Paksiw sa gata-Fish stewed in vinegar and coconut milk

Paksiw is a cooking process in Philippines that uses vinegar as the main agent in cooking, for me simple paksiw is already delicious, but paksiw is more delicious if you put coconut milk in it, so have a try of it if you haven't yet.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo fish
1/4 teaspoon whole black pepper
1 medium size onion
thumb size ginger (sliced)
3/4 cup vinegar
1 cup coconut milk
1/4 kilo Chinese cabbage
salt

Procedure:

1. In a cooking pot put the vinegar, all the spices and fish cover and bring to a boil.
2. When the fish is already cooked, put the Chinese cabbage and simmer until it is cooked.
3. Add the coconut milk and salt, simmer until done
4. Turn off the heat and serve it hot.

You can put some chili if you want. (^_^)

Sauteed Rice noodles

Rice noodles are noodles that are made from rice and commonly used in  Asian cuisines, it is of Chinese origin and they called it bee hoon and in other Asian countries this is how they call rice noodles in their languages:
Philippines= bihon or bijon
Malaysia= bihun
Thai = woot sen
Vietnamese= bún
You can cook bee hoon in many ways. I am going to share the most common way of cooking it.


Ingredients:
1/2 kilo rice noodles
1/2 kilo chicken breast (cut into bite size)
1/4 kilo cabbage
1 med. size carrot( cut into strips)
1 medium size onion
3 cloves garlic
1 cup diced meatloaf
1/4 cup soy sauce
7 cups water
a dash of pepper.


Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion, then add the chicken, simmer for few minutes
2. Add the soy sauce  and pepper, simmer for another few minutes.
3. Add 4 glasses of water, cover until it boils then put the rice noodles simmer for 4 minutes.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients simmer until it is done.
5. Serve it hot


Some rice noodles needs more water.

Salami and Cheese Sandwich

I learned this from looking at the snack bar near my place, they display all the stuff for sandwich and you just choose what  do you like to stuff your bread. I looked at their menu and one in the list is this one. I bought one and while the lady is making my sandwich , I said  hmmmmm just that? :-) I will not buy this from that snack counter again, I can make it by myself since I knew already the ingredients, so here it is just in case you wanna try to make some for your loved ones. Easy ! :-)

Ingredients:

bread
thinly sliced salami
lettuce
cheese
liver spread

Procedure:

1. Slice the bread into halves then put the liver spread.
2. Arrange properly all the sandwich ingredients.
3. Serve it with your favorite  drinks. :-)

Roasted Chicken with Sprite

Re-cooked January 2014

One of the dish that I always want to try cooking is a whole roasted chicken,  because I want to make one that's yummy  up to the bones :-). This one might not be perfect but I'm happy with the result.

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken ( around 2 kilos)
3 cups Sprite
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 lemon or 8 calamansi
1 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste
some vegetables to stuff inside the chicken

Procedure:

1.  Prick the chicken with fork so that the marinading sauce will penetrate the chicken meat
2. Rub the chicken with salt and pepper then the juice from the lemon and soy sauce, let it stand for 30 minutes
3. Pour in the sprite and let it stand for an hour.
4. Preheat the oven at  200C for 10 minute.
5.Then remove the chicken from marinating sauce.Stuff the vegetables inside and rub it again with ground pepper, soy sauce and lemon juice to taste. Once you will roast the chicken adjust the temperature to 180C.
6. Roast the chicken until it is done ( around 40 minutes each side)
7. Serve with a smile :-)

Glorious mixed salad

 I just combined what is available from the refrigerator and I came up with this nutritious platter of salad. mmmmmmmm yummy!

Ingredients:

1 small carrots (shredded)
1 cup button mushrooms
2 slices ham
2 slice cheese
3 leaves iceberg lettuce
some onion rings
1 cup pre-cooked beans
olive oil
1/2 piece lemon

Procedure:

1. Just arrange in a platter.
2. Squeeze a lemon and sprinkle with olive oil
3. Presto! It's ready to be served.

Cellophane noodles soup

This kind of noodles soup is common to most Asian countries, as far as I can remember the first time I tasted this kind of noodles, I loved it. It's firm and smooth, and delicious. There are many recipes that can be done with cellophane noodles or sotanghon and this delicious soup is just one of it. There are also different style in making sotanghon soup and this is mine.

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo cellophane noodles ( sotanghon)
200 grams ground beef
1 cup broccoli (optional)
1 cup cabbage  (thick strips)
1/2 cup carrot ( strips)
half small onion
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper
6 hard boiled quail's egg
water ( enough to make the sotanghon soupy)
spring onion for garnishing

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic and onion, add the ground beef simmer for few minutes
2. Add the water thats enough for the sotanghon to be soupy until it is cooked,  let it boil, then add salt and pepper .
3. Put the sotanghon and wait until it is almost done stirring occasionally.
4. Add the the rest of the ingredients simmer for a minute
5. Turn off the heat and serve it garnished with spring onion.

Es kacang hijau

This is a very popular snack in Indonesia and Malaysia , I had one bowl of it when I went to Penang, Malaysia in 2007. If I could turn back time I will really take a picture of that moment so that I can share it in my blog, but who knows that I will have a blog in 2011? :-). Oh well, since I like that snack and it is easy to make, here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo monggo
2 glasses coconut milk
1 teaspoon ginger (strips)
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
ice

Monggo or mungbean

Procedure:

1. Cook the monggo until it is very tender like a porridge (lugaw)
2. Put the sugar, salt and ginger continue cooking for few minutes.
3. Add the coconut milk and simmer for few minutes
4. Turn off the heat, let it cool
5. Serve in a bowl and put some ice. Enjoy your snack:-)

I remember when I was young my mom made like this for me, she used milk and without ice , but it is almost the same as this one, that's why when I saw this at the restaurant in Malaysia, I ordered one serving.

Snow Peas with ground beef

Green + crispy = delicious! to the power of 10 :-)

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo Snow peas (Chicharo)
100 grams ground beef
4 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute garlic then add the ground beef and simmer until the pinkish color is gone
2. Add the snow peas and stir fry for few minutes then add salt and pepper to taste, simmer until done.
3. Serve it with a smile :-)

Shrimps with Spinach

I am allergic to shrimps but for my blog's sake I cooked this one, anyway I have friends who will eat it even if I can't. Spinach taste well with shrimps so it is a good combination. It's my first time to cook this dish and it's delicious!

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo shrimps (cleaned)
1 cup spinach leaves ( can be replaced with an green leafy vegetables)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 medium size tomato ( diced)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic and tomato.
2. Add the shrimps then salt and pepper to taste, simmer for a minute
3. Add the spinach simmer for a minute then turn off the heat
4. Serve it hot.

Chayote with tuna

The word chayote is a Spanish derivative of the Nahuatl word chayohtli, but this  vegetable is originally native to Mexico and has been introduced worldwide. Costa Rica is the number one exporter of chayote to European union while Veracrus (located in Eastern Mexico) is the main exporter of chayote to United States.
When I was in Bangkok, Thailand it's not only the fruit of chayote that's eaten but as well as the leaves and stems, if I have a chance I will post that recipe here. But for now here is a chayote dish that I wanna share.

Ingredients:

2 chayote or chuchu (sayote)
1 can tuna
1 small size onion

Procedure:

1. Saute the onion add the tuna simmer for a minute
2. Add the chayote then simmer until it is cooked
3. Serve it hot and with rice.