Chicken Tinola
Ingredients
- 1 lb. boneless chicken breast, chopped
- 5 cups chicken broth or stock
- 3 pieces chayote, peeled, seed removed, and sliced into wedges
- 2 tablespoons ginger, sliced into thin strips
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 2 cups Spinach
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Fish sauce to taste
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
Cooking Procedure
- Heat the cooking oil in a cooking pot.
- When the oil becomes hot, sauté the ginger, garlic and onion
- Once the onion is soft, put-in the chopped chicken. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Pour-in the chicken broth. Let boil and then simmer for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Add the chayote wedges. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Put-in the hot pepper and/or malunggay leaves.
- Add the ground black pepper and fish sauce. Stir.
- Transfer to a serving bowl.
- Serve. Share and enjoy!
Pork Menudo
Ingredients
- 2 lbs pork
- 1/2 lb pig’s liver
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1 cup potatoes, diced
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 piece lemon
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 cup tomato sauce
- 1 cup water
- 4 pieces hotdogs, sliced diagonally
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 2 to 3 pieces dried bay leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Procedure
- Combine pork, soysauce, and lemon in a bowl. Marinate for at least 1 hour.
- Heat oil in a pan
- Saute garlic and onion.
- Add the marinated pork. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Pour in tomato sauce and water and then add the bay leaves.Let boil and simmer for 30 minutes to an hour depending on the toughness of the pork. Note: Add water as necessary.
- Add-in the liver and hot dogs.Cook for 5 minutes.
- Put-in potatoes, carrots, sugar,salt, and pepper. Stir and cook for 8 to 12 minutes.
- Serve. Share and enjoy!
Pork Adobo
Ingredients
- 2 lbs pork belly
- 2 tbsp garlic, minced or crushed
- 5 pieces dried bay leaves
- 4 tbsp vinegar
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp whole pepper corn
- 1 cup water
- salt to taste
Cooking Procedure
- Combine the pork belly, soy sauce, and garlic then marinade for at least 1 hour
- Heat the pot and put-in the marinated pork belly then cook for a few minutes
- Add water, whole pepper corn, and dried bay leaves then bring to a boil. Simmer for 40 minutes to 1 hour
- Put-in the vinegar and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes
- Add salt to taste
- Serve hot. Share and enjoy!
Chicken Afritada
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken, cut into serving pieces
- 1 large potato, quartered
- 1 large carrot, sliced
- 1 large bell pepper, sliced
- 1 cup green peas
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 pieces hotdogs, sliced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 1/4 cups chicken broth or stock
- 2 pieces dried bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon granulated white sugar
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Cooking Procedure
- Pour-in cooking oil in a cooking pot or casserole then apply heat.
- Pan-fry the chicken until the color turns light brown (about 3 minutes per side).
- Remove the chicken from the cooking pot.
- On the same cooking pot, sauté garlic and onions.
- Put-in the sliced hotdogs and pan-fried chicken then cook for a minute.
- Pour-in tomato sauce and chicken stock then add bay leaves. Simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Add the potato and carrots then simmer for 7 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.
- Put-in the bell pepper, green peas, salt, sugar, and ground black pepper then cook for 3 minutes more.
- Turn-off heat then transfer to a serving plate.
- Serve with steamed rice. Share and enjoy!
Pork Steak
Ingredients
- 4 to 5 pieces pork chops
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 pieces lime or 1 piece lemon
- 1/2 cup cooking oil
- 2 medium onions, sliced
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon granulated white sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Procedure
- Combine pork chops, soy sauce, and lime juice in a large bowl or container. Marinade for at least 1 hour.
- Heat a pan then pour-in cooking oil.
- Pan-fry the marinated pork chops in medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes per side.
- Remove excess oil. Pour-in the remaining marinade and water and let boil. Simmer for 45 minutes or until the pork is tender. Note: Add water as needed.
- Add-in the sugar, salt, and pepper then stir.
- Put-in the onions and cook for 3 minutes more.
- Turn-off heat and transfer to a serving plate.
- Serve. Share and enjoy!