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Filipino
cuisine is masarap (delicous)!! Unique to its combination
of flavors of Spanish, Chinese and Malay entrees, the smells of
authentic filipino food consists of vinegar or garlic. Different
regions of the country have their own culinary specialties. So,
grab your apron and embark on an epicurean odyssey with tagalog
cooking.
[Recipes
courtesy of Filipino.com]
I.
Main Dishes (serve with rice)
[Click on titles to view recipes]
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Chicken with garlic sauce
Noodles mixed with vegetables, strips of chicken
and shrimp
Filipino beef stew
Filipino spring rolls
Chicken stew
Shrimps in tamarind broth with vegetables
Filipino Chicken soup
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Adobo |
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Ingredients
(Serves 4)
1 kg chicken pieces, cut up or whole
1 head of garlic, coarsely chopped (yes, an entire head!)
50 ml soy sauce (or more to taste)
5 ml ground black pepper
500 ml water
250 ml vinegar (rice vinegar or white wine vinegar work best)
2 bay leaves
25 ml cooking oil
Instructions
Place
the chicken in a saucepan. Add vinegar, garlic, pepper, salt
or toyo (soy sauce) and water. Cover the saucepan and cook
slowly until the meat is tender and most of the broth has
evaporated and only 1/4 cup remains.
Drain,
separate the pieces of garlic from the pork and fry in oil
until brown. Add the pieces of pork and fry until brown. Add
the broth and let simmer about 5 minutes. Serve hot.
COOKING TIME: 45 mins to 1 hour
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| Pancit |
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Ingredients
(serves
4-6)
1
tsp. Oil
¼ lb. Chicken, thin sliced or 2 Chinese sausage, thin
sliced
¼ lb. Shrimp, shelled and deveined (optional)
2 cloves Garlic
1 small Onion, sliced
½ cup. carrots, slivered
2 cups cabbage, sliced.
½ cup mushrooms, sliced (optional)
1 cup. pea pods, slivered
½ tsp. salt
2-3 Tbsp. Soy sauce
1 can Chicken Broth
1 package Pancit or fresh Miki noodles+1 package of Saifun,
soaked in warm water, drained,
1 Green Onion, cut 1" pieces
Instructions
1.)
Heat pan on high and add oil.
2.) Add chicken, pork, shrimp and garlic; stir fry until meat
is cooked.
3.) Add all vegetables, salt, soy sauce and chicken broth.
4.) Bring to a boil stirring in noodles until all ingredients
are combined and hot.
5.) Garnish with green onions.
COOKING
TIME: 45 mins to 1 hour
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| Menudo |
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Ingredients
1 cup diced liver
2-1/2 cups diced potatoes
1/3 cup boiled garbanzos
3 medium-sized tomatoes
3 segments garlic, pounded
1 medium-sized onion, sliced
1/2 cup water in which pork was cooked
1/2 tsp. pimenton
Shortening
Salt to taste
Instructions
1.) Cook pork in water to cover until
tender. Dice.
2.)
Saute garlic, onion and tomatoes in shortening. Add pork and
Liver and continue sauteing for 5 minutes. Add water and salt,
and pimento (to color).
3.)
Add potatoes and cooked garbanzos. Cook until potatoes are
done.
COOKING TIME: 45 mins to 1 hour
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| Fried
Lumpia |
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Ingredients
1/2 cup chopped pork
1 cup chopped beef
1/2 cup chopped ham
1/2 cup boiled garbanzos or potatoes, cut into cubes
2 tomatoes (cut in to pieces)
1 onion (minced)
1/2 laurel leaf
3 cloves garlic (pounded)
2 eggs (hard boiled and cut into pieces)
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon pimeaton
1 box raisins (small size)
Lumpia wrappers
Salt
Instructions
Saute
garlic, onions, tomatoes. Whae light brown, add meat, lauel
leaf, pimenton and water. Add salt to taste. Cover and simmer
until meat is tender. When nearly cooked, add garbanzos and
raisins. Before wrapping let it cool. Add haed-boiled eggs
and wrap in lumpia wrapper. Fold two ends well. Fry until
golden brouwn. Serve with garlic, vinegar, pepper and salt.
Lumpia
sauce
Mix
together 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4
cup soy sauce and 1-1/2 cups water. Strain if lumpy. 1 head
garlic 1 tbsp.oil
Fry
until brown, segments of macerated garlic. Remove the garlic.
Into the heated fat pour slowly the sauce batter, stirring
constantly until mixture thickens Top with fried garlic.
COOKING TIME: 1 hour
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