Food articles posted in Dec 2007

Rice pudding with custard topping

It’s simple enough, really. Cook the glutinous rice in coconut milk with a little salt and brown sugar to taste, transfer to a baking dish, top with the custard and bake until the top is brown in spots. The way it happened, the custard was easier to make than the rice pudding. I don’t remember anymore how many times I had to add coconut milk because there were still uncooked grains after 45 minutes on the stove.

Spaghetti with longganisa (sausage) meatballs

A Jamie Oliver inspired dish. He made meatballs from Italian sausages; I used longganisa — the garlicky kind.

The first time I cooked this spaghetti with sausage meatballs dish, I used longganisa hamonado — the sweet kind. It didn’t work. The sauce was a mongrel of flavors that seemed hell bent on fighting with each other. Salty, garlicky longganisa works best.

Chicken menudo

I call this my great extended recipe. See, one 800 gram pack of chicken thigh fillets can feed as many as eight persons if you know how to extend it.

By adding vegetables, you double the bulk. But that doesn’t mean you have to dilute the flavors too. Add a piece of chorizo de bilbao and [...]

Corn dogs

I used to make these using pancake mix. But I was able to buy yellow cornmeal recently and I decided to make some corn dogs the traditional way. I searched for corn dog recipes online, found one at the Food Network, tried it and, oh boy, what a disaster. Not only did the cream style [...]

Pork ears barbecue

Why am I posting a street food in a noche buena blog? Because, my dear, pulutan is a must during Christmas. Pinoy culture. There’s drinking and there’s drinking and it usually lasts from the morning of the 24th to the morning of the 25th and it resumes around noon of the same day.
If you buy [...]

Corn muffins a la Kenny Rogers

So, it’s the morning of Christmas Day and you haven’t totally digested the previous night’s noche buena feast. You want breakfast though but you want to keep it light. Boxed cereals, perhaps? Boring. Oatmeal? Eeeeww… do you have to feel like an invalid on Christmas Day? Pan de sal with kesong puti? Great if you [...]

Chicken embutido

A long time ago, my mother-in-law told me that the best way to make sure that the embutido is perfectly shaped is to cook it in an empty tin can. I finally did as she said and look at how perfectly round the slices of my chicken embutido are.

What do I mean by empty tin [...]

Chicken in sour cream

Ah, the magic of sour cream. And if that’s too sinful for you and you worry about clogged arteries, substitute yogurt and the result is just as good. This chicken in sour cream dish is so good that you’ll want to dip pieces of bread in the sauce until your plate is quite dry.

The yield [...]

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Asian cooking

• Hototay
• Sweet and sour boneless tilapia fillets
• Taiwanese shaved ice
• Pho Hoa wins over Pho Bac
• Lasang Pinoy 24: Coconut custard
• Chicken teriyaki
• Braised chicken
• Fish egg soup with lemongrass and galangal
• Sukiyaki-cut beef with Kecap Manis
• Oriental Chicken Noodle Soup

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• Cutting corn off the cob
• Oven-roasted crispy pata
• Sauteing basics
• A more flavorful pancit canton (chow mein)
• Stir frying basics
• The how-to-cook series
• Aromatic (and tastier!) spring roll wrappers
• Herb-infused olive oil
• Stewed mung beans
• Braised bangus (milkfish) fillets