Chicken Empanada – Filipino style

June 18, 2016, 2:30 pm

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This Filipino chicken empanada is packed with flavorful filling and is baked in a mildly sweet dough that has a slightly flaky texture. Perfect for snack or light meal!Empanadas, specifically chicken empanada, is definitely one of my favorite snacks when I was still in the Philippines. This stuffed bread or pastry treat was obviously introduced to the Philippines by the Spanish people in the early years. But the Filipino empanadas are also quite unique, using a slightly sweet empanada dough.Empanadas could also have diffirent kinds of fillings, among the most popular are: ham and cheese,  ground pork or beef and chicken.

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Braised Beef – Filipino/Chinese style

June 27, 2016, 4:49 pm

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Get this simple recipe for braised beef for that savory-sweet tender chunks of beef that is rich in flavor and spices. This is a Filipino-chinese version of braised beef similar to Chowking’s.

The first thing that pops into my mind, when I think of braised beef, is “Chowking”. It is a favorite Filipino-Chinese fastfood restaurant among Filipinos (myself included) back home in the Philippines. My favorite dish to order is their famous braised beef rice topping accompanied by Kangkong with bagoong (water spinach with shrimp paste) and hot soup (which used to be free but is now sold for a minimal amount of Php5 last time I was there). 

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Easy Chop Suey Recipe

July 16, 2016, 11:22 am

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Try this Chop Suey recipe for an Easy stir-fry of colorful vegetables with thick sauce. A great vegetable dish for a dinner party or just for everyday healthy meal.  

The good thing about cooking Chop Suey is, you can use as much variety of vegetables as you like. You can choose whatever you want or omit the ones you do not like so much and even when you just have three kinds of vegetables, it could still come out great.  

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Easy Pork Hamonado Recipe using Pork Belly

August 7, 2016, 6:20 am

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Get this easy recipe of Pork Hamonado that has a perfect balance of sweet and savory and with meat so tender, it melts in you mouth.

Pork Hamonado is a Filipino dish that involves cooking the meat in pineapple juice. It is or was a kind of food that is only served at special occasions like for Christmas or Fiestas. Understandably, not only because most ordinary people from earlier years could not afford to eat pork everyday but, also, such rich food should be only eaten occasionally.  

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Filipino Egg Pie Recipe

August 16, 2016, 2:30 pm

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Egg Pie is a classic Filipino dessert or snack. Try this easy Filipino Egg Pie recipe and enjoy the creamy, delicate yet firm egg custard in buttery, flaky crust that is perfect afternoon snack.

I remember back in the days when we used to live next to a bakery, I would wake up to the wonderful smell of Pandesal baking in the oven! It would be really nice if it was not at 3 o’clock in the morning though and there were times it was difficult to get back to sleep when you feel your stomach growling thinking of those hot pandesals with melting butter on them…hhhaaayy!

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Biko Recipe (Filipino Rice Cake)

August 21, 2016, 10:56 am

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Biko (pronounced bee-koh), a rice cake,  is a native Filipino delicacy where glutinous rice is cooked with coconut milk and brown sugar then topped with caramelized coconut milk.  Traditionally, biko is served on a bilao, a round wooven bamboo tray, lined with coconut-oiled banana leaves and is a popular dessert for every special occasions like birthdays, reunions and fiestas.  I found that there are several ways to cook this sticky rice treat, one is by cooking the glutinous rice first before adding the coconut milk syrup.

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Palitaw Recipe

August 28, 2016, 1:19 pm

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Palitaw is a Filipino afternoon snack or ‘merienda’ that consist mainly of glutinous rice coated with grated coconut and sugar and sometimes roasted sesame seeds. This flattened sweet rice cake  is very chewy and really filling but the best part is, it is really easy to make.    This Palitaw recipe is  as easy as it can get, because I used glutinous rice flour that is readily available in Asian stores. Back in the days, I remember my Mama had to go to the wet market or ‘palengke’ to buy glutinous rice and have it grinded there as well.

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Pinakbet

September 14, 2016, 12:59 pm

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Try this easy recipe for Pinakbet or Pakbet, a Filipino vegetable dish that is flavorful as it is colorful. A mix of different kinds of vegetables like squash, eggplant, okra, string beans and bitter melon. Pork, shimp paste and tomatoes are used to give it its distinctive taste.  My mama usually cooks Pinakbet for lunch or dinner as side dish to fried fish. As kids, my siblings and I would try to wiggle our way out from eating our portion, specially the bitter melon, but all attempts were to no success.  

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Beef Kaldereta

September 21, 2016, 10:28 am

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Beef Kaldereta (or Caldereta) is a Filipino spicy tomato-based beef stew loved by many Filipinos. This spicy dish is commonly serve on special occasions but believe me, there is no need to wait for special event to enjoy this classic Filipino dish.   
Traditionally, Kaldereta uses goat meat, but since I do not know where to get goat meat around here, I opted to cook it with the mostly preferred meat for this dish…beef. And because this dish is so loved in the Philippines, specially in the north,  that a lot of people cook it using whatever meat they like or is available, like pork and chicken.  

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Polvoron with Cashew

November 9, 2016, 4:07 am

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Polvoron is a Filipino shortbread-like cookie/candy made of roasted flour, powdered milk, sugar and butter and this has added cashew in it to make it extra special. It is so easy to make and a real treat. 
Making these Polvoron brought back memories from when I was still in grade school, I was in 5th grade if my memory serves me right. My mama made some for us and I brought a bag of it to school to snack on.

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How to make salted eggs

November 11, 2016, 4:40 pm

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Learn how to make salted eggs, using only brine solution. Salted egg is a popular delicacy both in the Philippines and China that is widely used for various dishes.   

Salted eggs or ‘itlog na maalat’ in Filipino are normally made using duck eggs but chicken eggs also work just as well.

In the Philippines  they are also called ‘itlog na pula’ which means ‘red egg’ because they are usually dyed in red or more like dark fuchsia.

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Kutsinta

November 18, 2016, 8:00 pm

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Kutsinta is a native sweet Filipino snack that are like small steamed sticky rice cakes. It is brown or redish in color because it is sweetened with brown sugar that is further enhanced using annatto or achuete. It is usually eaten with grated coconut. I remember when I was a kid, I would wake up to the sound of a peddler howling in the streets, early in the morning to sell his Puto and kutsinta for breakfast.

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Ukoy Recipe – Filipino Shrimp Fritters

November 25, 2016, 8:17 pm

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Get this easy Ukoy recipe, the Filipino crunchy shrimp fritters using sweet potato.  It is a popular Filipino snack that can also be served as appetizer or, like me, as a main dish to be eaten with rice. Make sure you do not forget the spiced vinegar for dipping!   
I’ve been craving for Ukoy for like ages but I always thought that it is impossible to make them while I am here in Germany because of the main ingredients involved.

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Mango Float Easy Recipe

January 16, 2017, 11:30 am

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Mango float could be the easiest, delicious no-bake dessert you could ever make. Only needs 4 ingredients too! It is a favorite Filipino ‘icebox cake’  that is a big hit during the holiday seasons or any other special occasions. 

Before we go on, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I know it is a bit late and I would also like to apologize for not posting anything for so long but there is a reason for that…I was in the Philippines since first week of December to attend our dear youngest sister, Cherry, and Jon’s wedding and only came back to Germany last Thursday.

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Gourmet Tuyo (dried Herring) in Spicy Oil

January 29, 2017, 7:16 am

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Try this Gourmet Tuyo Recipe and bring your plain tuyo (dried herring) to a whole new level. Cravings solved because you can keep them longer!Gourmet Tuyo is a current food trend in the Philippines. It is like giving our beloved dried fish a makeover and it is now more popular than ever! Whoever started this idea is simply a genius. It is funny how ‘tuyo’, which is originally considered, in the Philippines, as food of the poor (because it is cheap) became suddenly so glamorous!

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Filipino Spanish Bread Recipe

February 3, 2017, 1:15 pm

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Spanish Bread is a popular ‘merienda’ or afternoon snack in the Philippines. It has nothing to do with the Spanish bread of Spain (Pan de Horno) except maybe that they share the same form (rolled) but the Filipino version of Spanish bread has a sweet buttery filling in it!

Spanish bread has been on my list, like forever, but I made it a priority, now that two lovely ladies have been asking for it!

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Filipino Pochero Recipe using pork belly

February 16, 2017, 9:00 pm

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Pochero (Puchero) is another great dish that we inherited from the Spanish. It is a stew of meat, vegetable, root crops and legumes and was originally considered as peasant stew (in Andalusia). This is because the meat that was usually used were from cheapest (fatty) cuts from a pig, cow, and chicken and with vegetables that were in season.

The Filipino Pochero is slightly different as it has tomato sauce and it. What sets it apart from other tomato-based stew is that it (must) have ripe plantain banana or ‘saba’.

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Leche Flan

February 20, 2017, 1:30 pm

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Leche Flan is a traditional Filipino dessert that is commonly served at Fiestas and other special occasions. It is caramel custard made of milk (‘Leche’ in Spanish), sugar and eggs and usually flavored with vanilla and key lime zest.

Back then, we celebrated Fiestas (feast day of a town’s patron saint) every year in a really big way. We would prepare and cook food a day or two ahead and on the day itself, visitors from neighboring towns or even those from afar would come to our doorsteps all day long and sometimes it can last until late in the night.

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Filipino Cheese Bread – deliciously soft and cheesy!

March 4, 2017, 10:05 am

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Another well-loved breakfast or afternoon snack by many Filipinos! Unlike other cheese bread you know, Filipino cheese bread is sweet and milky.  

Back home, there is this bakery well-known all over the town of San Fernando, Pampanga for their cheese bread, the L.A. Bakeshop. They started downtown in 1985, not so far from the Cathedral and public market but the last time I was there, I heard they have already branched out to several other places.

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Sweet and Sour Meatballs-Filipino Style

March 6, 2017, 11:00 am

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These sweet and sour meatballs are fried then simmered in the sauce, to let the flavor of the sauce seep into the meatballs. Simple and yummy, try it now!

Armin love food that has or is ground meat, his favorite –> BURGERS! I try to make them myself which I think is so much better than getting them from fast food restaurants all the time, at least I know (and have a say) what’s in them, right?!

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