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.

How to make Maki Sushi

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Filipino Style Recipe: How to make Maki Sushi? Maki sushi is the most common type of sushi. Sushi is generally made with either nori(seaweed sheets), rice and can be filled with any desire ingredients inside the roll. Here’s the recipe on how to make maki.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 30-40 minutes

Ingredients:
Sushi Nori(Dried Seaweed Sheets)
Decide the filling you want, 1 meat + 1-2 vegetables/fruits.
*Any Meat(Raw fish,Smoked Salmon, Seafood Sticks, Cooked Prawns, Tuna, Crab, etc…)
*Vegetables/Fruits(Avocado, Mango, Peaches, Cucumber, Carrots, Beansprouts, etc…)
Mayonnaise or or cream cheese(optional)
sesame seeds or tobiko(flying fish eggs) (optional)

Rice:
Sushi Rice
sugar and salt
rice vinegar(optional)

Sauce:
Soy Sauce
Wasabi(optional)

Utensils:
Bamboo rolling Mat
Sharp knife

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Cook sushi rice with a little salt added.
2. Dissolve sugar into a rice vinegar.
3. When the rice has cooked, add the dissolved sugar and mix thoroughly. The rice will now become even more sticky and clumpy.
4. Let it cool and set aside.

Part 2
1. Place 1 sheet of nori into the bamboo rolling mat.
2. Cover the nori of rice about 5/6 of the way up, just enough to cover the nori.
3. Add a row of your desired vegetables/fruit and meat on a small portion on one side of the sheet.
4. Then sprinkle some sesame seeds over the fillings or a little mayonnaise to hold meat together.
5. Then roll the nori sheet. Add enough pressure on the bamboo mat to make sure sushi is firm. Don’t include the bamboo mat when you roll the nori sheet.
6. Place the roll on a cutting board. Then slice 1-inch interval using a wet sharp knife.
7. Serve with soy sauce. Enjoy!

Tips:
1. If no sushi rice is available you could use glutinous rice instead.

Paksiw na Pata Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: paksiw na pata recipe is a Filipino dish basically pork leg cooked in vinegar, soy sauce and dried banana blossom. This recipe has a sweet and sour taste sauce and the meat should almost separates from the bone. The banana blossom makes the recipe well blended that gives an extraordinary taste. This is another mouth-watering main dish that is truly enjoyed by most Filipinos.

Estimated time of preparation: 15 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 1-2 hours
Good for 5-7 persons

Ingredients:
1 pork leg(pata), cut into serving pieces
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup dried banana blossom(bulaklak ng saging), soaked in water
2 bay leaves(laurel)
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, sliced
1 teaspoon peppercorn
2 cups water
salt to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, place pork leg with water(just enough to cover the meat) then bring to a boil. Strain the meat and discard the water.
Part 2
1. In a same pot, Put back the pork leg and add enough water to cover the meat. Bring to boil.
2. Add soy sauce, peppercorn, onion and garlic.
3. Simmer over low heat for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until pata is tender and sauce is thickens. Add water if necessary.(Cook in pressure cooker takes 30 minutes).
4. Add vinegar and simmer for another 10 minutes.
5. Add the banana blossom and simmer for another 5 minutes.
6. Add brown sugar and salt to taste. Simmer for another 2 minutes.
7. Remove from heat. Serve and enjoy!

Lumpiang Sariwa Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: lumpiang sariwa(fresh spring roll) recipe is a Filipino vegetable dish, basically it composed of shredded fresh vegetables wrapped in thinner-than-crepe wrapper, topped with sauce, finely chopped nuts and minced garlic. Some variations of this dish are lumpiang hubad and lumpiang ubod. If you’re health conscious , you should try this healthy recipe. Share and enjoy!

Ingredients:
Lumpia Sariwa Filling
1/2 cup ground pork
1/4 cup shrimp, chopped
1/4 cup cooked ham, chopped(optional)
2 cups carrots, shredded
2 cups cabbage, shredded
2 cups water chestnuts(sayote) or turnips(singkamas), shredded
1 cup baguio beans, shredded(optional)
1 tablespoon onion, minced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup ground peanuts
Lettuce leaves
Lumpia wrapper
butter or cooking oil
Salt to taste

Lumpia Sariwa Sauce:
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup chicken broth or water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cloves garlic; minced

Procedures:
Cook the Filling:
1. In a saucepan, heat butter and saute garlic and onion.
2. Add ground pork, ham and shrimp. Simmer until it changes color.
3. Season with soy sauce and sugar.
4. Add vegetables and continue cooking until it is half-done.
5. Adjust seasoning with salt according to taste. Set aside.

How to make the Lumpia Sariwa Sauce:
1. In a saucepan, pour chicken broth and bring to boil.
2. Add sugar and soy sauce then mix well.
3. Dilute the cornstarch in water and pour in the saucepan.
2. Boil in a very low fire, stirring occasionally until the sauce thickens.
3. Add the garlic. Set aside.

To Wrap the Filling:
1. On top of the lumpia wrapper, place a leaf of lettuce and 3 tablespoons of the mixture.
2. You may roll up folding one end and leaving other open or just roll up and place in the platter.
3. Garnish with sauce and minced peanuts.

Beef Mechado Recipe

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Filipino Style Recipe: beef mechado is another tomato based dish consists of a beef, potatoes, and tomato sauce. This dish is usually seasoned with onion, soy sauce, bay leaves and vinegar. Beef mechado is almost similar to several other beef dishes such as kalderata, adobo and kare-kare.

Estimated time of preparation: 15 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 70-80 minutes
Good for 4-6 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo beef with fat, cut into cubes
2 1/2 cups tomato sauce
2 onions, quartered
3 bay leaves(laurel)
3 medium potatoes, quartered
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 cup soy sauce
3 cups beef stock or beef cubes dissolved in water
salt and pepper to taste
cooking oil for frying
2 carrots, cut into cubes(optional)
1/4 cup vinegar(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a frying pan, heat oil then fry potatoes and carrots until light brown. Drain and set aside.

Part 2
1. In a casserole, combine the beef, onions, tomato sauce, soy sauce, bay leaves and beef stock.
2. Boil for at least 1 hour or until beef is tender, Add water as needed.
3. Add vinegar and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Do not stir.
4. Add bell pepper, potatoes and carrots then cook for 3 minutes or until tender.
5. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper according to taste. Add sugar if you prefer.
6. Remove from heat and transfer to serving plate then serve with steamed rice.

Pork Menudo

Filipino Style Recipe: A Filipino menudo is made of pork, liver, sweet peas, raisins, potatoes and carrots. While it has the same name as the Mexican menudo which is similar to what we called “callos”. This cuisine is a basic dish that we serve in any parties. I’d crave for menudo now and then, and especially when it has raisins that added sweetness.

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

Ingredients:
3/4 kilo pork belly, cut into cubes
1/4 kilo pork liver, cut into cubes
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
1 potato, cut into cubes
1 carrot, cut into cubes
1 red bell pepper, diced
2 cups tomato sauce
1/2 piece lemon or 4 pieces calamansi
4 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons cooking oil
1/2 cup water
brown sugar, salt and pepper to taste

2 bay leaves(optional)
3 pieces hotdog, sliced(optional)
100 grams raisins(optional)
1/3 cups of sweet peas(optional)
2 tablespoons liver spread(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a large bowl, marinate the pork belly in calamansi juice and soy sauce for an hour. Set aside.
Part 2
2. In a large pot, heat cooking oil and fry potatoes and carrots. Drain and set aside.
Part 3
3. In the same pot, saute garlic and onion.
4. Add marinated pork belly and water, simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Add the pork liver and tomato sauce. Let simmer for 10 minutes until pork belly and liver are tender.
6. Add potatoes, carrots, red bell pepper, raisins, hotdog, sweet peas, bay leaves, liver spread and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.
7. Season with brown sugar, salt and pepper according to taste.
8. Remove from heat, Serve hot!

Adobong Sitaw

Filipino Style Recipe: Adobong sitaw is another variant of classic Filipino adobo. It consist of string beans and meat braised in soy sauce, vinegar and spices. It can be cooked with chicken, pork or both, with liver or without. Some used crispy pork(liempo), mushrooms and tofu cubes as alternative protein base. Ideally, sauce should be naturally thick and oily but this is very delicious. This recipe is so easy to cook.

Estimated cooking time: 40-50 minutes.
Good for 2-3 person.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo pork belly or ground pork, cut into small cubes or strips
1 bunch string beans(sitaw), cut into 2-inch lengths and ends discarded
1 head garlic; minced
1 medium onion; sliced
3 tablespoons of soy sauce
3 tablespoons of vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 bay leaf
black pepper
cooking oil
sugar and salt to taste
1-2 hard boiled eggs, cut into slices(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pan, stir cook pork until brown and start to render oil.
2. Add garlic and onion then saute until translucent.
3. Pour water, soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaf and pepper then simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add string beans, stir and simmer for another 8-10 minutes or until string beans in tender.
5. Season with sugar and salt according to taste.
6. Garnish with hard boiled eggs, serve hot and enjoy!

Chicken and Pork Adobo

Filipino Style Recipe: chicken and pork adobo is another variety of popular Filipino adobo. Usually we serve chicken or pork adobo but in this recipe we will serve them both in one dish. The procedure is also the same in another adobo, we cook chicken and pork in soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaves, pepper corns and another seasonings.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 4-6 persons

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork, cut into serving pieces
1/2 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 small garlic head, crushed
1 small onion, chopped
4 pieces bay leaves
1-2 cups soda or water
4 tablespoon cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon pepper corns
salt and sugar to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a sauce pan, arrange chicken and pork then add garlic, onion, bay leaves, pepper corns, soy sauce and soda then marinate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until meat is tender. Add more water if necessary.
3. When the meat is tender, drain pork and chicken then reserve the sauce. Set aside.

Part 2
1. On a frying pan, heat cooking oil and fry pork and chicken on all sides until light brown.
2. Drain and return the meat to reserved sauce then adjust seasoning according to taste.
Simmer until the sauce is reduce and start to render oil.
3. Remove from heat then serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!