Hawaiian Wanton

Another weekend... another

brainstorming to do... what am I going to cook this time???

I was browsing through my recipe book the entire friday night.

Guess what? I decided to cook this recipe.

This is one easy recipe to make, but takes long to prepare and will cost a lot of money especially if you have none of the ingredients in your cupboard.

Here goes ...

You'll need:

1 pack (100 pc) wanton wrapper

For the filling:

1/4 kg ground pork

100 g singkamas, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 tbsp flour

3 stalks green onions, chopped

1 can (234 g) crushed pineapple, drained (reserve syrup)

Combine all ingredients for filling. Season with 2 tbsp soy sauce and 1/8 tsp pepper. Mix well. Place every tsp of mixture in wanton wrapper. Moisten edges with water. Fold to form a triangle, then press edges together. Drain on paper towels. Set aside.

Sauce:

1/4 cup ketchup

1/4 cup red cane vinegar

1/2 cup sugar

2 tbsp cornstarch, dissolved in 1/4 cup water

reserved pineapple syrup

Combine sauce ingredients in a saucepan. Add 1/3 iodized fine salt. Simmer until thick. Serve with fried wanton.

Makes 7 servings.

Ham and Macaroni Salad

It's the weekend ones again and it's time for me to cook another recipe. I hope this will be perfect.

May 21 is the birthday of my nephew, the last day for my research class (meaning final exam), and the "End of the World" (which will end at six in the afternoon [I'm writing this blog May 22 at 8:10 in the morning, ironic! :) ] ) according to one religious group.

I started the day with a co-teacher in Jollibee (we had breakfast), after which we took the mind wracking research test. With everything done, I went to the grocery store to buy the things I need for my weekend project: salad.

Since there are many food at home due to my nephew's birthday, I decided to make a salad.

These are the things I need:

200 grams salad macaroni, cooked

1 medium onion, chopped (with the help of my niece, Julinne)

2 pieces red bell peppers, chopped (again with the help of my niece, Julinne)

234 grams pineapple tidbits, drained

220 grams all-purpose dressing

35 grams grated cheese

200 grams cooked ham

Here's how:

1. Combine macaroni, onion, bell peppers, and pineapple.

2. Add ham and all-purpose dressing. Mix well.

3. Add grated cheese.

Serves 4.

Total expenses: 145.25 pesos.

Chili Chicken with Black Beans

For this weekend, I decided to make something from my Chicken recipe book. Well, since this is the first time I'm going to cook chicken, it should be something easy as well. I went to the grocery store early this morning (would you believe the store wasn't even open yet when I went there??? :)) to buy the things I'll need for today's cooking adventure. These are the ingredients I bought at that very early hour:

3 pieces small chicken breast fillet halves, sliced into 1/2" strips

2 tbsps Maggi Savor Classic

2 tbsps cooking oil

2 cups chopped tomatoes

1 chicken broth cube

1 tbsp chili sauce

1/4 cup water

1 1/2 cups cooked black beans, drained

After getting all these ingredients, I went home and started cooking.

Here's how:

1. Marinate chicken in Maggi Savor for at least 10 minutes. Set aside.

2. Heat oil and stir-fry tomatoes until limp.

3. Stir in broth cube, chili sauce, and chicken with marinade; cook until chicken is lightly browned.

4. Pour in water. Let simmer and add cooked beans

5. Serve lukewarm with rice or pasta.

Serves 4.

Potato and Fish Crunchies

I wasn't able to cook much this summer since I started going back to school and hopefully finish my M.A. in History. So I vowed that as soon as I'm done with my summer classes I'll go back to exploring my recipe book and continue learning how to cook. Last Saturday I decided to get started and here's what I've cooked:

Ingredients

3 pieces small potato, peeled and diced

1 piece medium carrot, peeled and diced

1 can flaked tuna in vegetable oil, drained

1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs

1 small can evaporated milk

1 piece egg, slightly beaten

1 cup vegetable oil

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Here's how

1. Boil the potato and carrots until tender. Pork mashed in a bowl.

2. Stir in flaked tuna, breadcrumbs, evaporated milk and egg. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Shape into patties and fry in hot oil until brown.

4. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.

Serving 8-10.