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Adobong Tahong

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Filipino Style Recipe: Adobong tahong is another way of cooking mussels. This seafood dish is simple and easy recipe. Like the usual adobo recipe, the mussels stir fried in garlic, onion and ginger. Then cooked in soy sauce, vinegar season with salt.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 10-15 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons.

Ingredients:
1 kilo mussels(tahong), cleaned with beard removed
1/4 cup soy sauce
4 tablespoons vinegar
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut in strips
2 pieces bay leaf
1 teaspoon peppercorns
1/2 cup mussels broth
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
sugar, salt to taste

chopped spring onion for garnishing(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, place mussels and ginger then pour enough water. Bring to boil until the shells open.
2. Remove the mussels from the shell. Set aside mussels and the broth.

Part 2
1. In a pan, heat oil and saute onion, garlic and ginger.
2. Add mussels, soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaf, peppercorns and chili flakes.
3. Pour broth and simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce is almost absorb.
4. Season with sugar, salt according to taste.
5. Transfer to serving plate then sprinkle with spring onion. Serve with steamed rice.

Garlic Beef Ribs Adobo

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Filipino Style Recipe: garlic beef ribs adobo or braised beef ribs is another mouth-watering beef dish. Normally the beef spare ribs marinate and cooked in a blend of soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, star anise, peppercorns, bay leaves, salt and pepper until absorb and sizzle.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 2 hours

Good for 4-6 servings

Ingredients:
500 grams beef spare ribs, cut into serving pieces
1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
1 head garlic, minced

Marinade:
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup lime juice
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon peppercorn
2 pieces star anise
3 pieces bay leaves
2 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In pan, heat oil and saute the garlic until golden brown, drain and set aside.

Part 2
1. In a large pot, combine spare ribs and marinade. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Cook in a low heat for about 1-2 hours or until the beef is tender. Add water if necessary.
3. Adjust seasoning according to taste. Simmer until the sauce thicken and start rendered oil.
4. Transfer to serving bowl then sprinkle with toasted garlic and chili flakes. Serve.

Pansit Palabok

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Filipino Style Recipe: Pansit Palabok is another popular noodle dish in the Philippines. The usual pansit palabok is made of pansit bihon with palabok sauce consists of shrimp juice, annatto water, flour and fish sauce. Topped with tinapa flakes, sliced hard-boiled eggs, shrimps, squids and chicharon.

Ingredients:
500 grams rice or cornstarch noodles (bihon), I used HOBE special palabok
8 pieces calamansi, sliced
spring onions for garnishing(optional)

Sauce:
200 grams ground pork
annatto water(dilute 1 tablespoon annatto seeds in 1/4 cup hot water)
1/2 cup flour or cornstarch(dissolved in 1/2 cup water)
2 pieces onions, chopped
1 shrimp cube(Bouillon cube)
3 cups water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
fish sauce or salt and pepper to taste

Choice of Toppings:
1 head garlic, minced(toast until light brown)
2 hard boiled eggs, sliced
2 pieces tofu(tokwa)(fried and cut into small cubes)
1/2 cup smoked fish(tinapa)(fried and flakes)
1/2 cup chicharong baboy, ground
1/2 cup shrimps, peeled(stir-fried)
1 cup squid, clean and cut into rings(stir-fried)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil saute onion then add ground pork. Cook until brown.
2. Pour water, annato water, shrimp cube and dissolved flour. Continue stirring until thicken.
3. Season with fish sauce and pepper according to taste. Keep warm and set aside.

Part 2
1. In a big bowl with water, soak noodles for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Boil water in a pot. Place the soaked noodles in a strainer then dip in the boiling water.
3. Cook for 5 minutes or until firm and tender. Drain and transfer to a serving plate.

Part 3
1. Pour the sauce on top then arrange toppings over the sauce.
2. Sprinkle with ground chicharon, tinapa flakes and spring onions then serve with calamansi.

Stir Fry Snow Peas and Mushrooms

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Filipino Style Recipe: Stir fry snow peas and mushrooms is another easy yet healthy food. Normally the snow peas and mushrooms comes stir fried then cooked in a blend of cornstarch, water and soy sauce.

Estimated time preparation and cooking: 5 minutes
Good for 4 persons

Ingredients:
2 cups fresh snow peas(sitsaro), trimmed
1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 chicken cube(bouillon cube)
2 olive oil

Procedures:
1. In a pan, heat olive oil and stir fry snowpeas and mushrooms.
2. In a bowl, combine cornstarch, water, soy sauce and chicken cube. Mix until well blended.
3. Pour the mixture in a pan, simmer for 2 minutes or until thickens. Serve hot.

Polvoron

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Filipino Style Recipe: Polvoron is another popular and easy Filipino sweet delicacy that is made up of toasted flour, powdered milk and sugar. Some add flavoring like toasted pinipig which is the most common flavor, ground cookies and cream.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 30-40 minutes

Ingredients:
4 cups all purpose flour
2 cups powdered milk
1 1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/8 cup butter, melted

3/4 cup flavoring(crushed toasted pinipig, ground cookies and cream(Oreo), chocolate powder, etc…)
* japanese paper or or cellophane
* polvoron moulder

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pan over medium heat, toast flour for about 15 minutes or until color turns to light brown. Stir constantly.
2. Transfer to a bowl and let it cool. Set aside.

Part 2
1. Add powdered milk and sugar then mix until well combined.
2. Pour melted butter then mix well until smooth.
3. Add the flavoring you choose then stir well.

Part 3
1. In a polvoron mold, scoop and press the mixture until compact.
2. Wrap the molded polvoron with japanese paper then secure by twisting both ends.
3. Repeat until all the mixture are consumed. Done!

Mango Shake

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Filipino Style Recipe: mango shake is another sweet and refreshing beverage. This beverage is made of mango slices, milk, sugar and cubed ice. Best to served during summer season.

Estimated time of preparation: 5-8 minutes

Ingredients:
4 pieces ripe mango, peeled and sliced
2 cups ice cubes
1 cup evaporated milk(optional)
sugar or other sweetener to taste

Procedures:
1. In a blender, process mango, milk, sugar and some ice until blended.
2. Add more ice until smooth then pour into glasses then served cold.

Adobong Baboy(Ilocano Style)

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Filipino Style Recipe: Adobo is the most popular yet easy Filipino dish. Adobo have lots of variations such as pork, chicken, combination of pork and chicken, other meats, vegetables and seafood. Normally the meat marinated in a blend of soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns, salt and sugar then simmer until meat is tender and the sauce thickens.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 40-60 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
500 grams pork belly, cut into serving pieces
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup vinegar
3 gloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon peppercorns
3 pieces bay leaves(laurel)
1 tablespoon sugar
salt to taste
cooking oil for frying

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a pot, combine pork, garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns and soy sauce. Marinate for 30 minutes.

Part 2
1. Simmer in a low heat for 40 minutes or until pork is tender. Add water if necessary.
2. Pour vinegar and simmer for another 10 minutes then season with salt and sugar according to taste.
3. Drain pork and reserve the sauce. Set aside.

Part 3
1. In a pan, heat oil and fry pork until brown. Drain and return the meat to reserved sauce.
2. Simmer and toss for a minute or until the sauce is almost absorb and thicken. Transfer to serving bowl then serve.

Watermelon Smoothie

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Filipino Style Recipe: watermelon smoothie or watermelon shake is another sweet and refreshing beverage. This beverage is made of watermelon chunks, milk, sugar and cubed ice. Best to served during summer season.

Estimated time of preparation: 5-8 minutes

Ingredients:
watermelon chunks, discard seeds
ice cubes
evaporated milk(optional)
sugar or other sweetener to taste

Procedures:
1. In a blender, process watermelon, milk, sugar and some ice until blended.
2. Add more ice until smooth then pour into glasses then served cold.

Beef Tapa

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Filipino style recipe: beef tapa is another popular Filipino dish that is usually served during breakfast with fried rice and egg together with acahara(picked papaya strips). This is similar to chicken tapa and pork tapa. Normally the meat prepared in thin slices and marinated overnight then fry until tender.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes, (plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 15-20 minutes
Good for 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
500 grams beef sirloin, sliced thinly
3 tablespoons cooking oil
2 cups water

Marinade:
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons lime or calamansi juice
3 tablespoons brown sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon oyster sauce(optional)
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, combine beef and marinade. Mix well then cover and marinate overnight inside the fridge.

Part 2
1. In a pan, pour water and bring to boil.
2. Add cooking oil and marinated beef, cook until water evaporates and beef color turns to golden brown and tender.
3. Transfer to serving plate. Serve with fried rice and egg.

Bread Roll

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Filipino Style Recipe: bread roll is another simple and easy Filipino meryenda(mid-afternoon snack). Bread roll is made of loaf bread slices stuffed with ham, cheese and bell pepper. Dip in beaten egg and roll over bread crumbs then fry until brown.

Estimated time of preparation: 15 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 15 minutes

Ingredients:
12 slices of loaf bread
2 eggs, beaten
3 cups bread crumbs
cooking oil for frying

Filling:
12 strips of cooked ham
12 strips of cheddar cheese
12 strips of bell peppers(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Cut off the outer layer of the bread then flatten using a rolling pin.
2. Arrange the filling over the bread then roll.
3. Dip the roll in beaten egg then roll in bread crumbs. Set aside.
4. Repeat the procedures for remaining slices.

Part 2
1. In a frying pan, heat oil then fry each roll for 1-2 minutes or until browned.
2. Drain on paper towels then cut into half and arrange in a serving plate. Serve.