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1 tomato, sliced
• Chinese Cabbage ( Cut into 2 inches long )
  
• ½ kilo shrimps

• 1 cup of string beans
• 1-2 pieces siling haba
• salt or patis to taste
• Msg
  

Procedure:

• Put half of rice washing or water in a pot.
  

• Add tamarind powder. Add onions, tomatoes and remaining rice washing.
  

• Bring to a boil .
  

• Add shrimps, string beans, chinese cabbage and siling haba.
  

• Let boil for 2 minutes.

• Season to taste.

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Mushroom Soup Ala Eds

Ingredients:

2 tsp. Oil
3 Cloves Garlic Chopped
2 Tbsp. Chopped Onion
2 Tbsp. Carrots chopped
2 Tbsp. Bell Pepper Chopped
1 Maggi Cube
2 Medium sized Mushroom Chopped
1/2 Cup Chicken Breast Chopped
2 Tbsp. String Onion Cut Diagonally
Ground Pepper,Salt
Msg

Procedure:
1. Saute Garlic, onion, chicken breast and maggie cube.
2. Add Carrots, Bell pepper and muschroom
3. Add 5 cups of water and bring to boil.
4. Season with salt, ground pepper and msg to taste.

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Barbeque Recipe ( FIlipino Style)

Ingredients:

• 10 Medium sized Pork Loins
• 20 bamboo skewers
• 1 Cup Toyomansi ( Datu Puti )
• 1 head garlic, Minced
• 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup 7-up, lemonade or beer
• 2 tsp. ground pepper
• 3 tbsp of brown sugar/white sugar
• 1/3 cup tomato catsup (Heinz)
• 2 tbsp sesame toasted oil ( optional )
• dried parsley
• msg
  

Vegetables:

• Bell pepper ( preferable red,green and yellow)
• Cherry tomatoes
  

Instructions:

1. Cut the pork meat into thin and long slices about 1 inch.
2. In a bowl, marinated the pork with all the ingredients mentioned including the lemonade to tenderize the pork.
3. After marinating it, Keep it in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight.
4. When the meat is ready, prepare the bamboo sticks by removing splinters and by soaking it into the water to reduce burning during grilling .
5. String the pork on the skewers with your bell peppers and cherry tomato in between.
6. Grill the pork over live charcoals turning every few minutes on each side untill each barbeque is cooked.
   
7. You can also used the marinate leftover on the barbeque while grilling.

This is one easy , delicious meal you will enjoy this summer. Cheers!

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