Frog legs and quail eggs adobo
We haven’t shopped at the Shangri-La Plaza in years and, my, how it has changed. We were there last Sunday and some of the shops and food stalls I frequented were no longer there. The Vietnamese restaurant at the food gallery has been replaced by something else. The Portuguese Egg Tart Factory stall had disappeared too. Anyhow, the trip wasn’t a total waste. We bought lots of books from Powerbooks and I was able to buy half a kilo of frozen frog legs from Rustan’s Supermarket. I’ve always wanted to try them having been told that the meat is very similar to chicken.
For my first frog legs adventure, I decided to be a little conservative. Nothing fancy since I didn’t want to get traumatized. To be more precise, I didn’t want to waste the frog legs–too expensive to experiment with. PhP 237.00 for a little over 500 grams isn’t exactly cheap. So, I decided to make an adobo dish out of them. To make the dish more colorful, I decided to throw in two dozens of quail eggs.
Pretty? Cooking them turned out to be a surprise.
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i am sooo scared of frogs. I don’t know if i will have the courage to try this. and it’s pretty expensive, hehehehe. but it sounds yummy!!!!
hi there! how i love eating frogs! you are right they taste like chicken, even better. when i was a kid, my father, during rainy season, often goes to farm just to get frogs and i enjoy pealing off their skins with ashes. my father cooked them similar to chicken tinola with ampalaya leaves and it was great!!! hope i cud find some here in antipolo!
I’ve tried frog legs once. It was fried though. And yeah it somewhat tastes like chicken, at least I think its because of the similarity in texture.
BTW, how’s the meat? Was it dry after been cooked? Or tender? Cause one thing I dont like in adobo is some meat tend to get too dry after beeing cooked.
I havent been to Shang in a while too. Ill try out your recipe as soon as I get hold of some legs. LoL
oh, i love eating frog’s legs… it’s delicious, tastes like chicken! it’s available during rainy season in bulacan, my dad would cook it like chicken tinola, hmmmm! i miss the food… and my dad.
Hi,
i’m curious if they indeed taste like chicken meat? what is your verdict? nagustuhan ba ng mga kids mo?
paupau, don’t be intimidated. Masarap.
wow, gina, that sounds marvelous. better than frozen frog legs.
Elle and ulaparaw, the texture is similar to young chicken, but the meat is not as juicy. ulaparaw, my older girl enjoyed them, my 12-year-old refused to eat them, says they reminded her of the frog they dissected in school.
phynkee, where in bulacan can we buy them fresh?
Hello sassy, i am still alive, but very busy…I do not forget your blog.
The frog legs we got here is smaller. yes it taste like more of chicken meat. I found your frog legs pieces are big like toads legs…
we live in hagonoy, bulacan… they’re available in the wet market or in some “talipapa”.
frog legs are really masarap! here in cavite we had a recipe for frog wherein we saute, garlic, onion, tomatoe and kamias, then add in the frog leg and add in water, level lang, then chopped “alagaw leaves” and we thicken it with bread crumbs or “biscotio”, this is really masarap.
I think I’ll stick to chicken kahit sabihin nilang lasang manok ang frog legs.
I really can’t make myself take those exotic foods. Even kuhol, dalag, hito, and yung nagustuhan mo - mata ng baka. Even deer, mutton (lamb is ok for me) and wild boar meats. Actually, inggit lang ako sa mga kayang -kayang kumain ng exotic dishes.
But then, there are also lots of people who can not eat crustaceans and shellfishes. Not for allergy or for health reasons but according to them, sea scavengers daw or visually, not edible in appearance.
relly, that was what my husband said too. the ones he had eaten as a child were much smaller.
phynkee, my mother’s family is from hagonoy.
hi connie,
this recipe looks so yummy. gusto kong lutuin kaya lang di ko alam kong saan ako dito makakabili ng frog legs :(. i might go to holland baka meron sila.
Beng!!!
kamusta yung kaaway mo, patay na? hehehe joking. anyway, i think in france, frog legs aren’t hard to find.
Tiniris ko na yong kaaway ko para matigil for good. Namihasa eh kesyo wala lang akong kibo the whole time. Akala ng temang hindi ko siya lalabanan. Eh di nakita niya sungay ko :D. Upps napahaba ang off topic, sori darling.
Hmm, malayo na kami sa France ngayon compared sa dati naming tinirhan (Freiburg). Nagpunta na ako kanina sa Venlo (Netherland) and I found frog legs, kaya lang hindi ito kasing lusog ng nasa picture mo ;). Di pa ako bumili kasi ang quail eggs naman ang kulang. Mag-iikot pa ako.
Have a nice weekend to you and family.
Muahhhs
Ayos, Beng! Durog-durog na siguro, ano? hehehe
Sabi ng asawa ko mas masarap daw yung mas maliit na frogs. And have a great weekend too. Mwah!
hi connie,
i’m new to your site but i’m loving it.
Matagal na rin akong di nakakain ng frog legs. My mom used to cook it like sinampalukang manok with dahon ng sampalok, it was so good.
really!? where in hagonoy?
i’m from san pablo.
san sebastian.
we think eating frogs is cruel they should be left alone!
paige and yasmin, i think you’re full of BS.
pwede ding igisang may kamatis para masarap.
I hope you know that the frogs that you eat have their upper bodies held down while their bottom half is cut. They are still conscious while this is done and death comes only about an hour later. It is unbelievably cruel and horribly painful for the frog. (Also, frogs eat flies. Killing frogs means an increase in flies which can drastically affect many villages and sometimes even become a health hazard)
paige and yasmin, i agree
(connie, that is plain rude)
Danielle, re #22. Don’t judge our culture; I won’t judge yours. Don’t impose your standards on us; I won’t impose mine on yours.
Re #23. You are even more full of bullshit.
Ok, well sorry but i don’t consider culture an excuse for cruelty. And i am not judging anyone, i am just expressing what i feel. I thought that maybe if you knew exactly what you were eating and how it was made, you’d reconsider eating it. I am not judging any of you. And, about your second comment, you’re making it extremely easy for me and others to judge you. (and is that all you have to say towards people who disagree with you? :D)
“you’re making it extremely easy for me and others to judge you.”
bullshit. who the hell gave you the right to judge anyone, anyway. you think a statement like that will justify your hoity-toity attitude? fish get thrown into the fire while they are still alive. go fight for their rights too. buzz off.
guys, this is connie’s food blog…she can write anything she wants regarding her preference for food. if you don’t agree, just buzz off (yeah, that’s right. you heard it right, buzz off). go write your own food blog, k?
I hope Danielle is still alive as of this moment just to let her know the lesson of what she disputed in this educational Connie’s food blog..You know i agree with your perception but you deliver your words in the most gruesome terminologies. Next time you better consider other cultures otherwise you better create your own BLOG. okay? Better yet, keep your BIG MOUTH shut!
Dear Connie, I’ve been reading your blog for a couple of years now and I must admit, I’ve become a fan of yours. You really put a lot of time and effort on your blog and for that, I am appreciative. However, I am truly disappointed and sad how you handled the views of Danielle et al. Yes, your blog is like your home and everyone who visits it should respect and observe proper decorum. Danielle et al merely expressed their views but I don’t think they disrespected you. I understand that they irritated you but why the invectives on your reply? There was no really need for it and I couldn’t believe you would drag yourself to that level. Don’t get me wrong, I am not related nor know anyone of them to defend them but I am shaking my head in disbelief. Respect begets respect but pointing out rudeness is rude. You are an educated and classy woman so don’t let small nuisances get the better of you. More power and looking forward to getting a copy of your book.
danielle,
get off!!!
wag ka ngang manira ng araw namin…\
kung ayaw mo kumain ng frogs de wag!!!
its your lost not ours…
ate connie wag mo pansinin inggit lang yan sa yo, kc madami kaming may gusto sa site mo…
thanks for all the great recipes you have…
i even print them and have them compiled…
Look Connie and all other readers who have responded to my views oh so maturely, I do not know of your culture. Nor do I know you. Therefore I have nothing to judge. All I know so far is your eating habits which include eating frog legs. It is a well-known fact in many countries that the way frog legs are obtained is cruel. I guess you could call not eating frog legs my culture and by telling me what I think is BS, or by calling me a “small nuisance”, you are actually disrespecting me and my culture when I, as I said, did not even imply that I thought there was anything wrong with your beliefs or your culture. I apologize if that was the impression you got but that was not what I said in any way. I do not understand the language in comment 30 but I can assume it is not very friendly as your whole approach to a differing opinion has been disgustingly rude. Your comment about fish being thrown into the fire is completely irrelevant. I fight for all animals I think are treated cruelly, fish included. As for comment 28, hi there. You’ll be glad to know I am still alive. And my terminologies are simply the truth. No blood or gore added. I apologize for not sugarcoating it for you. May I add that Paige and Yasmin seemed like young girls who should not be subjected to your curses or immature language. As for me, I am 15 years old and am horrified by you and your adult readers. You know what? I’d rather not deal with close-minded, rude people like you. You’ve simply proved not to be worth it. I have stated my opinions to many people I thought were being cruel and have never come across a response like this that was backed up by so many people! So you clearly are not mature enough to be open to other cultures, opinions or beliefs. This ‘little nuisance’ will now ‘buzz off’. Thank you for this incredible insight into how vulgar and bad-mannered people who treat animals cruelly can be. You’ve really opened my eyes. Bye to all my warm-hearted fans!