Lechon Kare-Kare

Oven-baked Lechon Kawali in Peanut Butter Stew Tasty pork peanut butter stew mixed with vegetables paired with sweet salted shrimp paste. Ingredients 1 kilo homemade oven-baked Lechon Kawali 1 kilo Pork Spareribs 1 1/2 cup talong (eggplant), cut diagonally 1 1/2 cup sitaw (string beans) 2 bundles pechay tagalog (snow cabbage) 1 cup puso ng … Continue reading Lechon Kare-Kare

Pork Siomai

Pork Dimsum Ingredients 1/2 kilo lean ground pork 1/2 cup shrimp, minced 2 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil salt and pepper to taste 1/2 cup onion, minced 1 cup carrots, minced 1 cup mushroom, minced 1 pack wanton (molo) wrapper 1 piece raw egg Procedure Mix thoroughly all ingredients, except the wanton (molo) wrapper. Wrap the … Continue reading Pork Siomai

Nilagang Baka

Beef Chunk Soup Tasty beef broth with beef chunks and vegetables, perfect to warmth gloomy and rainy days! Ingredients 1/2 kilo beef brisket/beef cubes 2 pieces sweet corn, cut into 4 1 cup bitswelas (green beans) 1 small repolyo (cabbage) 2 bundles pechay tagalog (snow cabbage) 3 tablespoon patis (fish sauce) salt and pepper to … Continue reading Nilagang Baka

Bulalo

Beef Shank Soup Bulalo 💜 Today we excused ourselves from exerting too much effort preparing our meal. Ingredients 1 kilo beef shank, cross cut, preferably bone marrow intact 2 sweet corn cobs 4 saging na saba (plantain) 2 bundles pechay or bokchoy 1-2 bundle green beans 1 medium onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 … Continue reading Bulalo

Embutido

Filipino Meatloaf Filipino Meatloaf 💜 We were feeling pumped up this day so we thought of cooking something a little more complicated than usual. It took us 2.5 hours making these gorgeous babies, quite nervous if we can pull it off at our first try. The hard part? Patiently waiting as they were being chilled … Continue reading Embutido

Adobong Baboy

Pork Stew with Soy Sauce and Vinegar Adobong Baboy 💜 For a Filipino meal that has 10,000 recipe variations, how can you go wrong with Adobo? Anyone who has eaten this dish would most likely claim their, their mom’s, or their lola’s version is the “best” in the universe. All we can say is that … Continue reading Adobong Baboy

Tortang Talong

Eggplant Omelette Who Cooked It Better? It takes skill and patience to cook Tortang Talong. This seemingly simple dish has intimidated us for the longest time because one bad move would ruin the form. At least that’s what we thought. Or maybe I just hate frying in general 🙂 Someday we will learn how to … Continue reading Tortang Talong

Ube Halaya

Purple Yam Jam Ube Halaya 💜 Don’t you think it’s about time to put a spotlight on Filipino desserts? For our maiden #panghimagasseries post, the honor goes to the dessert close to every Filipino’s hearts (and sweet tooth!) We chose Ube Halaya because the amount of passion that one gives in preparing this quintessential Filipino … Continue reading Ube Halaya

Pocherong Baboy

Pork Stewed with Plantains Pocherong Baboy 💜 Today we excused ourselves from exerting too much effort preparing our meal. Although feeling lethargic, no way will we compromise the quality of the food we were going to cook. For instance, instead of adding tomato sauce to flavor the Pochero like what most Filipinos do, we selected … Continue reading Pocherong Baboy