Steamed Crab

Filipino Style Recipe: Steamed Crab(alimasag) is a simple and easy seafood dish. The crabs simmered in water with salt, I used soda instead to have a sweeter taste. Crabs cooked for less than 8-10 minutes or until the crabs cooked and turns to bring red. This dish is usually served as appetizer or pulutan with toyo-mansi with bird’s eye chili(labuyo).

Ingredients:
1 kilo fresh crabs(alimasag), cleaned
1/2 cup soda
2 teaspoons salt

Procedures:
1. In a large pot, combine crabs and the rest of ingredients.
2. Cover and simmer in medium heat for 10 minutes or until crabs color turns to bright red.
3. Remove from heat then transfer to serving plate. Done.

Mango Pie

Filipino Style Recipe: Mango pie is another popular Filipino dessert or snack. This dessert is usually made of pie crust that contains a filling of ripe mango slices then baked until crisp. I used pie crust that I bought from the grocery store and it’s a good idea because it lessen my time. I got this idea when I went to boracay for summer vacation, one of the restaurant offered this kind of dessert and it was really good!

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of baking: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
2 pieces pie crusts
4-5 ripe mangoes, sliced thinly

Procedures:
1. Line a layer mango strips on the pie crust then bake over 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15 to 20 minutes.
2. Remove from oven and let it cool before serving.

Notes:
1. Pie crust is available in grocery stores(frozen section). But if you prefer to do it by yourself, here’s the recipe on how to make a pie crust. Please click here

Mais con Yelo

Filipino Style Recipe: mais con yelo is another sweet and refreshing beverage. This beverage is made of corn kernels, milk, sugar and cubed ice. Mais conyelo is an easy Filipino meryenda(mid-afternoon snack) that is commonly sold along the streets and usually served during summer season.

Estimated time of preparation: 5 minutes

Ingredients:
corn kernels
evaporated milk
sugar or condensed milk
shaved ice
corn flakes or crispy pinipig(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a tall glass, put 2 tablespoons of corn kernels
2. Add 1 tablespoon sugar then add shaved ice.
3. Pour 1/4 cup of evaporated milk then top with 1 tablespoon corn kernels.
4. Sprinkle with corn flakes then serve chilled.

Avocado Milkshake

Filipino Style Recipe: avocado milkshake is another sweet, creamy and refreshing beverage. This beverage is made of avocado slices, milk, sugar and cubed ice. Best to served during summer season.

Estimated time of preparation: 5-8 minutes

Ingredients:
1 avocado, peeled and sliced
1 cup ice cubes
1 cup evaporated milk
3 tablespoons sugar or other sweetener to taste

1 teaspoon lemon or lime juice(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a blender, process avocado, milk, lemon juice and sugar until blended.
2. Add ice and blend until smooth then pour into glasses then served cold.

Notes:
1. You may also add vanilla ice cream if you prefer.

Kinilaw na Tanigue

Filipino Style Recipe: kinilaw na tanigue is a raw fish salad made of fresh tanigue mixed with vinegar, garlic, onion, ginger, calamansi juice, salt and pepper. This dish is another Filipino delicacy and usually served as appetizer or pulutan. Make sure it is fresh because the taste of kinilaw is depends on the freshness of the fish.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes(plus chilling time)

Ingredients:
1 kilo fresh tanigue fillet, cut into cubed
1/4 cup vinegar
6 gloves garlic, finely minced
1 large white onion, chopped
3 tablespoons minced ginger
6 tablespoons calamansi or lime juice
salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cup vinegar for washing

3 tomatoes, diced(optional)
1 tablespoon sugar(optional)
1 red bell pepper, slice thinly(optional)
3 pieces red chili(siling labuyo), chopped(optional)
spring onion for garnishing(optional)

Ingredients:
1. In a bowl, combine cubed tanigue and vinegar then mix well.
2. Let stand for 2 minutes then drain vinegar.
3. Add the remaining ingredients then mix well.
4. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Serve chilled.

Notes:
1. You may also add coconut cream if you prefer.

Grilled Tuna Belly

Filipino Style Recipe: grilled tuna belly is another easy and mouth-watering grilled dish. This is usually made of tuna belly marinated then grilled until done. Serve with soy sauce, calamansi juice and red chili then usually served as appetizer or pulutan.

Estimated time of preparation: 5-10 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 10 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo tuna belly(1 inch or thicker), cut into 4 portions

Marinade:
1/2 cup light soy sauce
1 thumb-sized ginger, grated
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup lime juice
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey(optional)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon grind black pepper

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients then marinate tuna belly for at least 1 hour.

Part 2
1. Remove the tuna belly and then reserve the marinade.
1. Grill marinated tuna belly over hot charcoal for 3 minutes each side or until tender while basting with marinade mixture.
2. Transfer serving plate and serve with steamed rice and spicy tuyo-mansi.

Bagoong Fried Rice

Filipino Style Recipe: bagoong fried rice is another easy and simple rice dish. It is mainly made up of fried rice and shrimp paste and ground pork. Usually served during breakfast together with your favorite dish and soup.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 20-30 minutes
Good for 4-5 servings

Ingredients:
5 cups cooked rice, leftover
3 tablespoons shrimp paste(bagoong alamang),(preferably Barrio Fiesta or Kamayan)
1 head garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut into strips
2 tablespoons olive oil
chopped spring onions for garnishing

100 grams ground pork(optional)
1 piece egg, scrambled(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In the same pan, heat olive oil and saute garlic, onion and ginger.
2. Add ground pork and stir cook until brown then add shrimp paste and saute for 5 minutes.
3. Add cooked rice, scrambled egg and ground pepper. Mix well until rice is well coated.
4. Adjust seasoning according to taste.
5. Transfer to serving plate and garnish with spring onions

Chicken Lollipop

Filipino Style Recipe: chicken lollipop is considered as appetizer and one of kids favorite. Usually have a spicy and delicious taste then served with favorite dip. This dish is made of marinating the chicken wings in spicy batter then coated with bread crumbs and then deep fried in hot oil until golden brown and crisp.

Estimated time of preparation: 20 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 15-20 minutes.

Ingredients:
10 pieces chicken wings
1/4 cup flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup bread crumbs
salt and pepper to taste
cooking oil for frying
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Using a sharp knife, cut the chicken wings through the soft joints.
2. Carefully sliding a sharp knife around the tip of the bone.
3. Separate the meat from the bone and gently push down the meat until a lollipop shape is formed.
4. Repeat the procedures for remaining pieces.

Part 2
1. In a bowl, combine chicken, cayenne, salt and pepper then marinate for 15 minutes.
2. Add beaten eggs and flour. Mix well until well coated then roll in bread crumbs.

Part 3
1. In a frying pan, heat oil over a medium heat.
2. Deep fry then chicken for about 10 minutes or until colors turn to golden brown and tender.
3. Drain on paper towels and transfer to serving plate. Serve chicken lollipop with your favorite dip.

Banana Chips

Filipino Style Recipe: banana chips is a deep fried slices of bananas until crisp then coated with sugar syrup to have a sweet taste. This is a common homecoming gift(pasalubong) by most Filipinos and usually served as mid-afternoon snack(meryenda).

Estimated time of preparation: 15-20 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
6 pieces plantains, peeled and slice thinly
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 cups ice water
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
cooking oil for frying

Procedures:
1. In a bowl, combine turmeric powder and salt then dissolved in ice water. Set aside.
2. Soak the sliced bananas in a ice water mixture for 5 minutes. Drain.
3. In a frying pan, heat cooking oil then deep fry bananas for 2 minutes or until crisp. Drain on paper towel.

Part 2
1. In a saucepan, boil water then dissolved sugar. Stir until dissolved then let it cool.
2. Dip the fried bananas then drain and let it cool until almost dry. Serve.

Adobong Atay at Balunbalunan

Filipino Style Recipe: Adobong atay at balunbalunan ng manok or chicken gizzard and liver adobo is another variety of Filipino adobo. Chicken gizzard, heart and liver is an exotic foods and usually served as favorite pulutan is some occasions.

Estimated time of preparation: 15 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 3-5 persons

Ingredients:
350 grams chicken giblets and hearts
150 grams chicken liver
5 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
1 thumb-sized ginger, sliced
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/8 cup vinegar
1 teaspoon pepper corns
3 pieces bay leaves
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon dried chili flakes(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pan, heat oil and saute garlic, onion and ginger.
2. Add giblets, heart and water then stir cook until almost dry and brown.
3. Add liver and cook until brown and tender.
4. Add soy sauce, vinegar, pepper corns, bay leaf and chili flakes.
5. Simmer for 5 minutes then adjust seasoning according to taste. Cook until sauce is thickens to nearly dry.
6. Remove from heat then transfer to serving bowl then serve with steamed rice.