Pancit Canton with Ground Beef

My all time favorite dish, I can cook it with anything, and I can eat it anytime, that's how I love pancit specially pancit canton. I love all  kinds of pancit but the texture of pancit canton is what I liked the most.

Ingredients:
2 packs instant pancit canton ( cooked and drained) do not include the flavoring.
100 grams ground beef
1 carrot
1 onion
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 cloves garlic
1 cup sliced cabbage
1/2 cup sliced green beans
1/2 piece red bell pepper
1/2 cup water ( add if needed)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the ground beef and simmer for a minute.
2. Add water, soy sauce, salt and pepper then bring to a boil when boiling increase the heat.
3 Add the carrot, green beans, bell pepper and cabbage and give a good stir, simmer until tender, then add the pre-cooked pancit and mix thoroughly and turn off the heat.
4.. Serve it hot.

How to Save Your Leftover Pancit

Sometimes leftover pancit is a lot to be eaten again for the next meal and sometimes your loved ones are not excited anymore to eat the leftover pancit, so to save it from going to the bin, make it into another special dish, something crispy by wrapping it into spring roll wrapper ( lumpiang pancit). It is yummy and your loved ones will definitely love it.

Leftover pancit

It is very simple to do it, in a lumpia wrapper put some pancit then wrapped  and sealed the wrapper with a water or beaten egg.
Deep fry until golden brown and serve it hot with your favorite dipping sauce. Enjoy.

You have now a delicious new dish that's good for a meal or a snack.



Don't waste food!! It's a part of God's blessings. Learn to recycle the leftover.

Lomi

Lomi is my  favorite thing to order at  a snack house near my school during college days with my classmates during break.  We always have a hard time before snack break in the afternoon because of the Math subject (laugh out loud) lomi is always there to give us comfort. The yummy noodles and its hot soup is so comforting, that's why I prepare it every now and then.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
300 grams lomi noodles
3 cloves garlic
1/2 cup ground beef or pork
1 piece onion
1/4 kilo shrimps ( cleaned)
4 cups water ( add if needed)
6 tablespoons soy sauce
1 cup sliced cabbage
1/2 piece bell pepper
1 small carrots ( strips)
2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water
1 beaten egg
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the ground meat and continue to saute until pinkish color is gone then add the shrimps and simmer for a minute.
2. Add the water, soy sauce, salt and pepper and bring to a boil, when boiling add the noodles and simmer for a minute then add the carrots, cabbage and bell pepper, simmer for  a minute
3. Add the dissolved corn starch and stir well to thicken evenly then the beaten egg and simmer for a minute and turn off the heat.
4. Sprinkle with spring onion and serve it hot  and do not forget to smile :-).

Pancit Sinabaw

The not so popular pancit sinabaw from Davao region of Philippines, I do not know if other provinces or regions in the Philippines also have this, let me know. The usual pancit is guisado which is dry, this one is sinabaw that's why it is soupy because sinabaw or sinabawan is a Visayan word for soup or something that is soupy. I like this way of cooking pancit specially during rainy days.

Ingredients for 3 servings:
1/4 kilo pancit ( washed and drained)
100 grams ground beef
3 cups water ( add if necessary)
1/2 cup sliced green beans
1/2 piece bell pepper
1/4 kilo cabbage
1 small carrot
4 tablespoons soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the ground meat, stir well until the pinkish color is gone.
2. Add the soy sauce and simmer for 30 seconds then add the water and bring to a boil.
3. When the water is boiling increase the heat to high and put all the ingredients then simmer for 3 minutes or until done.
4. Serve it hot.

Macaroni Tapioca Salad

There were lots of kids in the church today practicing a dance, that's why I invented this so that they can have a snack after their practice, they were so excited when they have tasted it, they were surprised how yummy it is.

Ingredients for 24 servings:
1/4 kilo tapioca pearl ( cook according to its packaging procedure) drained
1/4 kilo elbow macaroni ( cook according to its packaging procedure) drained
1 pack red unflavored gelatine (10 grams) Cooked and diced)
1 cup pineapple tidbits
3 cups condensed milk
3 cups Nestle cream/ all purpose cream
3/4 cup diced cheese
1 1/2 cup raisins
1 cup corn kernel

Procedure:
1. Combine all the ingredients and mix well, then refrigerate for few hours.

2. Serve with a smile :-).

Almondigas

Almondigas simply means meatballs or bola-bola in Tagalog, but the almondigas dish in Philippine cuisine has a vermicilli rice noodles or misua in it, its the distinguishing characteristic of almondigas Filipino style from other countries. 

Ingredients for 5 servings:
1/4 kilo ground beef
1/4 cup flour
1 onion (minced)
5 cups water
70 grams misua
3 cloves garlic
2 tomatoes
spring onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Mix very well the ground beef, flour, onion, salt and pepper, then get a portion from the mixturee and form into balls, then fry and set aside.
2.Saute the garlic and onion then add the tomatoes, simmer  until soften then add the water and bring to a boil. Add the almondigas (meatballs) then simmer for 3 minutes and add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Add the misua and simmer for 2 minutes or until done, turn off the heat then put the spring onion

4. Serve it hot.

Note: It is also okay if you just drop the almondigas into the soup without frying it.

Pancit Molo

A comfort food that originated from Molo district of Iloilo city. I learned this dish from my parents who are both Ilonggos. This Filipino noodle dumpling soup is really delicious yet very easy to prepare and this is how I like this soup, with pancit, you can click the link at the bottom for molo soup, I wrote there on how to make the dumplings. The original recipe do not have noodles, but my family like it this way, because we love pancit ( noodles).

Ingredients for 5 servings:
10 pieces molo (cooked)
1/2 kilo pancit ( blanched)
10 cups chicken broth or water
1/2 cup minced carrots
salt and pepper to taste
spring onion for garnishing

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion then add the chicken broth and bring to a boil.
2. Add carrots, salt and pepper to taste, just allow to simmer over very low heat so that when we pour the soup over the noodles it's really hot.
3. Divide the pancit into 5 serving bowls, put each bowl with molo and spring onion, then pour the soup.
4. Serve it hot.

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Molo Soup

Pancit Canton With Shrimps

I did not put soy sauce for this recipe for health reasons, but it is still yummy and just the same taste of my favorite pancit canton, only lighter in color. I used instant pancit canton for this because I do not have a choice :(.

Ingredients:
2 packs instant pancit canton ( cooked and drained) do not include the flavoring.
200 grams shrimps
1 carrot
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1 cup sliced cabbage
calery ( optional)
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup water

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the shrimps and simmer for a minute.
2. Add water, salt and pepper then bring to a boil.
3 Add the carrot, celery and cabbage and give a good stir, simmer until tender, then add the pre-cooked pancit and mix thoroughly and turn off the heat.
4.. Serve it hot.

Molo Soup ( Filipino Wanton Soup)

Molo soup is made of ground pork wrapped in a wanton wrapper then cooked in a broth or water. A delicious treat for the whole family specially during rainy days. Originated from Molo district of Iloilo city.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
12 pieces molo wrapper or siomai wrapper
1/4 kilo ground pork
1 carrot (minced)
1 onion (minced)
3 cloves garlic
6 cups chicken broth  or  water.
salt and pepper to taste
spring onion

Procedure:
1. Combine the ground pork, onion, salt and pepper then mix well ( reserve 1/4 cup of the mixture then set aside)  wrap the remaining with the molo wrapper, after wrapping set aside. If there is a leftover from the meat mixture you can add it to the one that we reserved.

2. Saute the garlic then add the 1/4 cup of the meat mixture and continue to saute for a minute.
3. Add the chicken broth or water and bring to a boil, add salt and pepper to taste.
4 When it is boiling, add the molo and carrots,  continue to simmer until cooked then turn off the heat.
5. Add the spring onion and serve it hot.

Fusilli with Tomato Sauce

If you love spaghetti with tomato sauce, you will definitely love this corkscrew shaped pasta, don't worry it is smooth to chew :-).

Ingredients for 6 servings
1/2 kilo fusilli ( cooked according to its packaging procedure)
 1/4 kilo ground beef
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
1/2 cup sliced sweet ham
3 cups tomato sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup Nestle Cream or all purpose cream
1/2 cup grated cheese


Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the ground beef and simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
2. Add the tomato sauce, sugar, salt and pepper then simmer for 3 minutes,  add the cheese and ham then simmer for 2  minutes.
3. Add the Nestle cream and simmer for a minute then add the fusilli and mix well.
4. Put in a serving plate and top with grated cheese before serving.

Shrimp Spaghetti

I considered this a healthier option, shrimps instead of ground beef or pork, I thought the taste will not be palatable, but I was wrong, that's my assumption because I have not tried this before, now I knew that it's delicious and lighter in my tummy. :-)

Ingredients for 6 servings:
1/2 kilo spaghetti ( cooked according to its packaging procedure)
1/2 kilo shrimps ( cleaned)
4 cloves garlic
1 onion
2 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup Nestle Cream
1/2 cup grated cheese
salt and pepper to taste



Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the shrimps and stir until pinkish, then add the tomato sauce and simmer for 2 minutes.

2. Add the sugar, salt and pepper the simmer for few minutes, then add the Nestle cream and simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
4. To serve you can mix together the sauce and the pasta or you can put the pasta in a serving plate and top it with sauce and grated cheese. Serve with a smile. :-)

Fusilli with White Sauce

A light sauced pasta that is very palatable.

Ingredients for 5-6 servings:
1/2 kilo fusilli or spiral macaroni
3 cups all purpose cream/Nestle cream
1/4 kilo ground beef
4 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
1 cup sliced button mushrooms
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1.  Cook the fusilli according to its packaging procedure, drain and set aside.
2. Saute the garlic and onion, then add the ground beef and mushrooms, cover and simmer for few minutes until fully cooked.
3. Add the all purpose cream then mix it well then simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste then serve it by mixing the pasta and the sauce or just top the sauce on the fusilli.

Mely's Kitchen Lasagna

 

It was fun when I made this lasagna. forgive me that I have not posted yet on how to make the long lasagna sheet. It's a very good alternative from the lasagna that we can buy at the market where we need to boil it, this one is like an instant lasagna sheet, because we can use it right after making it. Yes, no need to boil it, sounds great? I will be posting soon on how to make it, but for now I want to share this version from my kitchen.

Ingredients:

Long lasagna sheet ( I will be posting soon on how to make this, sorry)

1/2 kilo ground beef

3 packs tomato sauce ( 250g each)
1/2 cup Nestle cream
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/4 kilo Mozarella cheese ( scraped)
1  onion
5 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.Saute garlic and onion, then add the ground beef,salt and pepper then simmer for few minutes until the pinkish color of the beef disappeared.
2. Add the tomato sauce and sugar, simmer for few minutes until the ground beef is fully cooked, then add the Nestle cream and simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.

3. Spread the lasagna sheet then spread the sauce evenly and add the cheese, then roll it.

4. Put the rolled lasagna in a baking pan, then pour the resst of the sauce to cover it and sprinkle with cheese, then baked in a pre-heated oven for 40 minutes or until done at 180C.

5. Once done, allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving.

Check other Lasagna Recipes:

Baked Lasagna

Rolled Lasagna

Chicken Yakisoba

Ang Yakisoba ay isang uri ng pagkaing Hapones na unang lumitaw sa mga kainan ng Japan noong early 20th century ayon sa aking nabasa, bagamat  ito ay talagang nagmula sa China. Itong aking ginawa ay simple lang pero mas maganda sana kung mayroon itong carrots, nagkataon lang na nang lutuin ko ito wala sa plano, may dumating lang akong mga bisita at ito ang pwede kong maihanda sa kanila kaya kahit walng carrots niluto ko na.

Mga Sangkap:
200 grams soba noodles ( pre cooked) drained and set aside
200 grams chicken breast
2 cups sliced cabbage
1 red bell pepper
1 onion
salt and pepper to taste
3 cloves garlic
3/4 cup water
3 tablesoons soy sauce
1 cup yakisoba sauce
spring onion for garnishing

Paraan ng Pagluto:
1. Igisa ang bawang at sibuyas  pagkatapos ay ilagay ang  hiniwang manok saka sangkutsahin ng mga tatlong minuto.
2. Ilagay ang tubig at soy sauce pakuluing maigi.
3. Ilagay ang mga gulay at kung malambot na saka ihalo ang soba noodles
4. Ilagay ang Yakisoba sauce at haluing maigi, lagyan ng salt and pepper kung kailangan.
5. Ilagay sa plato at lagyan ng hiniwang dahon ng sibuyas saka ihain

Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup

Have you tried this bitter melon soup before? This is a must try soup dish, healthy and yummy.

Ingredients:
1 piece bitter melon ( cut into big rings as you can see in the picture below)
2 rolls sotanghon
4 cups water
100 grams ground beef or pork
1/2 onion
1 small tomato
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Soak the transparent noodles ( sotanghon) in a water until soften.

2. When the sotanghon is soft enough, cut it  into an inch long then mix it with the ground meat, onion, salt and pepper then stuff the mixture into the bitter melon rings. If there is a leftover from the mixture of meat and sotanghon, set it aside.

3. Saute the garlic and tomato then add the water and bring to a boil, once boiling add the stuffed bitter melon and the leftover mixture then simmer until done, add salt and pepper if necessary.
4. Serve it hot and add some chili to give it a kick. Yummy!

Yakisoba ( Pinoy Style)

I love any kind of noodles, regardless of shapes, textures and sizes, but one of my favorite noodle is Yakisoba, because it is firm and easy to prepare.

Ingredients:
1/2 kiloYakisoba ( boiled and drained)
5 crab sticks
1/4 kilo shrimps
1small size onion
4 cloves garlic
1 piece carrot ( strips)
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 cups water
1/4 kilo cabbage
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. In a pan saute garlic and onion then add the shrimps and simmer for a minute then add the water and let simmer.
2. Add the carrots, soy sauce and sugar and simmer for a minute and  add the cabbage, crab sticks, salt and pepper to taste.
3. Add the cooked yakisoba and stir well until fully mixed then turn off the heat.
4. Serve it hot with calamansi.

Ginisang Sotanghon at Ampalaya

This was my lunch yesterday without rice and it's so yummy and satisfying. I want to eat more :-).

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1/4 kilo pork cut into strips
2 cups sliced bitter melon (ampalaya)
20 grams sotanghon ( Boiled, drained and cut)
4 cloves garlic
1 onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the pork and simmer until cooked.
2. Add the ampalaya and stir over high heat then add beaten egg and stir well then add the cooked sotanghon and mix well.
3. Add salt and pepper to taste and simmer until done.
4. Serve it hot.

Beef Spaghetti Carbonara

 Enjoy your holiday together with family and friends with this white sauce spaghetti, creamy and yummy.

Ingredients for 6-8 servings:
1/2 (500g) kilo Spaghetti Pasta
3 tetra packs or 600g all purpose cream/Nestle cream
1/4 kilo ground beef
4 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
3/4 cup sliced button mushrooms
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.  Cook the spaghetti according to its packaging procedure, drain and set aside.
2. Saute the garlic and onion, then add the ground beef, cover and simmer until the beef is fully cooked.
3. Add the mushroom and simmer for 2 minutes then add the all purpose cream then mix it well then simmer for a minute.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste then serve it by mixing the pasta and the sauce or just top the sauce on the pasta.

Pancit a la Palabok

My friends and I were craving for palabok but we do not have ingredients for it, so I just made this pancit to at least satisfy our cravings, we enjoyed it with a squeezed lemon, since we do not have calamansi. I will cook this again because it is really yummy.

 Ingredients for 6 servings:
1/2 kilo pancit  ( egg noodles)
1/2 kilo pork sliced into bite size
1 carrot sliced into strips
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups water
1/2 cup chopped spring onion
3 hard boiled eggs ( wedges)

Procedure:
1. Slice the pork by separating the fat and meat. Toast the fat until golden brown then add the lean meat and pan fried until brownish too, then make a space in the pan to saute the garlic and onion. Then stir in the toasted pork.

2. Add the salt and pepper then simmer for 2 minutes, remove some meat for toppings later.
3. Add the water and bring to a boil, once boiling add the carrots and pancit then stir well and simmer until cooked.
4. Put in a serving plate then top with some meat, hard boiled eggs and spring onion then serve it hot.

Simple Beef Mami

This is the simple way of preparing beef mami. I hope you will try this recipe and let me know.

Ingredients for 6-8 servings:
1/2 kilo egg noodles or pancit ( blanched and set aside)
400 grams beef
1 onion
1 teaspoon peppercorn ( pamintang buo)
salt to taste
10 cloves garlic ( crushed and toasted for toppings)
1 cup minced spring onion ( for toppings)
4 hard boiled eggs ( cut into halves for toppings)
3 liters water
ground pepper


Procedure:
1. In a pot, put the water, beef, onion, and black pepper then then let it boil until the meat is tender.
2. Add salt to taste then continue to simmer then get some beef and slice it for toppings.
3. In a serving bowl arrange the noodles, egg, garlic, spring onion, and beef then pour the simmering soup.

4. Serve immediately and you can sprinkle ground pepper or any condiments and spices that you like for a more exciting taste :-).

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Special Beef Mami