Pansit Bihon (guisado)

Ingredients :

1 lb pancit bihon (Rice Noodles)
1/2 lb chicken, cooked, deboned, and cut into thin slices (you can also add pork meat)
1 cup carrot
1/2 small cabbage, chopped (you can also add snow pea,celery leaves)
1 medium sized onion, chopped
1/2 tbsp garlic, minced
1 pc chicken cube
5 tbsp soy sauce
3 to 4 cups water
Pepper

1. In a large pot, Saute the garlic and onion
2. Add the chicken then let cook for a few minutes
3. Put in the carrots and cabbage then simmer 3 mins
4. Add the chicken cube once dissolved and mixed, add the water then simmer for 15 minutes
5. Remove all the vegetables and meat in the pot (set aside) and leave the liquid
6. add the soy sauce
7. Add the pancit bihon (make sure to soak the noodles in the water for 10 minutes)
8. Mix and wait until the pansit bihon have absorbed all the liquid.
9. Add the vegetables and meat that were previously cooked
10. Add pepper, mix well and simmer for a minute

Happy Cooking! :)

CPA (Chicken Pork Adobo)

Ingredients :

1 lb chicken, cut into serving pieces
1 lb pork (we prefer pork ribs) cut into serving pieces
2 pcs dried bay leaves
3 tbsp soy sauce
4 tbsp vinegar
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium size onion
2 cups water
2 tsp cooking oil
1/2 tsp pepper

1. Saute Onion and Garlic
2. Add pork ribs,simmer for a few minutes then add 1 cup of water and half of the vinegar and soysauce mix , simmer again.
3. once the pork is already soft, add the chicken.
4. Add 1 cup of water and the remaining of the vinegar and soysauce mix
5. Add dried bay leaves and pepper
6. Simmer until the sauce become thick and the chicken and pork is cooked.
7. Add water as needed and adjust the taste as desired.


Happy Cooking! :)

Chopseuy (version 1)

Ingredients:

3 tbsp oil
3 cloves garlic, sliced
1 medium onion, sliced
4 carrots, sliced thinly
1 cauli flower sliced
1 sayote, peeled and sliced thinly
1/2 cabbage, cut
1 chicken bullion, dissolved in 1 cup of water
1-2 tbsp cornstarch dissolved
1 tsp ground basil
salt and pepper
(optional: 1 tbsp oyster sauce or soy sauce and 1 tbsp of sesame oil)
(optional : pork meat, shrimp, chicken, liver)
(you can also add : other vegetables like snow pea, water chesnut,baby corn,shitake mushroom, quail eggs)

1. Saute Onion and garlic
2. Add the meat you prefer to use
3. Add carrots,sayote
4. Add the chicken bullion,cornstarch and groun basil (optional:oyster sauce, sesame oil)
5. Add the cauliflower
6. Add the cabbage
7.Salt and pepper

Tuna Pasta

This I must say is JR's no.1 favorite so far. So simple and budget friendly.

1/2 lb. spaghetti noodles
1 can Century Tuna( you can use flakes in oil,hot and spicy, or in soya oil)
1 Big tomato
3 tbsp garlic
1 tbsp onion
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp olive oil
baby spinach (as much as you want :) )


1. Cook the pasta according to instruction
2. Saute onion and Garlic
3. Add tomatoe
4. Add Tuna
5. salt and pepper to taste
6. Add the cooked spaghetti
7. Let cool for a few minutes then add the baby spinach

taddddaaaaahhh ! :)


* note* you can also use different kind of pasta, on this post I used the swirl pasta. ;)

Buko Juice!

How i miss fresh buko juice and yung may soft coconut meat!yung nasa kariton! (not keriton!)
haaaaaayyy.... for the mean time.. canned coconut juice will satisfy my craving. :)




This video made my day!!! HAHAHA.. laughtrip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ahnLrvmU8

Gising Gising (Recipe Style)

I was surprised the first time I've tasted the gising gising version of Recipe (Greenbelt 3, Makati). The typical gising gising in our town is more like a seafood chopseuy but spicy with oyster sauce.

I'm making the Recipe version since it's more easier to prepare. :P

2 tbsp oil
3 tbsp chopped onion
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 cups chopped string beans
1 cup groud pork or beef
1 tbsp bagoong (optional)
1 can coconut milk
1/2 pack (ginisa mix)


1. Saute onion and garlic
2. add bagoong
3. add and cook ground beef or pork
4. add the chopped string beans, mix and simmer for a few minutes
5. add coconut milk, let it simmer
6. add ginisa mix

Chop string beans like the one below :


Beef :


I should've made fried tipalia also to match the gising gising... well maybe next time ;)




Happy Cooking! :)

broccoli in oyster sauce

Need to eat some greens today, so I decided to cook. Broccoli.. its supposed to be a beef brocoli but ran out of beef hehe
here's how to cook it :

Broccoli:
2 cups of chopped broccoli
1. In a boiling water Blanch the broccoli for a few minutes.
2. Remove the broccoli from the cooking pot and soak in ice water for 20 to 30 seconds then drain excess water. Set aside.

Sauce:
2 tsp Olive oil (or any cooking oil)
Saute 1 tbsp of Garlic [lots of garlic if you want!]
1 tbsp Soysauce
2 tbsp Oyster sauce
1 tsp Sesame oil
2tbsp water
1/2 knorr chicken cubes
pinch of Pepper (optional)
pinch of sugar (optional)
1/2 tsp cornstarch

Then mixed the broccoli with the sauce.



I also made fried chicken! Yey! These are not burnt, we just like it crspyliscious and juicylisious with out the breading.. :-)

1. Boil the chicken with soysauce,garlic,pepper,vinegar and water. drain. then fry.




Happy Cooking! :)