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 paste (bagoong alamang), and spices. If you want to taste the full potential of this dish then you need to use the key ingredient, the shrimp paste. It gives […]
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Tags: bagoong alamang, calabaza, kalabasa, liempo, patis, pork belly, shrimp paste, sitao, sitaw, soy sauce, squash, string beans, toyo, yard long beans 
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Pork Lechon or Litson is probably one most crave food in overseas. I know I did crave for it a lot in my early days here in America. The main challenge of cooking Pork Lechon is getting the skin crunchy without burning before the whole hog gets properly cooked. Also, for the most part we […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: baboy, bay leaf, celery, garlic, Grilled, Lechon, litson, onions, pork, pork belly, soy sauce 5 Comments »There are only a few Filipino I have met that didn’t care for this particular dish. A lot of times people judge this dish before tasting it. The truth is for most people that do actually taste it, my American mother in-law for example, they actually like it. The only problem she had was knowing […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes, Video Recipes Tags: black pepper, cooking oil, finger peppers, fish sauce, garlic, msg, onion, patis, peppers, pork, pork belly, pork blood, salt, stew, vinegar 70 Comments »
For this episode of Lasang Pinoy I was honored to be invited by Kai to participate in the 24th episode. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the invitation early enough due to a send-mail issue with my web server. Having said that, I have to use my previous recipe blog that I wrote several months ago. Even […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: bicol express, calabaza, finger peppers, garlic, ginger root, msg, onions, pork belly, rice, salt, siling labuyo, thai peppers 54 Comments »
Pork sinigang has got to be one of the most popular comfort foods in the Philippines. I remember when my mom would prepare this dish she would use fresh tamarind. She would boil it and squish out all the juice for the souring agent. Thank god for the invention of the dry mix so we […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: egg plant, finger peppers, fish sauce, onions, onionsg, pork, pork belly, sibuyas, sinigang, tamarind, tomato, water spinach 59 Comments »Ginisang Ampalaya is bitter and yet very delicious when properly prepared. You can also enjoy its many health benefits. I remember when I was a little boy I used to hate this dish due to its strong bitter taste and now whenever I see an ampalaya on a produce shelf my mouth starts to water. […]
