Shawarma
Traditional Middle Eastern shawarma sandwiches are made with marinated pieces of meat pressed and stacked on a vertical rotisserie and cooked slowly. The juicy cooked meat is then shaved off and made into a sandwich with yogurt, tomatoes and lettuce. Pita bread is used.
A few years ago, I picked up another technique for making shawarma [...]
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Pork steak 2
There really is no recipe to write here. Just some tips about broiling the pork steak. The meat I used here is sliced rolled pork steak available in most supermarkets. I prefer this cut over pork chops which tend to get dry during cooking. Pork belly would be a good alternative. The only difference would [...]
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Creamed Tuna & Potato Salad
This recipe is a dressed-up version of the basic Sweet & Tangy Potato Salad. It will accompany tonight’s pork steak. I prepared it ahead to make sure it will be well chilled.
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Peach pata hamonado
Peach pata hamonado? Sure, I used the syrup from the canned peaches. While most hamonado recipes call for pineapple juice, the radical chef decided to do it differently…of course.
In Filipino cuisine, pata refers to the leg and the trotters of the pork. The trotters are not removed because the ligaments make the sauce sticky. Make [...]
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Creamed beef and vegetables
Did you know what wonders you can do with canned or powdered cream of mushroom soup? Use it as a base for chunks of deboned beef short ribs, potatoes, carrots, red and green bell peppers sauteed in butter.
My kids had guests for the day. They spent the whole afternoon and half the night playing to [...]
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Beef asado noodle soup
More popularly known as beef mami, this is another Chinese dish that has become a favorite with Filipinos. Hot broth is poured over meat, vegetables and noodles arranged in individual bowls.
A very good broth is essential to make this dish. No matter how delicious the vegetables, meat and noodles may be, without a good broth, [...]
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Beef & Sausage Fried Rice
Rice is a staple food for the Filipinos as well as for most Southeast Asians. We eat rice the way Westerners eat bread and potatoes. It’s no wonder that we have learned to cook rice in so many ways–as appetizers, main meals, snacks, sweets and desserts.
This rice dish is basically a Chinese fried rice cooked [...]
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Bulalo
Bulalo is the marrow in the bone of the beef shank. The dish bulalo is simply boiled bone-in beef shank served with a variety of vegetables. A simple dish to prepare, really; but the flavorful broth and the texture of the meat makes it a treat.
Beef shank is locally known as kenchi. It can be [...]
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