Nilagang Baka

There are many ways on how to cook Nilagang Baka in the Philippines. My mother taught me how to cook this delicious meal at a tender age of nine. Well, here is my own recipe.


Ingredients:

1 pound of beef (cut into cubes or bite size)
2 big potatoes (cut into bit size)
3 small potatoes (cut crosswise)
celery (optional)
1 small size cabbage
soy sauce or fish sauce
scallions (optional)

Procedure:

1. Boiled the beef meat for 1 to 2 hours (until meat is tender)
2. When the meat is ready add the potatoes and carrots. Simmer for another 15 minutes or until vegetables are cook.
3. Add soy sauce or fish sauce to taste
4. Add cabbage and scallions
5. Serve hot.

Enjoy everyone!

Pork Afritada

Pork Afritada is one of the many popular dishes from the Philippines. I have made my Pork Afritada earlier this evening for our dinner and ta-dang.....it was a success. Below is the complete list of the ingredients.


Ingredients:

2 lbs pork, bite size
1 big potato, cut into wedges
1 big carrot, cut into wedges
dried bay leaves (optional)
2 can tomato sauce
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 ½ cups pork broth
1 big bell pepper, diced
1 tsp garlic, minced
1 cup onion, chopped
2 tbsp cooking oil
Salt

Procedures/Steps:

1. Heat the cooking oil and sauté the garlic and onions
2. Add the pork and sauté until the outer parts are cooked about five minutes or so
3. Add the bay leaves and tomato sauce then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes
4. Add the ground black pepper then pour-in the pork broth. Simmer for 40 minutes or until the meat is tender and cooked
5. Put the potato and carrots then simmer for another 7 minutes
6. Add the bell pepper and simmer it for another 3 minutes
7. Add salt to taste (optional)
8. Serve with rice or any side dishes of your choice.

Bistek Tagalog

 My first attempt to cook the Bistek Tagalog was a success. I would like to thank Panlasang Pinoy for the great recipe you share online to all the Filipino out there like me. Below are the ingredients that you need if you are interested in cooking this delicious dish.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 lb beef sirloin, slice thinly
• 1 piece lemon or 3 pieces limes
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 large onion, (slice into rings)
• 3 tbsp cooking oil
• salt (if needed)

Procedures:

1. Marinade beef in soy sauce, lemon (or limes), and ground black pepper for at least 1 hour. I marinade mine for 2 hours
2. Heat the cooking oil in a pan then stir fry the onion rings until the texture becomes soft. Set aside
3. In the same pan where the onions were fried, fry the marinated beef (without the marinade) until color turns brown. Set aside
4. Saute the garlic  for a few minutes
5. Pour the marinade back to the pan and let it boil
6. Put the fried beef and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until meat is tender. 
7. Add water as needed
8. Add the fried onions and some salt to taste (if needed)
9. Serve hot with rice

Humba

Humba is a popular dish that most Filipinos cook during special occasions such as fiesta, Christmas, birthdays, New Year and more. Listed below are the ingredients that you will need to have when you make this delicious meal called humba.

 Ingredients:

2 lbs pork belly
1 cup Pineapple juice
1 large onion, diced
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons salted black beans
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 ½ tablespoons brown sugar
2 pieces dried bay leaves
1 teaspoon whole peppercorn
dried banana blossom (optional)

Procedures:

• Heat the cooking pot then brown the pork belly

•  Add the onions and garlic and cook until the onions are soft

• Put-in the soy sauce, peppercorn, bay leaves

• Pour-in the pineapple juice and let boil. Simmer until the pork is tender. You can also add water as needed.

•  Add the vinegar and wait for the mixture to re-boil. Simmer for 3 minutes

• Spoon-in the salted black beans and brown sugar then simmer for 5 minutes

•  Add the dried banana blossoms and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes (optional)

•   Transfer to a serving plate and serve with steam rice.

Ginataang Manok Sa Piña

 Actually this is my first try to cook Ginataang Manok sa Pina ( Chicken with Coconut Milk and Pineapple). I really love the result and I got the recipe from Kitchenomics.


Here are the lists of ingredients that you will need:

	1 piece large chicken, cut into bite size serving 1 can pineapple chunks (reserve the syrup) 4 cloves garlic, crushed 1 medium onion 1 laurel left 1 piece green papaya 1 medium bell pepper, cut into stripes 1 cup coconut cream  1/2 teaspoon salt Steps: Marinate chicken in a mixture of pineapple syrup, garlic, onion, laurel left and 1/2 tsp iodized fine salt for at least 10 minutes. Place in a casserole or a pot. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the  papaya, bell pepper, Pineapple Chunks and coconut cream. Simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot or pair it with steam rice

Banana Pepper

 While strolling in the mall yesterday, I decided to eat at Subway. I have the $5 dollar foot long meatball bread and ask the lady to put pickled banana peppers on my bread. Actually, that was my first attempt to eat banana peppers and wow it's delicious.

Banana peppers are usually yellow in color but it can be also orange or red. They are typically sweeter compared to other type of peppers. I will definitely have banana peppers from now on.

I got the picture from Google image.

Foods that Contains Iron!

Iron is very important for our body because it will help creates red blood cells, muscular tissue and of course healthy bones. Iron also carries a life oxygen for human blood cells. Here are the lists:

• Soy Beans- it contains 4mg of iron in one half cup.

• Oysters- I eat oysters a lot and did you know that they contain 10 mg of iron for three ounces?
• Pumpkin seeds- it contains 4mg of iron per serving. So if you like eating them? Start it today.
• Spinach- I love my spinach salad so don't forget to get them every time you dine out. They contain the most iron.
• Cereal- it contains up to 21 mg of iron per serving. Make sure to start eating cereal either hot or cold today.

Got the image from Google search.