Posted in About Cooking, Recipes on Jul 29th, 2007
This is my entry for Lasang Pinoy 20. Although this cooking process is inspired by an English chef, it is still a traditional Filipino dish. For those of you who watch the Food Network or Fine Living channels here in the U.S. I’m sure you have heard of the show “Naked Chef” by Jaime Oliver. [...]
Posted in Easy n' Delicious, Recipes on Jul 28th, 2007
When it comes to Philippines cuisine beef liver is one of the common main ingredients and this particular dish is one of the favorites among many. This dish is easy to make and fairly cheap. This is a sautéed version.
Most western cultures probably have never heard of it being done this way before, but for [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jul 23rd, 2007
This dish was brought by the Spaniards when they occupied the Philippines. It was quickly adapted by the Filipinos and became a very popular celebratory dish. Afritada comes in two versions, pork and chicken.
This is the pork version. Pork Afritada is one of the many tomato sauce based Filipino dishes and it does remind me [...]
Posted in Easy n' Delicious, Recipes on Jul 21st, 2007
This dish is simple and very quick and easy to make. I remember when I was a kid I used to ask my mom to fix this all the time. It has a short ingredients list, but it’s very satisfying.
You could serve this as a companion dish for stir-fried vegetables or you can eat it [...]
Posted in Easy n' Delicious, Recipes on Jul 20th, 2007
This dish is inspired by the way of life here in the U.S. Most of us have busy schedules and very little time to cook a quality meal for our family. Although this does take a while to cook there is very little preparation time and you can basically throw everything in a pot and [...]
Silogs are definitely a very popular Filipino breakfast. They come in many combinations and are all mouth-watering breakfast delights. You can find these dishes at street vendors all over the Philippines.
They are commonly called Turo-Turo Eatery’s (it means pick and point eatery). This recipe is for Longsilog. It’s a combination of Longanisa, (Filipino sausage) eggs, [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jul 16th, 2007
This is my version of this dish. Pinakbet is one of my favorites when it comes to vegetable dishes. It’s a mixture of stir-fried vegetables simmered in a rich flavor of pork, shrimp, and spices and if you really want to make it even better you have to use the key ingredient which is the [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jul 10th, 2007
Now we’re going to talk about a dish that would make most Filipino’s mouths water even if they just smell it. Tinapa (smoked fish) is a favorite and definitely very popular among Filipino’s. You will find this dish sold at street vendors all over the Philippines.
Tinapa or Smoked Fish – this dish is served at [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jul 10th, 2007
Ginisang Monggo or Mung Beans Soup is a dish known to the Filipino’s as a poor mans dish, but from what I can tell you there is nothing poor about it. It is rich and hearty in flavor and just to kick it up another notch (as Emeril Lagasi would say) you can add shredded smoked fish [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jul 6th, 2007
This one you don’t hear much about when you’re talking Filipino dishes. My mom doesn’t make this very often, but when she does everyone in the family loves it. My mom’s version is a pretty common one, but I decided to make mine a little bit fancier and add red and green bell peppers. I [...]
