Binagoongang Pork Adobo

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Filipino Style Recipe: Binagoongang pork adobo is easy and simple Filipino pork dish. This dish is another variety of pork adobo and binagoongang baboy. Normally the meat marinated then cooked in garlic, chili, shrimp paste, soy sauce, vinegar and sugar until tender and start to render oil.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 50-60 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo pork belly or ribs, cut into serving pieces
3 tablespoons sauteed shrimp paste
6 gloves garlic, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 pieces bay leaves
1 teaspoon black peppercorn
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup water
2 pieces green chili, chopped
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3 tablespoons cooking oil
1/2 cup soda(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Marinate pork in soy sauce, soda and sugar for 30 minutes.

Part 2
1. In a pan, heat oil then saute garlic and tomatoes until soft.
2. Add bay leaf, peppercorn and shrimp paste then continue sauteing for a minute.
3. Add marinated pork then stir cook for 3 minutes.
4. Add marinade, water and chili then simmer for 50 minutes or until tender. Add water if necessary.
5. Add vinegar then simmer for 5 minutes or until start to render oil.
6. Transfer to serving plate then garnish with remaining toasted garlic and chili slices. Serve with steamed rice.

Siopao Asado

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Filipino Style Recipe: Siopao is a Chinese steamed buns that is become popular for many Filipinos. Asado and bola-bola are the most popular variety of siopao. Siopao asado is made up of pork meat cook in soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce and cornstarch until thickens. Scoop enough asado in the middle of dough then seal on top. Steam for 20 minutes then serve with siopao sauce.

Ingredients:
Asado Filling:
500 grams pork loin, cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch(dissolved in 1/4 cup water)
3 gloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons oyster sauce

Dough:
2 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
1/2 white sugar
2 cups warm water
5 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt

Ingredients:
Part 1(Asado Filling)
1. In a pan, heat oil then saute garlic. Add meat then cook until light brown.
2. Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, water and sugar then simmer for an hour or until becomes really tender. Add more water if necessary.
3. Add hoisin sauce and dissolved cornstarch then stir cook until thickens. Remove from heat then set aside.

Part 2(Dough)
1. In a large bowl, dissolved yeast and sugar into warm water then set aside for 20 minutes.
2. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, shortening, salt and yeast mixture then mix until well blended.
3. Knead the combined mixture until becomes smooth and elastic.
4. Transfer in a greased bowl then cover and set aside for 2 hours or until it rises.
5. Knead the dough again then divide into serving pieces.
6. Form each piece into a ball then flatten using rolling pin or your palm.

Part 3(Assembly and Cooking)
1. Scoop enough filling in the middle of each dough then seal on top.
2. Place wax paper underneath of each dough then steam for 20 minutes. Serve with siopao sauce.

Stir Fried Ginger Beef and Broccoli

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Filipino Style Recipe: stir fried ginger beef and broccoli is another simple yet delicious beef dish. This dish is similar to beef broccoli which is usually serve in Chinese restaurants. The beef strips marinated then cooked and simmered together with red bell pepper and broccoli until the meat is tender.

Estimated time of preparation: 15 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 10-15 minutes
Good for 2-3 persons

Ingredients:
300 grams beef sirloin, sliced thinly into strips
2 cups broccoli florets
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 thumb-sized ginger, grated
1 red bell pepper, diced
1/4 teaspoon chili flakes(optional)
3 tablespoons cooking oil

Marinade:
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
1/4 cup water or soda
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, combine beef and marinade then stir together. Set aside for 30 minutes.
2. Blanch broccoli in hot water for 1-2 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a sauce pan, heat cooking oil and stir fry beef until for 2-3 minutes. Set aside.
2. In a same pan, saute garlic, ginger, bell pepper, chili flakes then pour marinade and bring to boil.
3. Pour dissolved cornstarch and adjust seasoning according to taste.
4. Add broccoli and beef then simmer in a minute.
5. Remove from heat then serve hot immediately with steamed rice.

Bacon Wrapped Green Beans

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Filipino Style Recipe: Bacon wrapped green beans is another simple yet delicious appetizer. Usually the green beans blanch then wrap in bacon strips and season with salt and pepper. Bake or fry until crisp and serve with sour cream.

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

Ingredients:
500 grams green beans or baguio beans, end trimmed
8-10 smoked bacon strips
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, boil water with salt then blanch green beans for a minute.
2. Drain and rinse in cold water. Set aside

Part 2
1. Wrap a bacon slice around 5-8 pieces of green beans.
2. Repeat the step for remaining pieces then place in a baking pan.
3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper then drizzle with olive oil.
4. Pre-heat oven over 400 degrees Fahrenheit then bake wrapped green beans for 15 minutes or until bacon is crisp.
5. Transfer to serving plate then serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

Bukayo

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Filipino Style Recipe: Bukayo is another popular Filipino dessert made from young coconut strips cooked in a boiling syrup of brown sugar then stir until thicken. This dish is one of the popular delicacy and pasalubong by most Filipinos.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 20-30 minutes

Ingredients:
4 young coconuts, grate into strips and reserve juice
a knot of pandan leaves
1/2 kilo brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cornstarch(dissolved in 4 tablespoons water)
1 tablespoon cooking oil

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pan, heat oil then stir fry coconut strips until light brown. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In pot, boil coconut juice then add pandan leaves and brown sugar. Keep stirring until dissolves and start to thickens.
2. Remove pandan leaves then add vanilla extract. Stir until well blended.
3. Add coconut strips and dissolved cornstarch then stir frequently until thicken and caramelize.
4. While still hot, scoop a spoonful of mixture into a banana leaves or wax paper.
5. Repeat with the remaining mixture then let it cool for a few hours to harden. Serve.

Strawberry Milk Gulaman

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Filipino Style Recipe: strawberry milk gulaman is another refreshing beverage and usually serve during afternoon or summer season. This drink is consists of strawberries, syrup, milk, sugar and gulaman then stir with ice.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
250 grams fresh strawberries, halves
1/4 cup strawberry syrup
1 cup full cream milk
1 tablespoon strawberry gelatin powder
2 cups boiling water
sugar to taste
crashed ice or ice cubes

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a square container, dissolved strawberry gelatin powder in boiling water then stir until completely dissolved. Let it cool and place in fridge until firm.
2. Cut into small cubes. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a blender, process strawberry, strawberry syrup, milk and sugar until smooth.
2. Pour in tall glasses then add strawberry gulaman and some ice. Serve.

Note:
1. You may garnish the drinks with fresh strawberry before serving.

Asparagus Salami Pita Rolls

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Filipino Style Recipe: Asparagus Salami pita Rolls is another easy and simple Filipino meryenda(mid-afternoon snack). This dish is made of pita bread or soft tacos stuffed with salami, asparagus, cheese then season with salt and pepper then toast for a few minutes.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 5-8 minutes(plus preheating time)
Good for 6 rolls

Ingredients:
6 pieces pita bread
6 salami slices
1 bunch medium-sized fresh asparagus, trimmed to 5 inch
quick melt cheese, slice into strips
salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, boil water with salt then add asparagus. Cook for 1-2 minutes then drain and set aside.
2. In a pan, heat oil then fry salami for a minute. Drain on paper towels and set aside.

Part 2
1. Place pita bread in a flat surface then arrange salami slice.
2. Arrange 4-6 pieces asparagus and cheese slices.
3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper then roll.
4. Repeat the procedures for remaining pieces.
5. Pre-heat oven over 220 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes then toast pita rolls for 5-8 minutes or until the cheese melted. Serve!

Kutsinta(Brown Rice Cakes)

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Filipino Style Recipe: Kutsinta or brown rice cakes is another popular Filipino delicacy and pasalubong that is commonly sold along the streets. This Filipino brown rice cakes is made from rice flour, sugar dissolve in water and lye water together with annatto powder for coloring. Then pour in cup molds and cook in a steamer until firm. This delicacy is usually serve as dessert or snack in any special occasions.

Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour or cornstarch
1 teaspoon annatto powder
2 cups brown sugar
3 cups water
1 teaspoon lye(lihia) water
grated coconut for toppings(optional)

Procedures:
1. In bowl, combine rice flour,all purpose flour, annatto powder and sugar then mix well.
2. Continue mixing while gradually add water and lye water.
3. Pour the mixture into plastic cup molds then arrange in steamer.
4. Cover the steamer with cloth to prevent water from dripping in kutsinta.
5. Cover and steam for 40 minutes or until firm then remove from heat.
6.  Let it cool then remove from molds. Serve with grated coconut.

Chicken Bicol Express

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Filipino Style Recipe: Chicken Bicol express is another variety of popular Bicol express which has a creamy and spicy flavor. Like the usual Bicol express made of pork meat, chicken is saute until brown then cook in coconut milk and shrimp paste together with green chili and red chili.

Estimated time preparation and cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
3/4 kilo chicken fillet, cut into serving pieces
1/2 cup long green peppers(siling pangsigang) or baguio beans, cut diagonally
3 cups coconut milk
1 tablespoon sauteed shrimp paste(bagoong alamang)
3 cloves garlic; minced
1 small onion; chopped
3 pieces red chili(siling labuyo)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Fish sauce or salt to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl with water and salt, soak green peppers for 30 minutes then rinse and drain.

Part 2
1. In a pan, heat vegetable oil then saute garlic and onion.
2. Add chicken then continue sauteing until colors turn to brown.
3. Add the shrimp paste and ground pepper then stir for another minute.
4. Pour coconut milk then bring to a boil until reduced.
5. Add the green peppers and red chili then season with salt according to taste.
6. Remove from heat then serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!

Baked Breaded Fish Fillet

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Filipino Style Recipe: Baked breaded fish fillet is another easy and simple fish dish. The fish fillet is usually marinated then dredge in flour, eggs and breadcrumbs. Bake until golden brown then serve with dipping sauce.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of baking: 25-30 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo boneless fish fillet(tilapia, milkfish, salmon, snapper)
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon sesame oil

Marinade:
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 tablespoons calamansi or lime juice
salt and pepper to taste
cooking oil for frying

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Marinate fish in calamansi juice, paprika, salt and pepper for 10 minutes.
2. In a bowl, add beaten eggs and sesame oil. whisk well and set aside.
3. Dredge the fish in flour and shake off to remove excess flour.
4. Dip fish in egg mixture and press into bread crumbs to coat both sides.

Part 2
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Arrange breaded fish fillet in a baking pan then drizzle with olive oil.
3. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
4. Remove from the oven then transfer into serving plate with sour cream.