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Chicken Pastel in a Cream Mushroom Sauce

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Filipino Style Recipe: Chicken pastel in a cream mushroom sauce recipe is another easy yet delicious dish. Normally the chicken sauteed and cooked in a blend of cream of mushroom soup together with sausages. You may also add tomato sauce.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 4-5 servings

Ingredients:
1 kilo boneless chicken, cut into servings
1/2 can cream of mushroom soup(i prefer Campbell’s)
2 pieces onions, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup grated cheese
1/2 cup butter
6 pieces hotdog or 1 chorizo sausage, cut sliced diagonally
200 grams tomato sauce(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pot, heat butter and saute onions and garlic until translucent.
2. Add chicken, keep stirring. Cover and simmer in a low heat for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender.
3. Add hotdogs, tomato sauce, cream of mushroom soup and cheese. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Adjust seasoning with 1 tablespoon salt and pepper. You may add 1 cup of chicken broth if needed.
5. Transfer to serving plate with grated cheese on top. Serve and enjoy!

Tips:
1. You may add 2 potatoes and 1 carrot cut into diced.
2. You may also add 1 cup sliced mushroom and 2 pieces sliced hard-boiled egg.

Taro Coconut Milk with Tapioca Pearls

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Filipino Style Recipe: taro coconut milk with tapioca pearls is a dessert. It is usually taro cooked to coconut milk until tender and then add sugar and salt to taste. Lastly, add tapioca pearls.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 40-50 minutes
Good for 3-4 servings

Ingredients:
500 grams taro, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 cup tapioca pearls
2 cans(400ml each) coconut milk
1/2 cup sugar
salt

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl with water, soak tapioca pearls for 3 hours.
2. In a pot, boil water on medium heat then add tapioca pearls. Cook for 10-20 minutes.
3. Stir constantly and make sure they don’t stick together. The pearls should turn clear when they’re cooked.
4. Drain tapioca pearls and transfer to a bowl of cold water.

Part 2
1. In a pot, bring coconut milk to boil.
2. Add sugar and salt to taste.
3. Add taro, cook for about 30 minutes or until becomes soft.
4. Lastly, drain and add tapioca pearls.
5. Serve hot or cold.

Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: chicken with mushroom cream sauce recipe is another low carbohydrates dish. Normally the chicken comes fried in a crispy batter and the sauce is a blend of mushrooms, sour cream, heavy cream, salt and pepper.

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

Ingredients:
1 kilo chicken fillets, cut into serving pieces
200 grams mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup chicken broth
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 cup canola oil
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, mix the flour, salt and ground pepper. Add chicken and stir to coat evenly.

Part 2
1. In a frying pan, heat canola oil and deep fry chicken until chicken is tender and color turns to golden brown.
2. Drain and set aside.

Part 3
1. In a frying pan, heat butter. Saute onions, garlic and mushrooms.
2. Continue sauteing until mushrooms are nice and browned, lower the heat and discard the garlic.
3. Add chicken broth, sour cream and heavy cream. Bring to boil, stir constantly.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Simmer for 15 minutes or until the sauce is thick enough.
6. Transfer the chicken to serving plate with mushroom cream sauce on top.
7. Serve with boiled asparagus or steamed string beans.

Tips:
1. You may add sliced black olives.

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.

Tom Yam(Thai Prawn Soup)

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Filipino Style Recipe: Tom Yam or Thai Prawn Soup is a popular Thai soup dish. It consists of shrimps with lemon, fish sauce and some herbs and spices.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 6 servings

Ingredients:
3/4 kilo medium-sized shrimps, wash peeled and deveined.(save the shells)
1/4 kilo fresh mushrooms, halved or quartered
2 stalks lemon grass(tanglad), peeled thinly
2 tablespoons cilantro leaves, chopped
1/2 cup lime juice
3 birdseye chiles(labuyo)
1 tablespoon fish sauce(preferably Thai fish sauce)
8 cups hot water
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

4 spring onions, chopped(optional)
4 lime leaves(optional)
2 ripe tomatoes, quartered(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, heat oil and saute shells until color turns to pink.
2. Add hot water, salt, lemon grass, lime leaves and chilies.
3. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Strain stock.
Part 2
1. Return to a boil, add shrimps then add mushrooms after a minute.
2. Simmer for 4 minutes or until shrimps are cooked.
3. Remove from heat and add fish sauce, lemon juice, cilantro leaves, spring onions and tomatoes.
4. Serve hot and enjoy!

Sarciadong Isda

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

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

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

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Wash and clean the fish. Make a slit on both sides and ensure that salt has been rubbed over the fish.
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. Adjust seasoning according to taste then add fried fish and simmer for 3 minutes.
6. Transfer to serving plate then sprinkle with remaining spring onion. Serve with rice. Enjoy!

Halaan Soup Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: Halaan recipe or clams is another seafood dish that usually served by Filipinos. Another simple recipe but very healthy. Used to eat the clams using your hands and scoop the meat out of the shell using your mouth. Here’s the recipe for halaan(clams) soup.

Good for 3-5 persons.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo fresh clams(halaan)
1 bundle chili leaves
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 thumb-sized ginger, thinly sliced
1 onion, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
2 cups water or soup from rice cooking(sabaw-sinaing)
3 tablespoon fish sauce(patis) or salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
butter or cooking oil

1 small green papaya, sliced diagonally(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Wash the clams thoroughly and drain. Place the clams in a container with water and salt. Cover and let it sit for several hours or overnight. This will allow the clams to expel sand.
Part 2
2. In a large saucepan, heat butter and saute ginger, garlic and onion until translucent.
3. Add tomatoes, saute for 3 minutes.
4. Add fish sauce and the clams. saute for another 2 minutes.
5. Pour in water. Cover and let boil.
6. Add green papaya, simmer for about 5 minutes or until papaya is tender but not overcooked.
7. Adjust seasoning with salt and ground pepper.
8. Continue cooking over a high heat until clams open.
9. Add chili leaves then turn off the heat.
10. Serve and enjoy!

Tinolang Manok

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Filipino Style Recipe: Tinolang Manok(Chicken Tinola) or Filipino chicken ginger soup is one of the common dish in the Philippines. A simple Filipino recipe that is relatively easy to cook. Here is the basic and easy to follow recipe. Happy cooking!

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 45-50 minutes.
Good for 4-6 persons.

Ingredients :
1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 pieces chayote squash(sayote) or green papaya, cut into small pieces
1 cup chili leaves or malunggay leaves
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut into strips
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoon fish sauce(patis)
1 litre of water or rice washing
4 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt to taste

Procedures :
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat then saute ginger, garlic and onion.
2. Add chicken, fish sauce, ground pepper and continue sauteing until the color chicken turn to light brown.
3. Pour water then simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender.
4. Add in chayote then continue simmering for another 5 minutes.
5. Adjust seasoning according to taste then add chili leaves then turn off the heat.
6. Let stand for a few minutes to cook the leaves then transfer to a serving dish and serve. Enjoy!

Spinach Fettuccine Carbonara

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Filipino Style Recipe: Spinach Fettuccine Carbonara is an easy and simple pasta dish. It is usually consist of pasta and a creamy white sauce topped with ham, bacon and grated cheese. This is similar to other carbonara but we used spinach fettuccine pasta to have a healthier version.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 15-30 minutes.
Good for 4-6 person.

Ingredients:
500 grams Spinach Fettuccine (or any desired pasta)
1 can Creamed of Mushroom Soup
250 ml All Purpose Cream
1 can Evaporated Milk
200 grams sweet ham
200 grams bacon
1 head garlic, minced
1 onion, minced
1 teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
250 grams grated Parmesan cheese

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a large pot, prepare the pasta based on cooking instructions. Set aside.

Part 2
1. Fry the bacon but not too crispy. drain and cut into small pieces. Set aside.
2. Fry the ham, drain and cut into small square pieces. Set aside.

Part 3
1. In a pan, heat oil then saute garlic and onion. Add 3/4 of fried bacon and ham.
2. Add evaporated milk and creamed mushroom soup then stir.
3. Add all purpose cream, ground pepper and grated cheese. Stir until well blended.(Add milk or water if the sauce is too creamy or salty)
4. Simmer until beginning to thicken then remove from heat.
5. Prepare pasta on pasta tray, pour the sauce on top then sprinkle with grated cheese. Add the remaining bacon and ham bits.
6. Serve with garlic bread. Enjoy

Notes:
1. For additional ingredients, you may add 250 grams of mushrooms and a can of tuna saute together with bacon and ham.

(thanks Ms.Rochelle for sharing)

Nilagang Baka(Beef Stew)

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Filipino Style Recipe: nilagang baka or beef stew is an easy yet delicous Filipino soup dish. Beef stew is so simple to prepare but time consuming. The beef simmered for an hour until tender then cooked with corn cobs, potatoes, bananas and veggies. This is so popular and can be served anytime or the best during rainy season.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 70 – 90 minutes

Ingredients :
1 kilo of beef meat (brisket, shank,short ribs), cut into serving pieces
3 medium-sized potatoes, cut into quarter
5 pieces cardava banana(saging na saba)
3 Japanese corn cobs, cut into 3-4 pieces
1 small bundle green beans(baguio beans), trimmed
1 bundle bok choy (Pechay) , cut the 2 pieces
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon peppercorn
fish sauce(patis) or salt to taste
1 liter of water
1/2 small cabbage, cut into quarter(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a large casserole, place the meat and add water. Set over medium heat and bring to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour or until meat is tender. Remove the scum as it rises. Add more water if necessary. Pressure cooker only takes 30 minutes.
2. Add corn and onion. Season with fish sauce and sprinkle some salt. Simmer for another 10 minutes or until the corn is tender.
3. Put potatoes and continue cooking until potatoes are cooked.
4. Then add cardava banana and all the vegetables. Do not cover and simmer for about 5 minutes or until vegetables are done. Do not overcooked the vegetables.
5. Adjust seasoning with fish sauce and salt according to taste.
6. Serve hot with fish sauce and birds eye chili(siling labuyo) for condiments.

Notes:
1. You may also add anise or cinnamon powder for seasoning.
2. You can also try chicken (chicken stew) or pork (pork stew) for variety.