Ginataang Alimango with Sitaw

After a long silence, Im back. Done with checking exams, preparing notes and editing papers i finally have time updating my blog. "Gata" is famous among bicolano dishes. Aside from its spicy and hot flavor, the presence of "gata" distinguishes bicol dishes from other pinoy foodie. Here's my first "gata" menu - Ginataang alimango wid Sitaw..

Saute garlic, ginger and onions. Add the alimango.Season with shrimp paste (locally termed as "balaw" or "dinilan") and pepper. Add a cup of water then simmer for 10 minutes or until crab changes to orange color. Then add sitaw. When it is tender, add a mug of "kakang gata". Simmer for 5 minutes or until its creamy. Add some sili.

Straight from the Pan - Sweet and Spicy Adobo & Chopsuey

CHOPSUEY
Saute sliced pork with garlic and onions. Add chicken cube. Season with salt and pepper. Add 2cupsof water and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Add sayote and baguio beans.When it boils add cabbage,carrots and cauliflower. Mix all the ingredients and let it simmer for 5minutes. Make sure not to overcook the veggies.Add kinchay and bell pepper. Dissolve a tsp of flour in a water and pour it to our chopsuey.This will make our sabaw malapot. Add a little fish sauce and vetsin.Done.Top it with quail eggs.

SWEET AND SPICY ADOBO
Put 1/2k sliced liempo in a pan.Add 3 cups of water.Combine with toyo (tebarts pwede na half bottle lang, same size kang gin) , black pepper, onions,garlic, sugar and 5tbs of vinegar. Let it boil. Then lower the fire then simmer for 30minutes. Once pork is tender,adjust heat from low to moderate until adobo dries up a little. Top it with sliced siling labuyo. In a separate pan,prepare french fries. Put this as sidings when adobo is served.

Laing Espesyal

tired of christmas foodies like lechon,hamon, chicken? time to go native this holiday,lets have laing for a change!hehe

In a pan put all the ingredients: minced garlic, onions, lotsa ginger, tocino sliced in strips, mushrooms, dinilan(whatchacall this in english ba?) Add 1.5 mug of coconut milk. Let it boil.Then add the dried gabi leaves. Wait til it boils again.Then add
2 mugs of "kakang gata". Once it boils,lower the fire,add sliced sili(long)and let it simmer for 30minutes.

Ordinary kaldereta made Extraordinary!

This is Tita Myrna Bombase's original. Im posting it to share with you how delicious her recipe is.

Marinate 1/2 kilo pork spareribs with soy sauce for 30 minutes. In a pan saute garlic and onions with the marinated pork. Add salt and pepper. Add 2 cups of water. When it boils, lower the fire. Add liver spread and cheese. Boil in low fire until the pork is tender. When tender, add the tomato sauce. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Add the potatoes and carrots. Pag okey na po, add pickles and bell pepper.

Okey na, tsalap yan!

Chicken ala Roco (redefine)

Yes you heard it right, its roco, as in Bembol Roco. His guesting in Spoon (cooking show hosted by Janice de Belen) is one of the episodes i like most. His recipe "chicken ala roco' became one of our family's favorit foods during special occassions. However, the recipe that i will be presenting is a modification of his. To make it attractive to kids, i added french fries, boiled quail eggs and blanched carrots and baguio beans.

Marinate chicken with salt , pepper and vetsin. Then coat this with flour and fry. Set Aside. In a pan, sauté white onions. Add chicken cubes and half cup of water. Let it simmer for 2 minutes. Place the fried chicken. Add Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Mix it with french fries and blanched carrots and baguio beans.Top it with quail eggs.

Twin Pasta

d odr day i was wondering what pasta would i prepare, my pamankin yaman wants baked mac, my daughter ira wants macaroni in white sauce, I DID BOTH...

preheat oven...

Baked Mac

Cook el real macaroni al dente, place in a serving dish then set aside. In a pan, saute onions and crushed garlic, add bacon stripa and hotdogs. Then add hunts tomato sauce. simmer for 10 minutes. Add salt and sugar. Then add nestle cream, simmer for 2 minutes. Add sliced bell pepper.

When the sauce is done. Mix it with macaroni. Make sure its enough sauce to make it creamy.

Macaroni in White Sauce

Cook el real macaroni then set aside. Cook knorr cream in mushroom soup as instructed. When it boils, place bacon bits and mushrooms. Add salt.Simmer for 10 minutes. Add nestle cream. Done.

Add this sauce in the macaroni.

Toppings: in a bowl, mix a can of alpine full cream milk with 1 egg (yolk only), and cheese. top this on the pasta.

Bake for 10 minutes in 180 C. enjoy!

Spaghetti

My spag is always a knock-out!!! When you taste it, you'll be asking for more... more... more... Here's my recipe..

1k El real spag
1/2k ground pork
7pcs hotdogs (cut accdg to your preferred shape)
4 slices of sweet ham
500ml Hunts tomato sauce
500ml sweet tomato sauce
1 knorr beef cube
1 bell pepper
1 can alpine full cream milk
magnolia cheese (grated)
1 big white onions
1 tsp of Mc cormick powdered garlic
1 tsp of Mccormick black pepper

Cook pasta al dente then set aside. In a saucepan, saute minced onions, then add the meat. Add beef cube, black pepper, powdered garlic. Simmer for 10 minutes. Then add hotdogs, sweet ham and mushrooms. Add the tomato sauce then let it boil. Add a little of salt. Then add the milk and grated cheese. Simmer for 5 minutes. Lastly, add the bell pepper. Enjoy!