Pork Lechon or Litson is probably one most crave food in overseas. I know I did crave for it a lot in my early days here in America. The main challenge of cooking Pork Lechon is getting the skin crunchy without burning before the whole hog gets properly cooked. Also, for the most part we […]
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5 Comments »Filipinos have adopted dishes from all over the world, but most of our cooking is influenced by the Spaniards and Asian cuisine. There are several versions of Chicken Curry; the most popular ones are the Indian version which mostly uses powdered curry and the Thai version which uses curry paste. I am not sure about […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: black pepper, caraway, celery, coconut creme, coriander, cumin, curry, curry powder, fish sauce, garlic, ginger, green bell pepper, jalapeno, nutmeg, onion, patis, potato, red bell pepper, turmeric, white peppercorn 9 Comments »
Ginisang Sayote with ground pork is a simple, easy, and healthy dish, using only a few ingredients and you and your family can have a very satisfying meal. Sayote or/ Chayote is a member of the squash, melon, and cucurbit family. It can be found in tropical climate countries around the world. Chayote is somewhat […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: bawang, chayote, fish sauce, garlic, ground pork, kamatis, onions, patis, sayote, sibuyas, soy sauce, tomato, tomatoes, toyo 3 Comments »
Sopas is delicious and it’s fairly easy to make. A few parts of chicken, some hotdogs, and macaroni can put a smile on the faces of most Filipino children or adults. Sopas can be found not only in the kitchen in most homes during afternoons, but it is also very popular in side walk cafeterias […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes, Video Recipes Tags: broth, cabbage, carrots, chicken, chicken breast, chicken stock, garlic, ground black pepper, onion, patis, sopas 24 Comments »
In the Philippines we have different types of Lumpia known as Eggrolls, but this one stood out the most. It is considered to be the premium Lumpia. We call this one Lumpiang Shanghai. The one thing that separates this Lumpia among others is the filling. This Lumpia is mostly meat and it is a lot […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: beef, carrots, cooking oil, garlic, green onions, ground prok, lumpia, lumpia wrapper, msg, oil, pork, salt, shanghai, spring rolls 46 Comments »
Pansit Bihon is very common this dish is in the Philippines; you will find it at just about every special occasion. I am not really sure the reason why this dish is so popular in the Philippines other than the obvious reason that it tastes good and is relatively cheap to make. For most Filipino’s, […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes, Video Recipes Tags: bawang, bihon, cabbage, carrots, celery, garlic, green onion, ground black pepper, onion, pamenta, pansit, pansit bihon, patis, pepper, repolyo, salt, sibuyas, soy sauce, toyo, toyomansi 30 Comments »
Lumpiang Togue definitely brings back good childhood memories when I was in the Philippines. I remember they had these Lumpia stacked up high along with some Banana’s and Kamote Q’s. I used to buy these things and eat my heart out. The vinegar sauce that is pre-made by the street vendors is out of this […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: bean sprouts, cabbage, carrots, egg roll, egg rolls, filipino, fish sauce, garlic, ground black pepper, ground pork, lumpia, onion, patis, pepper, pork, salt, taugi, tawgi, togi, wrapper 12 Comments »There are only a few Filipino I have met that didn’t care for this particular dish. A lot of times people judge this dish before tasting it. The truth is for most people that do actually taste it, my American mother in-law for example, they actually like it. The only problem she had was knowing […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes, Video Recipes Tags: black pepper, cooking oil, finger peppers, fish sauce, garlic, msg, onion, patis, peppers, pork, pork belly, pork blood, salt, stew, vinegar 70 Comments »Siopao is another dish that Filipinos adopted from the Chinese and it became very popular and a favorite among many. Siopao is also called Salapao in Thailand, Baozi in China, Pau in Hong Kong, or simply known as Steamed Buns in English. Basically, it is a steamed bun filled with a savory meat filling. Back […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: active yeast, all-purpose flour, asado, black pepper, chicken, cornstarch, crisco, garlic, hard boiled eggs, hoisin sauce, luke warm water, msg, onions, oyster sauce, pork, salt, sesame oil, shortening, siopao, soy sauce, white sugar 74 Comments »
For this episode of Lasang Pinoy I was honored to be invited by Kai to participate in the 24th episode. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the invitation early enough due to a send-mail issue with my web server. Having said that, I have to use my previous recipe blog that I wrote several months ago. Even […]
Posted in Filipino Recipes Tags: bicol express, calabaza, finger peppers, garlic, ginger root, msg, onions, pork belly, rice, salt, siling labuyo, thai peppers 54 Comments »
