Filipino Style Oriental Chicken Noodle Soup

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Filipino Style Recipe: oriental chicken noodle soup is a nutritious recipe. It consists of whole wheat noodles simmer with chicken stock and shredded chicken meat then add some spices that bring taste and aroma to the soup.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 10-15 minutes
Good for 4 servings

Ingredients:
250 grams thin-flat noodles or rice noodles(I prefer whole wheat noodles)
2 cups shredded Barbecue chicken
1 liter chicken stock
2 teaspoons ginger, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 egg, beaten
2 spring onions, chopped
1 red chili
2 stalks baby bok choy(petchay), chopped
1 medium carrots, halved crosswise(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pot, heat chicken stock, ginger and garlic and bring to boil.
2. Add sesame oil, soy sauce and noodles. Simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add shredded chicken, bok choy, carrots and a few spring onions and chili. Simmer until vegetables are tender.
4. Remove from heat and add beaten egg, stirring consistently for 30 seconds.
5. Serve hot into bowls, garnish with remaining spring onions and chili.

Tips
1. You may add canned corn kernel while simmering.

Orange Chicken

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Filipino Style Recipe: orange chicken recipe is popular among Chinese restaurants. Normally the chicken comes fried in a crispy batter and the sauce is a blend of orange juice and zest thickens with cornstarch.

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

Ingredients:
4 boneless chicken breast, cut into serving pieces

Coating:
1 raw egg, beaten
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
2 cups cornstarch
cooking oil

Sauce:
4 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons cornstarch(dissolve in 2 tablespoons water)
orange slices, cut into small pieces

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, combine the chicken, egg, salt, ground pepper and then cornstarch. Stir to coat the chicken evenly. Let sit for 15 minutes.

Part 2
1. In a frying pan, heat cooking oil and deep fry chicken for about 7 minutes or until color turns to golden brown. Drain and set aside.

Part 3
1. In a sauce pan, put-in the water, soy sauce, vinegar, grated orange zest and orange juice. Bring to boil.
2. Add the garlic, ginger and sugar the simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add cornstarch mixture and simmer for another minute.
4. Add the chicken pieces and orange slices then simmer for 1-2 minutes or until the chicken is tender and the sauce thickens.
5. Adjust seasoning according to taste then transfer to serving bowl. Serve.

Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: sweet and sour chicken recipe is popular among Chinese restaurants. Normally the chicken comes fried in a crispy batter and the sauce is a blend of pineapple, vinegar, ketchup, sugar and cornstarch which thickens the sauce.

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

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo boneless chicken breasts, cut into serving pieces

Coating:
1 egg white
1/4 teaspoon salt
cornstarch
canola oil

Sauce:
1 green bell pepper, cut into cubes
1 can pineapple chunks(reserve juice)
1 medium onion, cut into cubes
3 tablespoon vinegar
4 tablespoons brown sugar
4 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons cornstarch(dissolve in 5 tablespoons water)
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, combine the chicken, egg white, salt and then cornstarch. Stir to coat the chicken evenly.
2. Let sit for 15 minutes at room temperature or up to overnight in the refrigerator.

Part 2
1. In a frying pan, heat cooking oil and deep fry chicken until it’s half-done.
2. Drain and set aside.

Part 3
1. In a sauce pan, heat 1 tablespoon cooking oil over a medium-heat.
2. Add the bell pepper and onion.
3. Add the pineapple chunks, pineapple juice, vinegar, ketchup, salt and brown sugar. Simmer over a high-heat.
4. Add the chicken pieces then simmer for 1-2 minutes or until the chicken is tender.
5. Add cornstarch mixture and simmer for another minute.
5. Adjust seasoning according to taste.
6. Serve and enjoy!

Honey Lemon Chicken Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: Honey lemon chicken recipe is popular among Chinese restaurants. Normally the chicken comes fried in a crispy batter and the sauce is a blend of honey and lemon thickens with cornstarch. I can say that North Park’s version is the best boneless honey-lemon chicken that I’ve tried so far. I love the sweetness of honey jives with tangy taste of the lemon.

Estimated time of preparation: 30-40 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 4 servings

Ingredients:
4 chicken breast, cut into serving pieces

Coating:
1 egg
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
canola oil
cornstarch

Sauce:
2 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 teaspoons cornstarch(dissolve in 1 tablespoon cold water)

Procedures:
Part 1(Marinating)
1. In a bowl, mix the egg, soy sauce and white pepper together.
2. Add the chicken breast and soak for 30 minutes.

Part 2(Frying)
1. Remove the chicken from mixture. Coat the chicken with cornstarch.
2. In a pan, heat canola oil and fry chicken for about 3-4 minutes or until the chicken is crisp and tender. Drain on paper towels and transfer on a serving plate. Set aside.

Part 3(Sauce)
1. In a sauce pan, mix sesame oil, water, ginger, honey, lemon juice and salt together.
2. Heat over low flame, cover and bring to boil for 1-2 minutes or until fragrant and all the mixtures are dissolved and mixed well. Discard the ginger.
3. Add the cornstarch mixture into a honey-lemon sauce and bring to boil in a medium heat. Simmer for 1 minute or until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat. (If the sauce is too thick, add a small amount of water. )
4. Pour the honey-lemon sauce over chicken. Garnish with sliced lemon.
5. Serve and Enjoy!

Chicken Afritada Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: chicken afritada recipe is basic Filipino tomato-based stew consisting of chicken in tomato sauce with potato, carrots and bell pepper.

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

Ingredients:
3/4 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
250 grams tomato sauce
1 large potato, quartered
1 large carrot, sliced
1 large bell pepper, sliced
1 cup green peas
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, diced
4 pieces hotdogs, sliced
1-1/4 cups chicken stock
2 pieces bay leaves(laurel)
4 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 lemon or calamansi juice

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, marinate the chicken in soy sauce and lemon juice for 30 minutes.
Part 2
1. In a saucepan, heat cooking oil and pan-fry the chicken until the color turns light brown. Set aside
2. Saute garlic and onions. Add the sliced hotdogs and chicken then cook for a minute.
3. Pour-in tomato sauce and chicken stock then add bay leaves. Simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Add the potato and carrots then simmer for 7 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
5. Add bell pepper and green peas. Adjust seasoning with salt, sugar and ground black pepper.
6. Simmer for another 3 minutes then remove from heat.
7. Serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!

Chicken a la King

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Filipino Style Recipe: chicken ala king is a recipe consisting of diced chicken in a cream sauce. Often with mushrooms and vegetables. This is usually served over toasted bread, pasta or steamed rice.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 30 minutes
Good for 4 persons

Ingredients:
3 cups pre-boiled chicken fillet, cut into cubes
1 carrot, cut into cubes
1/3 cup sweet peas
1 cup button mushrooms, sliced
2 cups evaporated milk
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 onion, chopped
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a saucepan, melt butter the saute onion, mushrooms and bell pepper for 5 minutes.
2. Add flour, milk and chicken both then stir constantly until smooth.
3. Add sweet peas and carrots then stir cook for 3 minutes.
4. Add chicken, salt and pepper then continue cooking until thick and begins to bubble.
5. Transfer to serving bowl then serving with steamed rice. Serve hot!

Tips:
1. If you’d like a thicker sauce: dissolve 2 tablespoons cornstarch in 1/4 cup water, add to sauce a little at a time, until desired thickness is reached.

Chicken Macaroni Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: chicken macaroni recipe is usually made with shredded chicken meat, macaroni noodles, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Add with carrots, pineapple tidbits, pickles, hard-boiled eggs and cheese make the recipe more delicious. This is usually served as appetizer.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 30-45 minutes
Good for 2 persons

Ingredients
200 grams macaroni noodles
2 medium-sized carrots
1 big chicken breast
500 ml mayonnaise
1 big white onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup sweet pickle
1 cup cheddar cheese, diced
3 hard-boiled eggs, diced(optional)
1 can(836 grams) pineapple tidbits(optional)
1/2 cup raisins(optional)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Cook macaroni noodles according to package cooking instructions.
Part 2
1. In a pot, boil carrots in water for 15 minutes or until cooked.
2. Drain carrots and let cool. Peal skin then dice.
Part 3
1. Boil chicken breast in water with salt. Drain chicken breast, then shred in 1 inch lengths
Part 4
1. Drain pineapple tidbits.
Part 5
1. Combine all ingredients while adding salt and pepper to taste.
2. Refrigerate. Serve with lettuce.

Pininyahang Manok Recipe

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.

Chicken Salad Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: chicken salad is comprises a chicken as main ingredient. Combine with mayonnaise, hard-boiled egg, celery and pepper. This dessert is popular in any Filipino occasions. Here is a simple recipe for chicken salad.

Estimated time of preparation: 20 minutes. Good for 2-3 persons

Ingredients
1 chicken breast, 2 chicken legs
1 hard-boiled egg, sliced
3 potatoes, cubed
1 cup lettuce or cabbage, torn into bite size pieces
1 carrot, cubed
2 fresh tomatoes, sliced or chopped
1/2 cup sweet pickles,chopped
1 onion or 1 stem celery, chopped
1-1/2 cup of mayonnaise or any salad dressing
salt and pepper

1 cucumber, peeled and chopped, optional
1 cup diced cheddar cheese, optional
1/2 cup raisins, optional

Procedures:
1. In a pot, boiled chicken in water with 1 tablespoon salt and cook until tender. Remove the chicken and allow to cool before shredding the meat into a large bowl.
2. Boiled potatoes and carrot until cook, drain and allow to cool. Remove the skin and cut into cubed.
3. Combine all the ingredients, add salt and pepper according to taste.
4. Add salad dressing.
5. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes then serve.

Spicy Buffalo Wings Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: Spicy Buffalo Wings are considered as an American dish. It is traditionally fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce. The classic buffalo style chicken wings is composed of vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 30 minutes. Good for 3-5 persons.

INGREDIENTS:
For Breading Mix
1 kilo chicken wings, tips removed
1 cup Flour
1 tablespoon Paprika
1 tablespoon Cayenne Pepper
1 tablespoon Salt
1 tablespoon Ground Pepper
1 tablespoon Thyme(optional)

For Buffalo Sauce
3/4 cup Hot Sauce
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Butter or margarine
1 tsp Ground Pepper
2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper(optional)
2 tbsp Honey(optional)

For Cheese Dip(optional)
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Garlic Powder
2 tablespoon Cheese Spread
2 tablespoon Parmesan Cheese
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients for breading mix.
2. Coated the wings with the breading mix evenly.
3. In a deep pan, heat enough oil to cover the wings entirely.
4. Fry wings for about 8-10 minutes in medium heat or until color turns to golder brown.
5. Drain and set aside.
Part 2
1. In a small pan, heat butter in a low heat until melted.
2. Add all the remaining ingredients for buffalo sauce, stir well to keep it from curdling. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
3. Place the fried chicken wings in a large bowl, add the buffalo sauce and mix until all the wings coated evenly.
4. Serve with celery sticks.

For Cheese Dip:
1. In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients for cheese dip.