Corned Beef Omelet

Filipino Style Recipe: corned beef omelet or omelette is another easy yet delicious breakfast recipe. This is another variety of omelet dish that consists of beaten eggs, and corned beef then cooked until set. Then usually serve during breakfast with fried rice.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 10-15 minutes
Good for 1 servings

Ingredients:
4 eggs, beaten
1 can(150 grams) corned beef
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

1/4 cup evaporated milk(optional)
1/2 cup cheese, grated(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, milk and ground pepper together until frothy. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a nonstick pan, heat oil then saute onions until soft.
2. Add corned beef and cook for 3 minutes then transfer into bowl. Set aside.
3. Add half of corned beef into egg mixture then mix well.

Part 3
1. In a same pan, melt butter in a low heat then pour egg mixture.
2. Cook until slightly set then top the remaining corned beef and grated cheese.
3. Continue cooking until bottom is golden then gently fold omelet over.
4. Slide omelet into serving plate then serve with hot sauce.

Sotanghon Soup with Patola and Egg

Filipino Style Recipe: Sotanghon soup with patola and egg is another noodle soup dish that usually serve during rainy season. The pork sauteed then cooked with patola and sotanghon noodles. Topped with egg slices and saffron before serve.

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

Ingredients:
1 big-sized sponge gourd(patola), peeled and sliced
2 packs sotanghon noodles
4 eggs, boiled, peeled and sliced
150 grams pork, cut into small pieces or shrimps
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
fish sauce and pepper to taste
1 pork broth cubes(optional)
1/2 teaspoon saffron(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a saucepan, heat oil then saute garlic and onion.
2. Add pork and fish sauce then cook until color turns to light brown.
3. Add water and pork broth cubes then simmer for 10 minutes or until the meat is tender.
4. Add patola and cook for 2 minutes then season with fish sauce and pepper.
6. Add sotanghon noodles and simmer for 1 minute.
7. Remove from heat then transfer to serving bowl. Top with sliced eggs and saffron.

Pork and Liver Adobo in Lechon Sauce

Filipino Style Recipe: pork and liver adobo in lechon sauce is another variety of Filipino adobo which is similar to lechon paksiw and pork adobo. Lechon sauce has a salty, sour and sweet flavor which gives a mouth-watering taste to our meat.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 40 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
500 grams pork loin, cut into strips
200 grams pork liver, cut into strips
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
1 thumb-size ginger, julienned
1 cup lechon sauce
1 cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons vinegar
fish sauce, sugar and pepper to taste
parsley for garnishing(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pan, heat oil then saute ginger, garlic and onion.
2. Add pork and fish sauce then stir cook until light brown.
3. Add liver and cook for another 3 minutes.
4. Pour water, soy sauce and lechon sauce then simmer for 15 minutes or until meat is tender.
5. Pour vinegar then simmer for another 3 minutes.
6. Adjust seasoning then simmer for another minute.
7. Transfer to serving plate then garnish with parsley. Serve.

Sarciadong Galunggong

Filipino Style Recipe: sarciadong galunggong is another simple and easy Filipino dish. This dish is a way to re-cooked left over galunggong. It is usually consist of fried fish then cooked in a combination of tomatoes and beaten eggs.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 20-30 minutes
Good for 3-5 persons

Ingredients:
6-8 pieces medium-sized galunggong, cleaned
2 pieces eggs, beaten
4 medium-sized tomatoes, diced
1 medium-sized onions, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup water
fish sauce and ground pepper to taste
cooking oil
2 tablespoons chopped spring onion(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Make a slit on both sides of galunggong then sprinkle with salt.
2. In a pan, heat cooking oil and fry fish until brown. Drain and set aside.

Part 2
1. In same pan, reduce the oil then saute onion, garlic and tomatoes until soft.
2. Add water, spring onion, fish sauce and ground pepper. Bring to boil.
3. Add beaten eggs, once the eggs curdles start stirring the mixture.
4. Add fried galunggong and simmer for minutes.
5. Transfer to serving plate then sprinkle with remaining spring onion. Serve with rice. Enjoy!

Binallay

Filipino Style Recipe: Binallay is another popular Filipino delicacy from northern part of Luzon specially in Isabela Province. Like other suman we will use glutinous rice, but we grind the rice into flour and mix with water. Wrap the rice mixture in banana leaves and cook in a boiling water until done then serve with latik sauce.

Estimated time of preparation: 20 minutes(plus soaking and grinding time)
Estimated time of cooking: 1-2 hours

Ingredients:
4 cups glutinous rice(malagkit)
1/2 cup water
banana leaves, cleaned and cut into bigger sized(8×11 inch)
banana or cotton strings
coconut oil

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, place glutinous rice and water then soak for at least 3 hours. Drain.
2. Grind soaked rice into flour then mix with water until well blended.

Part 2
1. Singe the banana leaves into flames for a few seconds but do not burn. Let it cool then wipe with clean cloth.
2. Grease banana leaves with coconut oil then scoop 3 tablespoons of rice mixture, fold the leaf to wrap the rice mixture.
3. Grab 2 pieces of wrapped rice mixture then tie with folded sides together using a string.

Part 3
1. In a steamer, pour enough water then steam the wrapped rice mixture for 1 1/2 hours or until done.
2. Unwrap the binallay and transfer to serving plate. Serve with latik.

Latik (Sweetened Coconut Sauce)

Filipino Style Recipe: Latik or sweetened coconut sauce is another variety of latik made from coconut milk and panocha made of sugar cane. This version of latik is popular in Visayas region. The sauce has a sweet and oily taste that usually serve together with suman or biko as dipping sauce.

Ingredients:
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup panocha, cut into small pieces
200 grams Muscovado sugar

Procedures:
1. In a sauce pan, pour coconut milk and bring to boil.
2. Add panocha and sugar then cook in a low heat while keep stirring until melts and thickens.
3. Remove from heat then transfer into bottle. Serve with suman or biko.

Stir Fried Zucchini

Filipino Style Recipe: Stir fried zucchini is a simple and healthy side dish. This dish is consists of zucchini stir fried in olive oil with garlic, chili powder, salt and pepper. This is usually serve with grated Parmesan cheese.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
3 pieces zucchini, cut into 2 inch stick
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon chili powder
1 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
1. In a pan, heat olive oil then add garlic powder and chili powder. Stir.
2. Add zucchini then stir fry for 2 minutes or until golden brown and crisp.
3. Season with salt and pepper then toss.
4. Transfer to serving plate then sprinkle with grated cheese.

Native Chicken Tinola

Filipino Style Recipe: Native chicken Tinola or chicken ginger soup is similar to tinolang manok. We used Philippine native chicken(wild chicken) which delivers more flavorful broth but it takes more time until tender. This simple Filipino recipe is usually served to patients and lactating mothers specially during rainy season.

Estimated time of preparation: 20 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 60-70 minutes
Good for 5-7 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo native chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 pieces green papaya or chayote(sayote), cut into small pieces
1 cup malunggay leaves or chili leaves
5 stalks lemongrass(tanglad), knotted and crushed
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut into strips
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
1 litre of water or rice washing
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons fermented fish sauce(sabaw ng bagoong isda)
fish sauce or salt to taste

Procedures:
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat then saute ginger, garlic and onion.
2. Add chicken and fermented fish sauce then continue sauteing until the color chicken turn to light brown.
3. Add water and lemongrass then simmer in a low heat for an hour or until chicken is tender. Add more water if necessary.
4. Add papaya then continue simmering for another 5 minutes.
5. Season with salt to taste then add malunggay leaves and simmer for another minute.
6. Remove from heat then transfer to a serving dish and serve. Enjoy!

Cornsilog

Filipino Style Recipe: Cornsilog is another variety of popular Filipino SILOG dish which is commonly sold in carinderia. This combo dish is consists of CORNed beef, SInangag(fried rice) and itLOG(fried egg). The corned beef is sauteed with onion then served with fried egg and fried rice.

Estimated time of preparation: 8 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 15 minutes
Good for 2 servings

Ingredients:
1 can(150 grams) corned beef
1 onion, cut into rings
2 cups leftover rice
2 raw eggs
4 gloves garlic, minced
salt to taste
cooking oil

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pan, heat oil then fry sunny-side up egg until set. Drain and set aside.
2. In a same pan, fry garlic until light brown.
3. Add rice then season with salt. Keep stirring for 3 minutes or until well blended. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a pan, heat oil then saute onion.
2. Add corned beef then continue stir cook for 3 minutes or until done.
3. Arrange corned beef in a serving plate with fried egg and fried rice. Enjoy!

Sauteed Snow Peas and Chicken

Filipino Style Recipe: Sauteed snow peas and chicken is easy, simple and affordable dish. Normally the chicken pieces coated in batter and fried until brown. The snow peas sauteed and cooked in stock together with chicken for a few minutes. This dish is affordable and easy to prepare which usually serve as side dish or during rainy season.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 20-30 minutes
Good for 2-3 persons

Ingredients:
150 grams chicken fillet, cut into serving pieces
100 grams snow peas, trimmed
3 gloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
1 cup chicken stock
1 raw egg, beaten
1 cup cornstarch
cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste

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 pan, heat oil and saute garlic and onion.
2. Add snow peas and continue sauteing for a few seconds.
3. Add chicken stock and season with salt and pepper.
4. Bring to boil then add chicken and simmer for a minute.
5. Remove from heat then serve hot immediately.