Low Carb Recipes

Beef Pares

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Filipino Style Recipe: beef pares is a Filipino dish popular as street food. Pares means “pair” which is traditionally served with fried garlic rice and beef soup. Normally the beef boiled and cooked with soy sauce, sugar, star anise and cornstarch to thickens the sauce.

Estimated time of preparation: 15 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 2 hours and 20 minutes

Good for 3-4 servings

Ingredients:
500 grams beef brisket, cut into cubes
1/4 cup soy sauce
4-5 cups water
2 pieces star anise
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon ground pepper
1 teaspoon cornstarch(dissolved in 1/4 cup water)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a large pot, pour water and bring to boil.
2. Add beef and boil in a medium heat for 1-2 hours or until meat is tender.
3. Remove from heat and let it cool. Reserve the stock.

Part 2
1. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, black pepper and sugar. Marinate beef for 30 minutes.
2. Drain meat and reserve the marinade.

Part 3
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil and saute garlic, garlic and onions.
2. Add marinated beef and saute for 3-5 minutes.
3. Pour 4 cups of beef stock and marinade, simmer for another 5 minutes.
4. Add star anise and simmer until meat is very tender.
5. Pour dissolved cornstarch and simmer for another 10 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Stir constantly.
6. Adjust seasoning according to taste. Serve with fried garlic rice and beef soup.

Tilapia Sisig

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Filipino Style Recipe: Tilapia sisig is a spicy and sour appetizer that usually served as finger food(pulutan). Normally the fish comes fried or steamed then debone and flake. Marinade with soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir fried until the sauce is absorb then add green chili and transfer to sizzling plate with egg and calamansi.

Estimated time of preparation: 30-40 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 15-20 minutes
Good for 2-3 servings

Ingredients:
1 kilo tilapia, cleaned
3 gloves garlic, chopped
3 red onions, chopped
4 tablespoons vinegar
4 pieces green chili(siling haba), chopped
1 tablespoon cooking oil
calamansi
3 pieces red chili(siling labuyo), chopped(optional)
1 raw egg(optional)

Marinade:
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Pepper

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Fry or steam the tilapia. Flake the fish and discard bones. Chop and set aside.

Part 2
1. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, salt and pepper.
2. Add the fish then mix well. Marinate for 30 minutes.

Part 3
1. In a pan, heat oil and saute garlic and onions.
2. Add marinated fish including the marinade then pour vinegar.
3. Add green and red chili and adjust seasoning according to taste.
3. Stir fry until the sauce is almost absorb.
3. Transfer to hot sizzling plate and add fresh egg on top. Serve immediately with calamansi.

Buttered Asparagus and Mushrooms

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Filipino Style Recipe: buttered asparagus and mushrooms is another easy and low carbohydrates dish. Normally the asparagus and mushrooms stir fried in butter then season with salt and pepper.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 10-20 minutes
Good for 2-3 servings

Ingredients:
300 grams asparagus, cut into 1 inch
200 grams mushrooms, sliced
1/2 onion, sliced thinly
4 tablespoons butter
salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
1. In a pan, melt butter and saute onion.
2. Add mushroom and cook until start to brown.
3. Add asparagus and season with salt and pepper. Cook until tender and crisp.
4. Transfer to serving plate then serve.

Chicken Inasal

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Filipino Style Recipe: chicken inasal is a popular grilled chicken recipe from Bacolod. Normally the chicken marinade with seasonings then grilled in a hot charcoal until tender.

Estimated time of preparation: 1-3 hours(marination) + 5-10 minutes(preparation)
Estimated time of cooking: 15-20 minutes each side of chicken
Good for 4-5 persons

Ingredients:
4-5 chicken legs with thigh attached

Marinade
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons calamansi or lime juice
6 gloves garlic, pounded
1 tablespoon ginger, grated
1 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground pepper

Basting
1 tablespoon annatto seeds(dilute in 1/4 cup hot water)
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 tablespoons butter

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a large bowl, combine soy sauce, vinegar, calamansi juice, ginger, garlic, salt and pepper.
2. Add chicken, cover and marinate chicken for 1-3 hours inside the fridge.

Part 2
In a pan, heat oil then add butter, annatto water and a dash of salt. Bring to boil and set aside.

Part 3
1. Grill marinade chicken over hot charcoal for 15 to 20 minutes while basting each side.
2. Transfer serving plate and serve with steamed rice and spicy vinegar.

Pineapple Prawns in Coconut Milk

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Filipino Style Recipe: Pineapple prawns in coconut milk is a quick and delicious shrimp strew. The prawns cooked in a few minutes in coconut milk, pineapple juice, turmeric and curry powder together with pineapple chunks and fried eggplants.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 20-25 minutes
Good for 2-3 persons

Ingredients:
12 pieces tiger prawns, head and shells intact or removed
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup pineapple chunks
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1 teaspoon green curry paste
3 bird’s eye chilis(labuyo)
1 teaspoon turmeric powder(luyang dilaw)
3 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 eggplant, halves and sliced(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pan, heat 3 tablespoons oil and fry eggplant. Drain and set aside.

Part 2
1. In a same pan, add green curry paste and turmeric powder then stir.
2. Pour coconut milk then bring to boil over low heat.
3. Add pineapple, pineapple juice, chili and prawns then cook for 3 minutes.
4. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper then add fried eggplant.
5. Remove from heat then transfer to serving plate. Serve.

Sauteed Green Beans and Mushrooms

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Filipino Style Recipe: sauteed green beans and mushrooms is one of the easy and low carbohydrate dish. Normally the mushrooms and green beans sauteed then season with salt and pepper and cooked until tender and crisp.

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

Ingredients:
500 grams green beans, trimmed
200 grams mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup butter
1 onions, chopped
3 gloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch(dissolved in 1/4 cup water)
salt and pepper to taste
dash of chili flakes(optional)
1/2 teaspoon sugar(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pan, melt butter and saute garlic, onion and mushrooms.
2. Add green beans, water, chili flakes and soy sauce then simmer for 3 minutes.
3. Pour dissolved cornstarch then season with sugar, salt and pepper. Simmer for 2 minutes or until beans are tender and crisp.
4. Transfer to serving plate then serve.

Prawns Curry with Pineapple

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Filipino Style Recipe: prawns curry with pineapple recipe is a quick shrimp strew. It usually consists of prawns cooked in curry sauce together with pineapple chunks.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 10-15 minutes
Good for 2-3 persons

Ingredients:
10 pieces tiger prawns,(remove the head and legs then trim the tails)
250 grams pineapple chunks
2 tablespoons curry powder(dissolved in 1/4 cup water)
1 thumb-sized ginger, minced
2 gloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
3/4 cup water
Salt to taste

Procedures:
1. In a pan, heat oil and saute ginger and garlic.
2. Pour curry mixture and stir until boiling.
3. Add prawns and stir for a minute, add water and bring to boil.
4. Add pineapple and season with salt according to taste.
5. Simmer for 2 minutes or until cooked.
6. Transfer to serving bowl then serve.

Ginisang Munggo(Monggo)

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Filipino Style Recipe: ginisang munggo(munggo guisado) or sauteed mung beans is another typical Filipino dish. Normally the mung beans(munggo) boiled and cooked until soft then sauteed with pork and ampalaya leaves.

Estimated time of preparation: 15-20 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 2-3 servings

Ingredients:
1 cup mung beans(munggo)
250 grams pork belly, sliced
5 cups water
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 bunch ampalaya leaves or malunggay leaves
1 pork cube
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup pork rind(chicharon), crushed

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Soak mung beans in water for 1-2 hours before boiling.
2. In a pot, boil water and mung beans, simmer for 30 minutes or until mung beans is cooked.

Part 2
1. In a saucepan, cook pork until color turns to light brown and start to render oil.
2. Add garlic, onions and tomatoes, sauteing until it’s cooked.
3. Pour in boiled mung beans, broth and pork cube. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Bring to boil and simmer until thick.
5. Add ampalaya leaves and pork rind. Cover and remove from heat. Serve.

Molo Soup

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Filipino Style Recipe: molo is another soup dish that usually served specially during rainy season. It is made of ground pork wrapped in a wanton wrapper then cooked in chicken stock together with shredded chicken.

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

Ingredients:
Filling:
500 grams ground pork
1 pack wanton or siomai wrappers
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 egg
salt and pepper to taste

Broth:
1 chicken breast
4 cups water
3 gloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
spring onions, chopped(optional)
1 chicken cube(optional)
toasted garlic(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, boil water then add chicken and salt. Cook for 10 minutes. Reserve the broth.
2. Remove chicken and shred using fork. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a bowl, combine ground pork, egg, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt and pepper. Mix until well combined.
2. Scoop about 1 tablespoon filling and place into the center of molo wrapper.
3. Seal the edges using water or egg white in triangular shapes. Repeat for the remaining mixture.

Part 3
1. In a bowl, heat oil and saute garlic and onion.
2. Add shredded chicken, season with salt and pepper.
3. Add chicken cube and pour chicken broth and bring to boil.
4. Add molos and some wrappers and simmer for 5 minutes or until molos are cooked.
5. Sprinkle with spring onions.
6. Transfer to serving bowl, garnish with toasted garlic. Serve.

Beef Pochero

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Filipino Style Recipe: beef pochero is another beef dish that commonly served by Filipinos. This is similar to pork pochero. Normally beef boiled and cooked with tomato sauce together with cardava bananas(saba), potatoes, green beans, cabbage and bok choy. This is a mouth-watering dish that my family loves so much.

Estimated time of preparation: 20 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 50-70 minutes
Good for 4-6 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo beef, cut into cubes
200 grams tomato sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
4 garlic gloves, chopped
1 small onion, quartered
4 tablespoons fish sauce(patis)
4 pieces banana(saba), sliced diagonally
1 small bundle, green beans, sliced diagonally
1 small chinese cabbage, quartered
salt and pepper to taste
cooking oil

1 bundle bok choy or pechay(optional)
1 red bell peppers, cut into stips(optional)
6 potatoes, cut into cubes(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, arrange beef with 1 liter of water. Bring to boil and simmer for an hour or until the beef is tender.
2. Remove the scum as it rises. Add more water if necessary. Pressure cooker takes less time.

Part 2(optional)
1. In a pan, heat oil and fry potatoes. Drain and set aside.

Part 3
1. In a same pan, saute garlic and onion, add in beef and stir cook until light brown.
2. Add tomato sauce, soy sauce and fish sauce then stir cook for 2-3 minutes.
3. Pour beef stock then simmer until 5 minutes, add more water as necessary.
4. Add potato and banana then simmer for 3 minutes.
5. Add other vegetables, cook for 3-5 minutes or until vegetables are cooked.
6. Season with salt and pepper according taste and bring to boil.
7. Transfer to serving plate, serve with steamed rice.