Saturday, May 26, 2012

Chicken Meat Rolls



¼ kilo ground chicken meat
1 big can Vienna sausage, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
Half of the 250g pack of Italian style spaghetti sauce
1 egg
1 small carrot, coarsely grated
2 slices sandwich, cut into cubes
¼ cup raisins

1. Combine all ingredients with ¾ tsp iodized salt and ¼ tsp pepper. Mix thoroughly.
2. Wrap every ¾ cup of mixture in foil. Roll. Steam for 1 hour.

Serves 6.
The dilemma I had while making this recipe was whether to use the ingredient asked for or substitute it with another. This ingredient I’m talking about is the ground chicken. In the supermarkets in our city there are no ground chickens available. You may buy a chicken fillet and have it grounded but the quantity allowed is 1 kilo.
What am I going to do with a 1 kilo ground chicken when the sole purpose of buying it is to make this recipe? I decided to buy the asked amount in the recipe and when I reached home I got hold of the blender my boyfriend gave me last Christmas.
This blender had another small separate blender, which the manual stated, for the beans, peanuts and the likes. I was thinking it this could ground up nuts why not chicken meat as well?
I cut the chicken meat into small pieces and put a small portion of it unto the blender. And it was a success. Big thanks to my boyfriend!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Chunky Bean and Chorizo Stew





I discovered a lot of chorizo in the freezer and looked for a recipe that includes it. This is what I found and came to love it.

3 cups cooked white beans
Oil
12 pcs chorizo
1 onion, chopped
4 pcs garlic, chopped
6 tomatoes, chopped
1 cup water
Salt
Pepper
Cayenne

1. Pan-fry chorizos in a skillet over medium heat.
2. Remove chorizos and add the onions and garlic.
3. Saute until light brown and stir in tomatoes.
4. Stir in chorizos, cooked beans, water, salt, black pepper and cayenne.
5. Bring to a simmer and cook until beans absorb the liquid, about ten minutes.

Funny experience: I did not read the recipe very well and instead of cutting the tomatoes into cube I quartered it. I realized it was the biggest ingredient in what I’m cooking so I got the recipe again and read it the second time. I saw it was supposed to be cubed so I got it out of the pan and sliced it again. It burned by fingers! Hahahaha.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Fish Sinigang




Since it’s mothers day I cooked something healthy for my mother. With the help of my niece, this is what we came up with.

2 tbsp oil
1 medium onion, sliced
3 slices ginger
1 tbsp garlic, pounded
2 pcs chili finger, sliced
½ cup tomato, quartered
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 cup kangkong leaves
1 sachet Maggi Magic Sinigang 22g, Original
5 cups water
¼ cup radish, sliced diagonally
½ cup okra, halved
¼ cup sitaw, cut into 2-inch strips
¼ cup eggplant, sliced diagonally
½ kilo fish (I’m using mamsa)

1. In a stock pot, heat oil. Saute onion, garlic, ginger, and chili finger until fragrant.
2. Add tomatoes and sauté for 5 more minutes.
3. Pour in water and let boil. Once boiling, lower heat then add radish, okra, and sitaw. Cook for 5 minutes before adding eggplants and salmon belly.
4. Add Maggi Magic Sinigang and let boil once.
5. Season with fish sauce and then add kangkong leaves.

Enjoy!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Stir-fried Pork with Pineapple

I got this recipe from Del Monte. Trust me, it’s delicious!

350g pork lomo (tenderloin), cut into strips
3 tbsp flour
6 cloves garlic, crushed
1 pc small onion, sliced
1 pc small carrot, thinly sliced
1 piece green bell pepper, sliced
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 stalk green onion
1 can (234g) pineapple tidbits



1. Marinate pork in ¼ tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp pepper, and 1/8 tsp iodized salt for 30 minutes. Drain, reserve marinade. Sprinkle pork with flour. Brown in 3 tbsp oil. Set aside.
2. In the same pan, sauté garlic, onion, carrot, and bell pepper for 2 minutes. Add pork, oyster sauce, pineapple syrup, marinade, salt, pepper and sugar to taste. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add green onion and pineapple. Simmer once.

Makes 6 servings.

Enjoy!

Monday, May 7, 2012

Fried Chicken


I was at the grocery store yesterday and thought of fried chicken!
Well, today, I decided to experiment on this recipe based on what I thought yesterday 

Here goes:

6 pcs. Chicken thigh
1 pack of breading mix
1 egg, beaten
Oil for frying

1. Wash the chicken and completely dry.
2. Coat the chicken with breading mix. Dip the chicken on the beaten egg then roll it again on the breading mix.
3. Fry until done.

Enjoy!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Fish Menudo

Yesterday I was looking at the calendar from Del Monte and saw this recipe. After several days of meat, I decided to east fish this time and followed this very simple recipe.

250g fish fillet, cut into cubes
¼ tsp iodized fine salt
¼ tsp pepper
1 tbsp calamansi juice
2 pcs semi-ripe saba, peeled, cubed and fried
1 pc small potato, cut into cubes
1 pc small carrot, cut into cubes
1 ½ cups water
1 pouch (80g) Del Monte Quick n Easy Menudo Sauce
1/3 cup cooked green peas
1 pc medium red bell pepper, cut into strips
Patis to taste

1. Marinate fish in calamansi juice, salt and pepper for 15 minutes. Fry until golden brown. Set aside.
2. Simmer potatoes and carrots in water until tender. Add Del Monte Quick n Easy Menudo sauce, green peas, bell pepper and patis to taste. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Add fish and banana. Simmer once.
Makes 4 servings.

This is one delicious recipe! Try it!