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[30 Apr 2011 | 5 Comments | ]
How to Cook Sinigang sa Miso

This article is part of the series – History of Filipino food, Japanese influence
 
If you came from this article, good… if you didn’t, bad. Read that first please.
Did you already? Let’s go.
I want to be straightforward with this How to Cook Sinigang post because I am watching Jools Holland and the music is getting in the way of my writing. And I don’t have the luxury of watching TV neither letting you wait for the recipe. So, on to the ingredients:
1 kilo of any steak cut fish of your choice
1 the-largest-piece of spanish onion that …

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[28 Mar 2011 | 11 Comments | ]
Seared Tuna and Mango Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

I went home hungry last night and found out that my in-laws brought fresh ripe Mangoes from Laguna. I wanted to create something that is not so heavy for a night snack but still substantial for a very hungry chef, haha! When I searched for ingredients in the fridge, I found a small piece of left-over Tuna for my Nicoise salad from my house-warming celebration…So here’s what I came up with
Yield 1 serving
Ingredients:
For the Seared Tuna
140 grams Tuna Loin
Salt and Black Pepper to taste
 
For the Balsamic Vinaigrette
50 mL Balsamic Vinegar
50 …

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[21 Mar 2011 | 11 Comments | ]
Grilled Kesong Puti, Sun-dried Tomato and Tuyo Sandwich with Cassava Chips

 
 
Cheers to Chef Mike for riding along with our theme for this fortnight, History of Filipino Food, American Influence – Ziggy
 
I wanted to publish more easy-to-follow modern Filipino recipes to highlight new methods of preparing our favorite ingredients, I hope you like it
For the Sandwich

Ingredients
2  to 3 pcs. Bottled Tuyo
100 Grams Kesong Puti
2  to 3 pcs. Sun dried Tomato (Thinly Sliced)
Ciabatta/ Baguette  or any type of Wheat Bread
Procedure
to make the sandwich, cut the ciabatta bread in the middle all the way through.
arrange the tuyo, sun-dried tomatoes and sliced kesong …

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[12 Mar 2011 | 10 Comments | ]
Bicol Express

 
 
Mga sangkap:
2 kutsarang mantika
1 kutsaritang tinadtad na bawang
1 sibuyas (pakwadradong hiwa)
3 kamatis (pakwadradong hiwa)
1/2 kilong liempo
4 kutsarang bagoong alamang
luya (pahabang hiwa)
10-12 pirasong siling haba (alisin ang mga buto)
½ tasang tubig
1 1/2 tasang kakang gata
paminta at asin (pangtimpla)
Paraan ng pagluto:
Hiwain ang baboy ng pahaba.
Initin ang mantika sa kawali/kaldero, kapag mainit na ang mantika ilagay ang baboy at igisa hanggang sa maging bahagyang luto na .
Idagdag at igisa ang bawang, sibuyas, kamatis, bagoong alamang, luya at ang sili. Igisang mabuti at haluin.
Idagdag ang tuibig, takpan at pakuluan ng hanggang 15 minuto. Kapag …

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[11 Feb 2011 | 6 Comments | ]
Kangaroo Adobo Recipe

It was 4 in the morning. I’ve heard that this is the most favorite time of these marsupials to show the power of their leg muscles to another specie of two legged creatures and the roads that they built. I turned on the ignition and heard my car cry as if it was being woken from a very deep slumber. My breaths form thick smoke as my lungs fight the possible hypothermia. My chest feels heavy to what my heart desires. But I drive on through the sun-robbed dawn. I …