How to Cook the Best Kare-Kare

A very well known Filipino dish, this delicious stew is cooked in a savory thick peanut sauce with oxtail, beef meat or tripe, and lots of vegetables. No feast celebration is complete without this special dish in the buffet table. But this has become an almost anyday dish, because there are several versions of Kare-Kare. 

The best condiment for Kare-Kare is the sautéed shrimp paste (bagoong alamang). Just like the other Filipino dish, Kare-Kare is best eaten with hot steamed rice.

Special Kare-Kare Recipe

Ingredients:

·         1 kilo Ox tail

·         ½ kilo mask, tripe or beef meat

·         1 tbsp. oil

·         1 tbsp garlic, chopped

·         1 large onion, diced

·         2 sachets Kare-Kare mix

·         1 cup of peanut butter

·         1/4 cup grounded toasted peanuts

·         1 tablespoon atsuete/annatto powder

·         2 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick

·         1 bundle Bok Choy (Pechay)

·         1 bundle of Sitaw

·         1 bundle of Petchay

Sauteed Shrimp Paste Recipe:

·         2 tsps cooking oil

·         2 medium onion, sliced

·         5 pcs ripe tomatoes, sliced

·         3-4 tbsps cooked Bgoong in bottle

·          1 tbsp calamansi juice

·         1-2 tsps white sugar

How to cook Lumpiang Sariwa

Fresh Lumpia or Lumpiang Sariwa, is again one of our family's favorite. Bukod sa healthy sya kasi puro gulay ang halo nya, masarap pa siya. Balot sa Lumpia wrapper or hindi, masarap pa rin. Kasama sa video ang #SpecialPeanutSauce, just follow the steps and the ingredients na ginamit ko sure magiging masarap ang luto nyo.

Binagkat na Saging na Saba | How to cook Kakaibang Kakanin

Ang Binagkat ay kilalang meryenda sa probinsiya ng Quezon. Simple itong lutuin pero masarap siya. Kahit mga bata ay magugustuhan ito. Bagay na bagay din siya sa kape. Tara! Magluto tayo ng Binagkat na Saging na Saba :)
Ingredients:

10 - 15 pieces Saging na Saba
1 cup water
1 small pack Condensed Milk (according to the sweetness you want)
3 - 4 tbsps Star Margarine
pinch of salt

How To Cook Pork Sinigang

Another traditional Filipino Soup Dish is known for its sour and savory flavor. It is loved by almost all Filipinos, and is a comforting dish for me and my siblings while we were growing up. I hope you will try and like my style/recipe of “Sinigang na Baboy”. This is just a very basic recipe, "pang-madalian", but you can add other vegetables you prefer.

POTATO BALLS | POTATO CROQUETTES

This is another childhood snack we grew up preparing and eating. Our kids love them too! It’s a healthy snack and you can even prepare this as their baon in school.

Here's the recipe:

Tortang Talong | Eggplant Omelette

Very easy to prepare dish, you can omit the meat and still, this will be a very tasty dish. We always crave for Tortang Talong and look forward to cooking it as often as we could. This goes perfect with Banana Catsup.

Here's the recipe:

Cheesy Fiesta Potato | Taco Bell Style

We love Taco Bell's Cheesy Fiesta Potato, it is actually a side dish but just the same, we love love it. This recipe is an upgraded version of it and gave it our twist on it.

Here's the recipe:

TUNA COOKED IN COCONUT MILK | PAKSIW NA TAMBAKOL SA GATA

A different style of cooking Yellowfin Tuna, simmered in spices with a bit of vinegar then adding the creamy coconut milk, gently simmered till it's fully cooked with the green chilies and pechay greens. Our family's favorite :)

Ingredients:

1 kilo Yellow Fin Tuna / Tambakol, cleaned and cut into serving pieces

2 tbsp garlic, chopped

2 medium-size onion, sliced

1 pc ginger, thumb-sized, cut into strips (or you may use more)

1 tbsp ground black pepper

2 pcs green chillis

500 grams petchay leaves

1 cup white vinegar or pure cane vinegar (use more it you want the sauce to be on the sour taste)

2 cups coconut milk (pure coconut cream, you may use more)

Salt to taste

Filipino Sweet Style Spaghetti (Jollibee Style Spaghetti)

This is my own version of cooking Jollibee Sweet Style Spaghetti. I have been using this recipe for many years now, and I hope you'll like it. By the way, I used lean chicken meat in this recipe because my daughter loved it so much, it's so kid friendly because the meat in the sauce is so tender. But if you prefer ground pork or beef , you may use them.

Ingredients:
1/2 k Ground, lean chicken meat (or any meat you prefer)
2 tbsps cooking oil
2 tbsps garlic, chopped
3 pcs medium onions, chopped
1/2 c Soy Sauce (or more)
2 cups Tomato Sauce
1 cup Spaghetti Sauce
1 cup Banana Catsup
1/4 k hotdogs, sliced
1 cup button mushrooms in can, drained and sliced (optional)
1/2 c Sugar (add more if needed)
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 kilo spaghetti noodles (cooked according to package instructions)
TIPS :

* Lately, I been adding bread crumbs, the one made from toasted bread. You can still buy this in the groceries or bakeshops. This will help thicken your sauce.

* Add more sugar if you prefer a sweeter version of spaghetti sauce, and also some tomato sauce are really sour

* If you run out of tomato sauce, you can use tomato paste, just a little bit more water to the sauce

* Soy sauce really make a huge difference in the color of the sauce, if makes it more red, just lessen the salt that you put into the sauce

The Best Spaghetti Salad (Simple & Delicious)

This is a very simple recipe yet very delicious, been preparing this since we were still small. Making this brings back a lot of happy memories especially during the holiday season. I hope you'll like it too!

Ingredients:

450 grams spaghetti noodles, cut into 2 inch length

½ - 1  cup cheese, cubed

3-4 tbsps pickle relished

 1 cup Pineapple, crushed

2 cups Mayonnaise

1 whole Chicken breast, boiled, shredded

1 tbsp rock salt

#Potluck #FilipinoSalad #PinoyRecipe #TheBestSaladRecipe

For the procedure in cooking this dish, please watch this video

Yummy Baked Chicken with Lots of Garlic

This is our first time to cook this dish and I must say it's very delicious even the kids loved it so much. Had to cook it again the next day for their "baon" in school. Got this recipe from an Instagram account as I have mentioned in the video. This recipe is surely a keeper! 'Hope you get to try this recipe too :)

For the procedure in cooking this dish, please watch this video

BAKED ROYAL CREAM DORY

Ingredients:

3-4 whole pcs. Fish Fillet (Cream Dory, Lapu-Lapu or Tilapia)

Salt and Pepper

1-2 big pcs White Onions, cut into rings

3-4 tbsps Olive oil

Tomat-Onion Sauce Topping:

2-3 tbsps  Olive Oil

1 tsp garlic, chopped

2 medium Onion, chopped

1 small pouch Tomato Paste

Seasoning granules (optional)

½ cup water (or more)

Salt and Pepper

1-2 cups Lady’s Choice Mayonnaise (or more)

For the procedure in cooking this dish, please watch this video

FISH LUMPIANG SHANGHAI

Ingredients:

½ kilo Bangus or any fish you prefer (ex. Tambakol, Cream Dori, or Labahita)

1 -2 cups water

3-4 tbsps soysauce

Salt & pepper

2 tbsps cooking oil

1 tbsp garlic, chopped

3 tbsps onion, diced

1 small green bellpepper

2 stalks celery, chopped

¼ kilo ground pork or chicken (optional)

3-4 tbsps soy sauce

½ tsp black pepper

1 small carrot, chopped

2-3 tbsps oyster sauce

2-3 tbsps pickles

2 pcs whole eggs

1 cup bread crumbs

20-30 pcs lumpiawrappers (big)

Cooked paste for sealing the lumpia

1 cup cooking oil, for frying

For the procedure in cooking this dish, please watch this video

SINANTOLAN / GINATAANG SANTOL / Sinantolan Recipe

Guys, ito ang authentic way to cook Sinatolan, luto ng hipag kong si Lyn. Salamat Sis :)  Ang sarap nya, gumamit kami ng crabs at hipon sa video pero pwede kahit Sardinas ang gamitin, pwede din manok or daing na isda.   Dahil masarap sya, malakas sa kanin, pwede rin dalhin sa potluck kasi kakaibang recipe at bihira matikman sa handaan.  Sana ma-try nyo itong recipe :)  

Enjoy cooking!

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo Santol na kinudkod or kinayod

2 tbsps cooking oil

2 tbsps garlic, chopped

2 medium onions

Slices of ginger

Few stalks Tanglad (lemon grass)

1 cup boiled pork, sliced

few pieces of crabs (optional)

few pieces of shrimps (optional)

Or you can use any of the following : chicken, cut into small pieces, ground pork, dried fish, or sardines in can

¾ cup fish sauce

2 cups pure coconut milk

3-4 cups 2nd extract coconut milk

Salt and pepper to taste

For the complete steps, please watch the video: