Beef Kaldereta Spaghetti
Kalderetais a stew made with finely chopped garlic, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, pimientoes, chili peppers and chopped liver. I made the stew, added cooked pasta and tossed them all together. It was absolutely delicious!
This is a fairly simple dish to cook. While kaldereta is traditionally served on the Filipino dinner table with steamed rice, [...]
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Pork & Kangkong in Black Bean Sauce
Don’t like pork? Substitute chicken, boned or deboned. Fish fillet is also good for this recipe.
When cooking with tausi, or fermented black beans, discard the liquid in which it has been soaked. The liquid is too salty. Wash the beans before using them to get rid of the strong smell. Then crush them to release [...]
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Kiddie Spaghetti
I received an e-mail recently asking what kind of cheese I use for the dishes I cook. This was my reponse:
The truth is, because of how expensive imported cheeses are, Filipinos use cheddar most of the time. But at home, my kids find cheddar cheese too salty. They prefer soft cheeses like quickmelt. In [...]
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Ginisang Mongo
Called a poor man’s dish, this healthy stew is cooked with boiled mongo (mung beans) simmered with sauteed pork, garlic, onions and tomatoes to make a thick sauce. Eggplants, okra and talbos ng kamote (tender leaves of the sweet-potato) are also added.
With the price of vegetable these days, I don’t understand how ginisang mongo can [...]
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Sinigang na Isda: A Sour Fish Soup
Milkfish or bangus is the fish most commonly used in cooking fish sinigang. Maya-maya, dalagang-bukid, talakitok, kanduli or any fleshy fish is just as good. I used maya-maya fillets for this version.
Sinigang is a sour soup. The main ingredient may be meat or seafood. Mashed and strained tamarind is usually used for flavoring the broth [...]
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Spicy Steamed Fish
Delicious steamed whole fish seasoned with a mixture of soy sauce, oyster sauce, chili garlic sauce and sugar, and topped with leeks and carrots.
Any firm and fleshy fish will be good for this recipe. I used maya-maya. Lapu-lapu, labahita, apahap or dalagang-bukid will also be good.
Bottled chili garlic sauce is commercially available in most groceries [...]
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Oriental Chicken Noodle Soup
A cross between the Chinese mami and the Vietnamese chicken and vegetable noodle soup, this very oriental dish is cooked with flat rice noodles in chicken broth and topped with chunks of chicken breast meat, carrots and leeks.
If you’re in a real hurry, you may use canned broth or even bouillon cubes. Note, however, that [...]
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Sweet & Sour Pork
Another traditional Chinese dish that has found its way into Filipino cuisine, sweet and sour pork is cooked with deep-fried cubes of pork loin dredged in seasoned flour and served with sweet and sour sauce. Diced vegetables make a colorful garnish. A few tablespoons of kalamansi (native lemon) juice adds a piquant flavor and aroma [...]
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