Low Budget Meal Recipes

Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: ginataang sitaw at kalabasa recipe or string beans and squash in coconut milk is a simple yet tasty and nutritious vegetable dish, basically it’s a combination of string beans and squash simmered in coconut milk. Add with pork or shrimp or crab make the recipe more delicious. This is another mouth-watering vegetable dish that is truly enjoyed by most Filipinos.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 15-20 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
1/2 squash(kalabasa), peeled and cut into cubes
1 bundle string beans(sitaw), cut in 3 inches long.
1/ 4 kilo pork diced or 1 cup shrimp meat
3 tbsp fish sauce or 1 tbsp shrimp paste
1 can coconut milk
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
2 pieces green chili(siling haba)
cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients:
1. In a saucepan, heat cooking oil and fry pork meat until color turns to light brown.
2. In the same pan, saute onion and garlic. Season with fish sauce then mix well.
3. Pour in coconut milk and bring to a boil.
4. Add the squash and string beans then simmer until vegetables are half-tender. Add water if necessary.
5. Add green chili then season with salt and pepper according to taste.
6. Remove from heat then serve and enjoy.

Adobong Pusit Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: Adobong pusit(squid adobo) recipe is another variant of Filipino Adobo. Adobo is a mixture of meat cooked in soy sauce and vinegar. This dish is versatile and flexible, the meat can be pork, chicken, squid or any other meat. Here is my recipe for adobong pusit, share and enjoy!

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 15 minutes
Good for 6-8 Persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo medium-sized squid
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 pieces bay leaves(laurel)
1 small piece of ginger, sliced
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste
3 long green peppers(siling haba), chopped(optional)

Preparation:
Part 1
1. To clean the squid, pull the head and everything that comes along with it from the body tube, including the clear, hard bone.
2. Then push the head in, popping out the hard “beak” and discard it.
3. Rub off scrape with knife the outer skin under running water, leaving the white meat. (If the squid is small no need to rub off)
4. Wash the insides and the surface of the squid very well under running water.
Cut into rings if preferred. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a pan, heat cooking oil then saute the ginger, onions and garlic.
2. Add the squids, pour in the vinegar and soy sauce.
3. Season with salt and ground pepper.
4. Add bay leaves and sugar.
5. Add long green peppers(optional).
6. Cook uncovered for about 5 to 8 minutes.(Don’t overcooked the squid, it will become rubbery texture and tough.)
7. Remove from heat, serve and enjoy!

Buttered Shrimp with Garlic

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Filipino Style Recipe: buttered shrimp with garlic recipe is a tasty Filipino dish, basically shrimp sauteed in butter with lots of garlic and the lemon soda gives the dish the sweet taste flavor. This is another mouth-watering dish that is truly enjoyed by most Filipinos.

Good for 4 persons.

Ingredients:
3/4 kilo shrimp
1/2 cup butter
12 medium cloves garlic, minced
1 can lemon soda
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons chopped parsley, for garnish(optional)

Procedures
Part 1
1. In a bowl, marinade the shrimp in lemon soda for about 20 minutes.
Part 2
2. In a saucepan, melt the butter in a low heat.
3. Saute the garlic until the color turns light brown.
4. Add shrimp including the marinade sauce, cook until the liquid completely absorb.
5. Adjust seasoning with salt and ground pepper
6. Remove from heat and arrange the buttered shrimp on a serving platter.
7. Garnish with parsley, serve and enjoy!

Halaan Soup Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: Halaan recipe or clams is another seafood dish that usually served by Filipinos. Another simple recipe but very healthy. Used to eat the clams using your hands and scoop the meat out of the shell using your mouth. Here’s the recipe for halaan(clams) soup.

Good for 3-5 persons.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo fresh clams(halaan)
1 bundle chili leaves
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 thumb-sized ginger, thinly sliced
1 onion, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
2 cups water or soup from rice cooking(sabaw-sinaing)
3 tablespoon fish sauce(patis) or salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
butter or cooking oil

1 small green papaya, sliced diagonally(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Wash the clams thoroughly and drain. Place the clams in a container with water and salt. Cover and let it sit for several hours or overnight. This will allow the clams to expel sand.
Part 2
2. In a large saucepan, heat butter and saute ginger, garlic and onion until translucent.
3. Add tomatoes, saute for 3 minutes.
4. Add fish sauce and the clams. saute for another 2 minutes.
5. Pour in water. Cover and let boil.
6. Add green papaya, simmer for about 5 minutes or until papaya is tender but not overcooked.
7. Adjust seasoning with salt and ground pepper.
8. Continue cooking over a high heat until clams open.
9. Add chili leaves then turn off the heat.
10. Serve and enjoy!

Pininyahang Manok Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: Pininyahang Manok(Pineapple Chicken) is a chicken dish that commonly served by Filipinos. Basically the chicken marinate in pineapple juice then cook with pineapple chunks, fresh vegetables, and spices. Some added evaporated milk or coconut milk to make the sauce creamy. The tender of chicken and the sweet and sour taste of pineapple make this dish irresistible. This is truly a mouth-watering dish and my family’s favorite.

Estimated time of preparation: 15 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 20-30 minutes
Good for 4-6 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 red and green bell pepper, cut into cubes
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 thumb-sized ginger, minced
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon fish sauce or salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
3 tablespoons cooking oil or butter

1 medium carrots, cut into cubes(optional)
2 medium potatoes, cut into cubes(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Sprinkle chicken meat with salt and pepper then marinate in pineapple juice for at least 30 minutes. Reserve marinade.

Part 2
1. In a pan, heat cooking oil and fry carrots and potatoes until light brown. Drain and set aside.

Part 3
1. In the same pan, reduce oil then saute onion, garlic and ginger until fragrant.
2. Add chicken meat then continue sauteing until golden brown.
3. Add soy sauce and marinade then simmer for 15 minutes or until chicken is almost tender. Add little water if necessary.
4. Add pineapple chunks, carrots, potatoes and bell pepper then simmer for 3 minutes.
5. Season with sugar and salt according to taste then simmer until vegetables are tender.
6. Remove from the heat then transfer to serving bowl. Serve with steamed rice.

Tips:
1. You can also add 1/2 cup evaporated milk if you prefer.

Paksiw na Bangus

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Filipino Style Recipe: Paksiw na bangus(milk fish in vinegar and spices) is a quick and easy common dish by Filipinos. The main ingredients of paksiw are vinegar and some spices like garlic, onion and ginger. Here’s my recipe on how to cook paksiw na bangus. Enjoy cooking!

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 20-30 minutes. Good for 3-4 persons.

Ingredients:
1 kilo milk fish(bangus),cleaned but not scaled cut in about 4-5 slices
1 bitter melon(ampalaya),sliced
1 eggplant(talong),sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 small onion, sliced
1 thumb-sized ginger(luya), sliced and crushed
3 pieces long green pepper(siling haba)
1/2 cup vinegar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon peppercorn(pamintang buo)
2 teaspoon salt or fish sauce(patis)
1 teaspoon cooking oil

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Remove the gills and innards of milk fish but do not the scales. Using a scissor or knife cut the fins and tails. Wash fish thoroughly drain and slice diagonally.

Part 2
2. In a casserole place the garlic, onion and ginger.
3. Arrange sliced milk fish, add water, vinegar, salt, peppercorn and cooking oil.
4. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Put the vegetables and long green pepper. Cover and simmer in a medium heat for another 5 minutes.
6. Remove from heat and Serve. Enjoy!

Tinolang Manok

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Filipino Style Recipe: Tinolang Manok(Chicken Tinola) or Filipino chicken ginger soup is one of the common dish in the Philippines. A simple Filipino recipe that is relatively easy to cook. Here is the basic and easy to follow recipe. Happy cooking!

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 45-50 minutes.
Good for 4-6 persons.

Ingredients :
1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 pieces chayote squash(sayote) or green papaya, cut into small pieces
1 cup chili leaves or malunggay leaves
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut into strips
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoon fish sauce(patis)
1 litre of water or rice washing
4 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt to taste

Procedures :
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat then saute ginger, garlic and onion.
2. Add chicken, fish sauce, ground pepper and continue sauteing until the color chicken turn to light brown.
3. Pour water then simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender.
4. Add in chayote then continue simmering for another 5 minutes.
5. Adjust seasoning according to taste then add chili leaves then turn off the heat.
6. Let stand for a few minutes to cook the leaves then transfer to a serving dish and serve. Enjoy!

Chicken Curry

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Filipino Style Recipe: Chicken curry is one of the popular chicken dish in the Philippines. This dish has a strong flavor and aroma similar to Indian and Arabian cuisines. Chicken is cook in curry powder and other spices, we also add coconut milk for creamy and more flavorful taste which most Filipinos love it.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 40-50 minutes.
Good for 4-6 persons.

Ingredients :
1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
3 potatoes, quartered
3 bell pepper(red & green), cut into strips
1 cup coconut milk or evaporated milk
3 tablespoon curry powder
1 large onion, quartered
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon fish sauce(patis)
1 cup water
salt and pepper to taste

2 medium carrots, chopped(optional)
3 celery stalks, cut into 1-1/2” long(optional)
2 pcs large hot chili peppers, sliced(optional)

Procedures :
Part 1
1. In a pan, fry potatoes until color turns to light brown. Drain and set aside.

Part 2
2. In the same pan, saute garlic and onion for a few minutes until soft
3. Add chicken and pour fish sauce, continue sauteing for 3 minutes or until color turns to light brown.
4. Season with curry powder, salt and pepper. Continue stirring for another 2 minutes.
5. Add water. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken is half done.
6. Lower the heat, add celery, bell peppers and fried potatoes. Simmer for another 3 minutes.
7. Add milk and stir occasionally to keep it from curdling. Cook for another 3-5 minutes.
8. Adjust seasoning according to taste.
9. Remove from heat. Serve hot. Enjoy!

Adobong Sitaw

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Filipino Style Recipe: Adobong sitaw is another variant of classic Filipino adobo. It consist of string beans and meat braised in soy sauce, vinegar and spices. It can be cooked with chicken, pork or both, with liver or without. Some used crispy pork(liempo), mushrooms and tofu cubes as alternative protein base. Ideally, sauce should be naturally thick and oily but this is very delicious. This recipe is so easy to cook.

Estimated cooking time: 40-50 minutes.
Good for 2-3 person.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo pork belly or ground pork, cut into small cubes or strips
1 bunch string beans(sitaw), cut into 2-inch lengths and ends discarded
1 head garlic; minced
1 medium onion; sliced
3 tablespoons of soy sauce
3 tablespoons of vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 bay leaf
black pepper
cooking oil
sugar and salt to taste
1-2 hard boiled eggs, cut into slices(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pan, stir cook pork until brown and start to render oil.
2. Add garlic and onion then saute until translucent.
3. Pour water, soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaf and pepper then simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add string beans, stir and simmer for another 8-10 minutes or until string beans in tender.
5. Season with sugar and salt according to taste.
6. Garnish with hard boiled eggs, serve hot and enjoy!

Ginisang Sayote (Chayote Saute)

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Ingredients:
3 pieces of chayote, chopped
1/4 kilo ground pork
2 tbsps of vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic, finely crushed
1 medium red onion, minced
1 tomato, minced
2 teaspoon of fish sauce
3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 and 1/2 cup water
1 small carrot, chopped(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pan, Saute garlic,onion and tomato. Cook until soft.
2. Add the ground pork, fish sauce and pepper. Keep stirring until the color of pork turn to light brown.
3. Pour water, cover and bring to boil.
4. Add the chayote and carrot. Mix, cover and cook for several minutes or until chayote and carrots are well done.
5. Serve hot.