Thursday, October 11, 2007

Chicken Tinola

Chicken Tinola is a soup-based dish which is cooked with green papaya cut in wedges, and chili pepper leaves, in broth flavored with ginger, onions and fish sauce.

A common substitutes for chicken is pork, chayote/Sayote instead of papaya, or moringa leaves known as marungay or malunggay, instead of pepper leaves.

Ingredients:
* 1 chicken (1 kilo)
* 1 whole medium Papaya cut in wedges 3 pieces of Chayote/Sayote
* 1 onion cut in slice
* 4 cloves garlic, crushed
* 2 tbsp. ginger strips
* 2 tbsp. patis
* 1 tsp. vetsin (Optional - I preffer not to)
* 1/2 cup young Pepper leaves or Malunggay
* Few leaves of Onion leaves (a personal favourite)

Cooking Procedures :
Clean and cut chicken into small serving pieces. Saute' garlic and ginger until brown. Add onion. Then, add chicken. Stir for 3 minutes, pour in patis. Cook for another 3 minutes. Cover and let simmer.

When chicken is half done, add Papaya or Chayote/Sayote. Cover and simmer until chicken and potatoes are done. Lastly, add vetsin (optional) Onion leaves and pepper leaves or Malunggay leaves. Let boil for 3 minutes and then serve it hot.

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Monday, October 1, 2007

Sizzling Sisig - Pork

Sizzling Sisig is actually originated in Pampanga and a very popular pulutan (delicacy? – to correct me you can use the comment section of this post :) ) in the Philippines. Sisig is a Kapampangan term which means "to snack on something sour".

It also refers to a method of preparing fish and meat, especially pork head , which is marinated in a sour liquid such as lemon juice (Kalamansi) or vinegar, then seasoned with salt, pepper, chilly and other spices. Some restaurants have also Chicken Sizzling Sisig as one their specialty (the recipe will be post in the future).

Ingredients:
- 1 kg Pork Face
- 1/4 kg Pork Brain (Optional)
- 2 tsp. butter
- 4 pcs. Onions, chopped
- 3 Tbsp. Soy Sauce
- 1 Tbsp. Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. Catsup or Chilli Sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fried Pork skin, grounded (Optional)
- 1 Egg (Optional) - only when serving

Cooking Procedures :
- Boil pork face till tender; slice thinly into cubes.
- Saute 1 pc. onion in butter and add the sliced pork face and the brain in a deep skillet.
- While sauteing, mix the liquid ingredients.
- Add the liquid mix in the pan. Simmer for about 15 mins.
- Serve in sizzling plate, garnish with Fried pork skin, egg and chilli for your taste.

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