Ginisang Pechay(Sauteed Bok Choy with Ground Meat)

Filipino Style Recipe: ginisang pechay or sauteed bok choy with ground meat is another healthy yet affordable dish. Normally the ground pork or beef sauteed until tender then cooked and simmer with pechay, season with salt and pepper.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 20-30 minutes
Good for 4-5 persons

Ingredients:
500 grams ground beef or pork
4 cups pechay or bok choy, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
3 tomatoes, chopped(optional)
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 cup water or beef/pork broth
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
fish sauce, salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, place ground pork and add enough water to cover the meat.
2. Bring to boil then drain and set aside.

Part 2
1. In a pan, heat oil and saute garlic and onion.
2. Add ground pork and stir cook until brown.
3. Add tomatoes and fish sauce then cook until soft.
4. Pour water and bring to boil then add pechay and oyster sauce.
5. Cook for a minute or until half-cooked then adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
6. Remove from heat then serve with steamed rice. Enjoy.

Gising Gising

Filipino Style Recipe: gising gising is an easy and simple Filipino dish. It is made up of chopped green beans cooked in shrimp paste and coconut milk. This dish is popular in Bicol region. Like bicol express, gising gising has a spicy and salty taste.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 20-30 minutes
Good for 4-5 servings

Ingredients:
500 grams green beans, sliced into small pieces
300 grams ground pork or pork meat with fat, sliced into small pieces
2 tbsp sauteed shrimp paste(bagoong alamang)
1 cup coconut cream(1st extract)
2 cups coconut milk(2nd extract)
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
4-5 pieces red hot chillies(labuyo), sliced into small pieces(optional)

Part 1
1. In a saucepan, cook pork meat until color turns to light brown and start to render oil.
2. Add garlic and onion then saute until translucent.
3. Add shrimp paste and continue sauteing for a minute or until it’s cooked.
4. Pour coconut milk, simmer for 15 minutes or until reduced and thick.
5. Pour coconut cream, green beans and chopped chili, cook for 3 minutes or until tender and crisp.
6. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper then transfer to serving plate then serve.

Sauteed Sotanghon with Luffa and Ground Pork

Filipino Style Recipe: sauteed sotanghon with luffa and ground pork or ginisang patola with sotanghon is another soup dish that usually served specially during rainy season. Normally the ground pork sauteed and cooked with luffa and sotanghon noodles.

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

Ingredients:
2 medium-sized luffa(patola), peeled and sliced
200 grams sotanghon noodles
250 grams ground pork, cut into small pieces
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
1 pork broth cubes(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, Cut the sotanghon to desired length and soak in hot water until soft.

Part 2
1. In a saucepan, heat oil and saute garlic and onion
2. Add ground pork, saute until color turns to light brown.
3. Add water and pork broth cubes. Bring to boil.
4. Add luffa and cook for 2 minutes.
5. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper according to taste.
6. Add sotanghon and simmer for 3 minutes.
7. Remove from heat then serve.

Sauteed Green Beans and Mushrooms

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.

Ginisang Munggo(Monggo)

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.

Ginataang Sitaw

Filipino Style Recipe: ginataang sitaw or sauteed string beans in coconut milk is healthy yet affordable dish. Normally the string beans(sitaw) cooked with pork in a blend of coconut milk and shrimp paste.

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

Ingredients:
250 grams string beans(sitaw), cut into 2 inches
150 grams pork belly, cut into small pieces
1 1/2 cup coconut milk
1 onion, chopped
2 gloves garlic, minced
1 thumb-sized ginger, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons sauteed shrimp paste(I used Dizon Farm Shrimp Paste)
salt and pepper to taste

2 pieces green chili(siling haba), chopped(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a saucepan, cook pork meat until color turns to light brown and start to render oil.
2. Saute garlic, onion and ginger until translucent.
3. Add shrimp paste and continue sauteing until it’s cooked.
4. Pour coconut milk then bring to boil. Add water if necessary.
5. Season with salt and pepper according to taste then add chili and string beans.
6. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until tender then transfer to serving plate and serve immediately.

Stir Fried Cabbage

Filipino style recipe: stir fried cabbage or ginisang repolyo is another healthy yet affordable dish. Normally the cabbage sauteed with tomatoes and beaten egg. Pork or shrimps may added if desired.

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

Ingredients:
1 small size cabbage, shredded
2 eggs, beaten
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 onion chopped
1 tomato, chopped
2 tablespoons fish sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Procedures:
1. In a pan, heat oil and saute garlic and onion.
2. Add tomato, stir fry for 2 minutes.
3. Season with fish sauce then add cabbage. Stir and cook until crisp-tender.
4. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
5. Pour beaten eggs, stir until eggs are cooked.
6. Transfer to serving plate, then serve hot.

Notes:
1. You may also add pork or shrimp if desired.

Ginisang Ampalaya

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Filipino style recipe: ginisang ampalaya or sauteed bitter melon with egg is another healthy yet affordable dish. Normally the bitter melon sauteed with ground pork then cook with tomatoes and beaten egg.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 15-20 minutes
Good for 4-6 servings

Ingredients:
2 bitter melon(ampalaya), seeded and sliced thinly
2 medium-sized tomatoes, diced
2 pieces egg, beaten
1 medium onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup ground pork (optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pan, heat oil and saute garlic, onion and tomatoes.
2. Add ground pork and cook until brown.
2. Add water and bring to boil.
3. Add bitter melon, cover and simmer for 3 minutes.
4. Add beaten eggs and season with salt.
5. Continue cooking until eggs are firm.
6. Remove from heat and serve hot!

Tips:
If you want to lessen the bitter taste of ampalaya here the procedures:
1. Rub the sliced ampalaya with salt and leave for 10 minutes
2. Then squeeze the ampalaya until the water comes out.

Ginisang Togue

Filipino style recipe: ginisang togue or sauteed sprouted mung beans recipe is a healthy yet affordable dish. Normally the sprouted mung beans sauteed with fried pork, tofu shrimp, green beans and carrots.

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

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo sprouted mung beans(toge)
1/2 cup fried tofu(tokwa), diced
1/4 kilo pork, cut into small pieces
1 small-sized bell pepper, cut into strips
1 small-sized carrot, cut into strips
1/2 head garlic, chopped
1 medium-sized onion, chopped
1 medium-sized tomato, chopped
fish sauce(patis) or salt and pepper to taste
vegetable oil

Procedures:
1. In a frying pan, heat oil and fry pork until golden brown. Set aside.
2. Saute garlic, onions and tomatoes.
3. Add fried tofu and pork then a little water and pork broth cubes. Cook for 1 minute.
5. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
6. Add sprouted mung beans, carrots and bell pepper and cook for 5 minutes or until vegetables are half-cooked.
7. Remove from heat. Serve with steamed rice.

Notes:
1. You may also add shrimp, green beans and sayote.