Pinoy Recipe Online: 2009

Crispy Pata Recipe

>> Sunday, August 23, 2009

Preparation & drying: 4 hours to 1 day

Estimated cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1 Pata ( preferably front leg of a pig including the knuckles)
1 bottle of soda (7Up or sprite)
1 tablespoon of salt
2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)
1/2 tablespoon baking soda
4 tablespoons of flour
Enough oil for deep frying
Enough water for boiling

Cooking Instructions:

Clean the pork and remove all its hair by scraping the skin with a knife. Wash thoroughly.

Make four to five inch cuts on the sides of the pata.

On a deep stock pot, place the pata in water with soda and salt. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Then add the baking soda and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes.

Remove the pata from the pot then hang and allow it to drip dry for 24 hours. An alternative to this is to thoroughly drain the pork pata and refrigerate for a few hours.

After the above process, rub patis on the pata and sprinkle flour liberally.

In a deep frying pot, heat cooking oil and deep fry the pork pata until golden brown.

Dip Sauce

Mix 3/4 cup of vinegar, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 2 cloves of crushed garlic, 1 head of diced onion and 1 hot pepper. Salt and pepper to taste.

Nilagang Baka Recipe

>> Saturday, August 22, 2009

Beef Stew (Nilaga) Recipe

Estimated Cooking time: 1 to 2 hours

Beef Stew Ingredients:

1 kilo beef, cut into 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" cubes
8 potatoes cut the same size as the beef
1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
1 small cabbage, quartered
5 onions, diced
1 head garlic, minced
4 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
3 tablespoons of cooking oil
10 corns of black pepper
1 liter of water
Salt and pepper to taste

Beef Stew Cooking Instructions:

In a big casserole, heat oil and sauté the garlic and onions.

Add water, the beef, black pepper and patis. Bring to a boil then simmer for 1 hour or until the beef is tender.

Add the potatoes. Continue to simmer until potatoes are cooked.

Add the cabbage then the pechay. Do not over cook the vegetables.

Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve steaming hot in a bowl and plain white rice.

Cooking Tips:

You can substitute the beef with chicken (chicken stew) or pork (pork stew) for variety.

Tinolang Manok Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

1 kilo whole chicken, cut into pieces.
1 small young papaya or sayote, cut into small pieces.
2 tablespoons ginger, crushed and slliced into strips
1/2 cup dahon ng sili (chili leaves) or mallunggay leaves
1 liter of water
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 red onion, diced
4 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)

Cooking Instructions

In a stock pot, heat oil and sauté garlic, onion and ginger.

Add water and the chicken.

Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 minutes or until chicken is almost done.

Season with patis

Add papaya and continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes or until papaya softens but not overcooked.

Add sili leaves then turn off the heat.

Serve steaming hot on a bowl with plain rice on the side.

Kare Kare Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 2 hours

Ingredients

1/2 kilo beef (round or sirloin cut) cut into cubes (for a more traditional kare kare, use cleaned beef tripe instead of beef)
1/2 kilo oxtail, cut 2 inch long
3 cups of peanut butter
1/4 cup grounded toasted rice
1/2 cup cooked bagoong alamang (anchovies)
2 pieces onions, diced
2 heads of garlic, minced
4 tablespoons atsuete oil
4 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick
1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
1 bundle of sitaw (string beans) cut to 2" long
1 banana bud, cut similar to eggplant slices, blanch in boiling water
1/2 cup oil
8 cups of water
Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:

In a stock pot, boil beef and oxtails in water for an hour or until cooked. Strain and keep the stock.

In a big pan or wok, heat oil and atsuete oil.

Sauté garlic, onions until golden brown, then add the stock, toasted rice, beef, oxtail and peanut butter. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Salt to taste.

Add the eggplant, string beans, pechay and banana bud. Cook the vegetables for a few minutes - Do not overcook the vegetables.

Serve with bagoong on the side and hot plain rice.

Chicken Pork Adobo Recipe

Pork / Chicken Adobo Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 50 minutes

Adobo Ingredients:

1/2 kilo pork cut in cubes + 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces or
choice of either 1 kilo of pork or 1 kilo of chicken

1 head garlic, minced

1/2 yellow onion, diced

1/2 cup soy sauce

1 cup vinegar

2 cups of water

1 teaspoon paprika

5 laurel leaves (bay leaves)

4 tablespoons of cooking oil or olive oil

2 tablespoons cornstarch

Salt and pepper to taste

3 tablespoons water

Adobo Cooking Instructions:

In a big sauce pan or wok, heat 2 tablespoons of oil then sauté the minced garlic and onions.

Add the pork and chicken to the pan. Add 2 cups of water, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, vinegar, paprika and the bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or when meat is tender.

Remove the pork and chicken from the sauce pan and on another pan, heat cooking oil and brown the pork and chicken for a few minutes.

Mix the browned pork and chicken back to the sauce and add cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken.

Add salt and/or pepper if desired

Bring to a boil then simmer for an additional 5 minutes.

Serve hot with the adobo gravy and plain rice.

Adobo Cooking Tips:

You have the option to add crushed ginger to the onions and garlic when sautéing. Ginger adds a unique flavor to your pork/chicken adobo.

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Caldereta Rice

>> Friday, August 21, 2009

Caldereta Rice Recipe, Rice cooked in traditional and famous caldereta sauce

Preparation Time: 00:35
Cooking Time: 01:18
Servings: 8

Ingredients:

# 2 cups long grain rice uncooked
# 2 tbsp. cooking oil
# 2 sachets 8g MAGGI MAGIC SARAP
# 1/2 cup tomato paste
# 1/2 cup liver spread
# 2 tbsp brown sugar
# 1/2 cup cubed carrots
# 1/3 cup frozen peas
# 1/3 cup corn kernel
# 4 cups water

Cooking Instructions:

Soak rice in water for about 30 minutes. Drain well.

Heat oil and sauté rice and MAGGI Flavor-it Meat Powder Beef for about 3 minutes.

Add in rest of the ingredients. Mix well.

Cook rice over low fire for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until done. Stir every 10 minutes.

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