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Easy, Lemony Chicken Inasal
Chicken Inasal is now big in the Philippines. This is a popular chicken grill that originated from Bacolod in Iloilo region. This dish left a good imprint in my food memory for the first time I tried it when I was a kid. I can ...
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Pancit Canton
There are only 3 Filipino noodles dishes that are being rotated every time there is a special occasion in my family back home in Manila; it’s either Filipino-style sweet spaghetti, pancit bihon or pancit...
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Tortang Talong
(Chicago) – This a simple and ever popular Filipino eggplant omelet. This dish could be simplified some more and just reduce the ingredients to eggplant, egg and oil. But I like my torta with some stuffing to make it heavier ...
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Veggie Galore: Chopsuey
(Chicago) – I eat vegetables but it's not usually my preference especially if there's a meat dish on the table. My doctor even reprimanded me for doing high protein diet ...
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Monggo = Mung Bean
Monggo is a very popular bean in the Philippines. It’s versatile – commonly used in savory dishes and some in desserts. There’s monggo guisado which I adore...
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Spare Ribs Caldereta
(Chicago) - I have a full slab of pork ribs in my freezer for quite some time and I don’t know what to do with it. The previous slabs became 2 different barbecue
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The Classic Pochero
(Chicago) – I am familiar with the dish “pochero” (or “puchero”) ever since I was a kid but I never really understood and appreciated the dish...
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Pambansang Sabaw: Sinigang
(Chicago) – If the title sounds Greek to you, actually, it is Filipino and it means, the national stew is sinigang which is a dish meat and vegetables stewed in a sour broth...
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Pipino = Cucumber
“Pipino” is cucumber in Filipino. This vegetable is typically used in ensaladas (salads). A salad composed of “pipino” slices dressed with vinegar, salt and pepper, is the easiest and most popular dish using “pipino”.
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Kamatis = Tomato
"Kamatis" means tomato. "Kamatis" is a popular ingredient in many Filipino dishes such as menudo, mechado, afritada, etc. It's also typical used in simple salads, dressed with soy sauce or "patis" (fish sauce), ...
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Prawns in Curry Coconut Milk
(Chicago) - Fresh prawns are bit expensive here in the US, even in Manila actually. It’s not something that you can cook anytime you want –only reserved for special occasions. Other than the price, it’s not advisable, medically-speaking,...
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Hot and Spicy Bicol Express
(Chicago) – Pork belly and coconut milk? This combination is a no-brainer –one of my all-time favorite Pinoy dishes . The spiciness and creaminess of this dish make it perfect with rice. And any dish that makes me eat humongous amount of rice is an ultimate comfort food for me. This is one of them. Hope you like Bicol Express too! 🙂 Ingredients: 3 lbs Pork Belly (Liempo), cut into small pieces 2 tablespoons cooking oil 14 oz (400 ml) coconut milk 3 large poblano peppers, seeded and sliced thinly 1 jalapeno peppers, seeded and sliced thinly 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 1 large onion, chopped 2 large tomatoes, chopped 1…
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Pinoy Menudo
(Chicago) – One of the major (major! :)) effects of food blogging to me is that my appreciation of Filipino food has grown significantly. How many times I denounced my homeland cuisine whenever I was asked if Filipino food was my favorite cuisine. I gave bulls**t reasons such as Filipino dishes are oily, unhealthy or whatever crap. I am guilty as charged, like many others. No matter how often we deny or shy away from Filipino dishes, we crave for it; we long for those crispy skin of lechon and crunchy, yet juicy lechon kawali. Well, if you’re a Filipino and you grew up with your “nanay” or “lola’s” cooking,…
