Pinaupong Manok

Pinaupong Manok is a whole chicken cooked in a sitting position, there are various ways of cooking it.  I tried one today and it's good and delicious. Try it.

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken ( around 2 kilos) you can choose the size of the chicken that you will use
1 teaspoon chili flakes (optional)
3 tablespoon calamansi or lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoon butter
1 can softdrink ( your choice)
2 cloves garlic ( crushed)

Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the juice on the chicken,then rub it with chili flakes, salt and pepper.

2. Remove half of the Coke content then put the garlic and butter inside the can, insert the can at the lower opening of the chicken and set it in a sitting position.
3. Put in the pre-heated oven at 180C and cook for 1 hour or until done.
4. Serve and enjoy :-).

Note: Smaller chicken is faster to cook. So reduce the time when you use a smaller chicken.

Hot and Spicy Squid Adobo

Squid adobo is yummier when it is hot and spicy, so I cooked some today to satisfy my craving for this dish.

Ingredients for 6-8 servings:
1 kilo squid ( cleaned and ink set aside)
1 onion (diced)
3 cloves garlic ( minced)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
3 chili pepper ( labuyo)
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
2 bay leaves/laurel
salt if needed

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the ink and continue to saute for few seconds then increase the heat and add the squid and give it a good stir.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well then simmer for 4 minutes over high heat then turn off the heat.
3. Serve it hot with rice.

Frog Adobo (adobong Palaka)

re-cooked August 9,2014

Have you eaten an edible frog ( palakang bukid)?  I have eaten it 20 years ago, it tasted like chicken,  I ate the legs because it's the only meaty part. During rainy season my brothers and their friends will hunt for frogs and cook it  when they are done cooking they  will call the neighbors to feast on it. The sound of happiness is what you can hear while they're eating and sharing good chats.

Ingredients:
1 kilo cleaned Frog
8 cloves Garlic
thumb size Ginger
1 big Onion
3/4 cup Vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon crushed black pepper
3 bay leaves/laurel

Cleaned frogs

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and ginger then the onion and add the frog meat, laurel and black pepper then stir to mix well then simmer over medium heat until the pinkish color is gone.
2. Add the vinegar and soy sauce ( do not mix) just cover and wait until it starts to boil then simmer for few minutes before mixing.  Continue to simmer until done while stirring every now and then.
3. It is done when it is almost dry but still saucy.
4. Serve with a smile.

Giniling Guisantes

This ground meat ( giniling) with green peas ( Guisantes) dish is very easy to prepare and also economical, perfect this  weekend, I am sure that your loved ones will enjoy this.

Nutritional Value
Peas are starchy, but high in fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals, and lutien. Dry weight is about one-quarter protein and one-quarter sugar. Pea seed peptide fractions have less ability to scavenge free radicals than glutathionen but greater ability to chelate metals and inhibit  linoleic acid oxidation.
Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo ground pork
2 cups green peas ( guisantes)
1 onion ( diced)
3 cloves garlic ( minced)
1 red medium size bell pepper ( diced)
3/4 cup tomato sauce
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the ground pork and simmer until the pinkish color is gone.
2. Add the tomato sauce, bell pepper, soy sauce, salt and pepper then give a good stir and simmer until the meat is cooked then add the green peas and simmer for a minute and turn off the heat.
3. Serve with a smile :-).

Beanstek

A delicious string beans dish that's cooked like Bistek. Yummier than adobong sitaw, try it.

Ingredients:
2 bunches string beans
1 onion ( cut into rings)
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons calamansi or lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

string beans

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the onion ( remove some onion slices to to garnish when serving)
2. Add the chicken and stir until pinkish color is gone, add the beans and give a good stir until half cooked.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well then simmer until done.
4. Put the reserve onion rings then serve.

Liemp-Chon ( Liempo Lechon)

Let's try this delicious food  innovation from the ingredients specialist.

INGREDIENTS & COOKING NEEDS:
2 kilos of fully cleaned skin-on, rectangular pork belly (“liempo”)
 1 piece large garlic bulb, de-skinned, pounded
1 large white or red onion, quartered
3 pieces cut into 2 inches “tanglad” (Filipino lemongrass)
25 grams fine salt
5 grams ground black pepper
10ml. soy sauce
15 ml. Extra virgin olive oil
thick thread for tying
meat thermometer

PROCEDURES:
1.    Score and slit lean, skin & fat parts of the belly.
2.    Pour in all ingredients unto blender and blend/mix until paste.
3.    Rub inside slits and all parts of meat plus the inside
to effect full flavor absorption.
4.    With left over marinade, lay flat belly (lean part side down)
and marinate for 2 hours inside ref. (DO NOT FREEZE)
5.    Tumble and turn every 30 minutes.
6.    Pouring all marinade left over inside the meat, roll and tie as in picture.
7.    Pour tap water 1/2 of pan.
This will serve as moisturizer to heated meat and as dripping medium.
8.    Pre-heat oven to 350 deg.F then, on top of pan (in a wire rack)
sear belly for 30 minutes.
9.    Lower temp to 250 deg.F and cook further for 1 more hour & 30 minutes
(or longer as you wish-adding water to pan as need be)
until internal temp reaches 140 deg. F for medium rare,
150 deg. F for medium,
155 deg. F for medium well
& 160-165 deg. F for well done.
But fate has not been kind in this instance of  my cooking endevour…
the string got burned and loosen off midway.
Thereby...I got crackling skin (like Chicharon), crispy reddish-brown rind
resembling that of a real charcoal-cooked Lechon
AND a very tasty, juicy and ultra tender inside.
10. Serve.
Best with “suka’t bawang” (garlic-vinegar dip)

Click the link for the original post and read why he cooked this.
http://www.jdantemorados.com/this-gramp-is-a-food-critic/liemp-chon-lechon-liempo

Contributed by: Mr. Jose Dante S. Morados

Masilog

Masilog is one of the breakfast combo in the Philippines which is consist of Ma Ling  (Chinese brand luncheon meat), Sinangag ( Fried Rice) and Itlog ( Egg)

Maling- MA
Sinangag- SI
Itlog- LOG = MASILOG

Just prepare all the necessary stuffs ( Maling, Sinangag and egg) then assemble in a serving plate then serve.

Ginisang Talbos ng Camote at Okra

 Freshly harvested from a friend's garden, simply cooked to remain its natural flavor and served with love. Both are low calorie vegetables but rich in fiber and other vitamins and minerals that's good for our body. Bon appétit!

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo shrimps ( cleaned and de-shelled)
1 bunch camote tops (talbos ng camote) -cleaned
8 pieces okra
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 cloves garlic
1/2 piece onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion then add the shrimps and stir well, add the soy sauce.
2. Add the okra and continue to saute until half cooked then increase the heat.
3. Add the camote tops, salt and pepper to taste then stir for a minute and turn off the heat.
4. Serve it with love.

Fried Egg with Tomato

Prepared by the two scavengers ( Bevs and Sienna) lol, perfectly fried with love :-). They shared this with me, really yummy!

Ingredients:

3 eggs ( beaten)

1 big tomato ( diced)

salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Combine the beaten eggs and diced tomatoes then heat an oil. Pour the egg mixture.

2. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, cook until half cooked, then flip to cook evenly, increase the heat to give a nice brownish looks, then serve when it's done. Perfect with fried rice.

Sauteed Asparagus

A nutritious vegetable dish that will aid your digestive tract due to its high fiber content. Rich in vitamins K, C, E and many more that can help our body to stay fit. Start eating asparagus now :-).

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo shrimps
1/2 kilo asparagus ( cleaned and cut)
3 cloves garlic
2 chili ( siling haba)
1 onion
salt and pepper to taste

asparagus

Procedure:
1.Saute the garlic and onion then  add the shrimps and simmer for a minute.
2. Increase the heat, add the asparagus  and some chili then saute until cooked, add salt and pepper to taste.
3.Turn off the heat and serve hot.

Here is the chart for the nutritional value of cooked asparagus.
Source: http://www.whfoods.com