How To Cook Bicol Express

I cooked this for lunch on August 26,2011. Just craving for some chili hot flavor that time, and I've decided Bicol Express since it's been a long time that I have not eaten it. I missed the taste of it from my brother's cooking.

Bicol express is one of the popular dishes in the Philippines. It was named after one region in the Philippines which this dish originated (Bicol).
 They called it Bicol Express because they said when you eat it you will look for
 a drinking water as quick as you can  because it is so hot!!!:D Have a chili hot experience in your kitchen by cooking Bicol Express for one of your meals. Here is the recipe for it.

Ingredients:
1 kilo pork or beef
1 tablespoon shrimp paste ( bagoong)
1 onion
5 cloves of garlic
1 1/2 cup coconut milk
200 grams jalapeno or cayenne pepper(siling haba)chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Chili

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion then add the chili and continue to saute for a minute over medium heat.
2. Add the meat, simmer for few minutes then add the shrimp paste and stir. Simmer until the meat is tender.

3. Add salt and pepper to taste then simmer for 3 minutes.

4.Add the coconut milk, simmer until rich and creamy over high heat.
5. Serve with a smile :-).

Banana Fritter

When I was young I thought banana fritter is so difficult to make, but when I tried it, it is as easy as counting 1-2-3 :) It is a good dessert that your family will love, so treat them now. Just follow this simple steps.

Ingredients:
Ripe bananas ( it depends how many pieces you want to cook)
1/2 glass milk
1 egg
1 glass bread crumbs or flour

Procedure:
1. Mix the egg and milk
2. Put the banana one by one and roll over the bread crumbs or flour.
3. Deep fry it until golden brown.... that's it! Yummy banana fritters


You can top it with all purpose cream for a creamy taste. It is also better to use breadcrumbs for this fritter than flour, because the crispiness of bread crumbs stays longer than flour.

Fish Adobo

Adobo is a very popular dish in the Philippines. There is a joke among Filipinos, that you are not a real Filipino if you do not know how to cook adobo :D.  Pork or chicken is the typical meat use in cooking it. But we can also use fish in cooking adobo and here is how to do it.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo fish
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup Soy sauce
3 cloves garlic
thumb size ginger
1small onion
black pepper
salt to taste
chili pepper (jalapeno or cayenne) optional

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic, ginger and onion then put the vinegar and soy sauce then allow to boil, once boiling add the fish, black pepper and chili pepper then simmer until fully cooked.
2.Serve it with rice.

Fettuccine Carbonara

When I cooked this carbonara, it was just random, I did not plan to cook it for that day, that is why I do not have any bacon in the fridge, so I replaced bacon with a ground beef, it taste good, because the main ingredients for the sauce which is the all-purpose cream is complete.Thumbs up for this and here is the recipe for it.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo Fetuccine (you can replace it w/spaghetti if not available)
2 tetra packs(200g) all purpose cream
1/4 kl ground beef ( i replaced bacon with ground beef)
1/2 cup grated cheese ( Optional: have some extra for toppings)
4 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
salt and pepper to taste
oregano flakes ( optional)

Procedure:
For the pasta:
1. in a pot boil the fettuccine until it is cook.
2. Set aside

For the sauce:
1. Saute the garlic and onion.
2. Add the ground beef, cover and simmer for few minutes
3. add the salt and pepper simmer for another few minutes
4. add the all purpose cream and cheese, mix it well and finalize the taste
5. serve it by mixing the fettuccine and the sauce or just top the sauce on fettuccine garnish it with grated cheese and oregano flakes.

Braised Chicken Wings

Here is my braised chicken wings, I decided to used wings because it is one of my favorite parts of the chicken.Yummy!

Ingredients 4 for servings:

1/2 kilo chicken wings
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1  potato ( cubed)
3 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
1/2 cup water
salt and pepper to taste
Banana blossom ( optional)

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic and the onion then add the chicken and soy sauce, braise it until the chicken is brownish.
2. Add the water and bring to a boil then add the potato, banana blossom, salt and pepper to taste then simmer until it's cooked.
3.Serve hot with rice.

Stir Fried Vegetables with Beef

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo beef
1 dozen quail’s egg ( hard boiled)
2 med. size carrots
1 cup button mushrooms
2 tablespoons so sauce
4 cloves garlic
1 small onion

Procedure:
1. Saute the onion and garlic.
2. Add the meat and soy sauce, simmer until tender.
3. add the mushrooms and simmer for 2 minutes.
4. add the carrots and simmer for another 2 minutes.
5. add the eggs and cover it for 1 minute and that’s it.

Shrimp Tempura Filipino Style

For a very good batter, you can replace egg with soda or sparkling water, it makes the tempura crispier. I put egg because it is available anywhere.

 Ingredients:
15 pcs med. size shrimps ( deshelled or nabalatan na)
1 tablespoon calamansi
1 egg ( beaten)
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup  bread crumbs
Oil for frying

Procedure:

1. Butterfly the shrimps by cutting at the back part, then sprinkle with calamansi or lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.

2.Dip in the beaten egg then roll over the bread crumbs.
3.Deep fry it in a medium heat oil until golden brown.
4.Serve with your favorite sauce.

 

Pepperoni Pizza

One of the most well known Pizza topping is the Pepperoni.
Pepperoni is a kind of Italian-American sausage usually made of cured pork or beef. In Portuguese they call it Calabresa It is very easy to do with Pinoy style sauce. Have fun.
 

Ingredients:

1 big size pizza crust
pepperoni sausage
muzarella cheese ( grated)
pizza sauce.

Procedure:

1. Put the pizza sauce on top of the crust.
2. sprinkle the grated cheese
3. arrange the pepperoni
4. Sprinkle again with cheese.
5. Preheat oven to 250 degrees celcius and bake the pizza for 10-15 minutes

 Ingredients for pizza sauce Pinoy Style:
200 grams ground beef
1 pack tomato sauce (250 ml.)
2 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
2 teaspoons sugar
3 tablespoons evaporated milk
dash of salt and pepper

Procedure for the Sauce
1. Saute the garlic and onion
2. Add the meat simmer for few minutes.
3. Add the tomato sauce, sugar and milk
4. Put a dash of salt and pepper simmer until it's done.

Re-cook May 1, 2014

You can add some onion, etc, I just like it to be simple and savor the strong pepperoni taste.

Ham and Cheese Pizza

Since, I still have some leftover ingredients for pizza from the Hawaiian delight that I cooked, I decided to make a different flavor. I go for Ham and Cheese in my own style. Here is how to do it.

 Ingredients:
1 big size pizza crust
1 bell pepper ( sliced thinly into rings)
1 medium size onion ( sliced thinly into rings)
ham
mozarella cheese ( grated)
pizza sauce.
mushroom ( optional)

Procedure:

1. Put the pizza sauce on top of the crust.
2. sprinkle the grated cheese
3. arrange the ham, bell pepper and onion and mushrooms if available.
4. Preheat oven to 200C and bake the pizza for 10-15 minutes or until done.

Ingredients for pizza sauce:

200 grams ground beef
1 pack tomato sauce (250 ml.)
2 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
2 teaspoons sugar
3 tablespoons evaporated milk
dash of salt and pepper

Procedure for the Sauce

1. Saute the garlic and onion
2. Add the meat simmer for few minutes.
3. Add the tomato sauce, sugar and milk
4. Put a dash of salt and pepper simmer until it's done.

Here is the link on how to make Pizza Crust http://melyskitchen.blogspot.com.br/2014/02/how-to-make-pizza-crust.html

Hawaiian Delight Pizza

It’s my friends craving that motivated me to cooked this pizza. It is the oven that makes  me feeling lazy to bake because it is an old one and I can not on it by myself  lol :-D But anyway here is my pizza recipe , I am not being biased but my sauce is so delicious :-)

Ingredients:
1 big size pizza crust
3 slices pineapple rings
ham
mozarella cheese ( grated)
pizza sauce.



Ingredients for pizza sauce:

200 grams ground beef
1 pack tomato sauce (250 ml.)
2 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
2 teaspoons sugar
1teaspoon pineapple juice
dash of salt and pepper
2 tablespoons all purpose cream


Procedure for the Sauce
1. Saute the garlic and onion
2. Add the meat simmer for few minutes, put a dash of salt and pepper
3. Add the tomato sauce, pineapple juice, all purpose cream  and sugar
4. Simmer until it’s done.

Procedure:
1. Put the pizza sauce on top of the crust.
2. Sprinkle the grated cheese
3. Arrange the ham and pineapple according to your design
4. Sprinkle again with cheese.
5. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and bake the pizza for 10-15 minutes