Beef Kaldereta Recipe

Beef Kaldereta Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours

Beef Kaldereta Ingredients:

• 1 kilo beef, cut into chunks

• 1 big can (350g) liver spread or ground liver

• 5 onions, minced

• 5 cloves garlic, minced

• 6 tomatoes, sliced

• 1 cup tomato sauce

• 3 green peppers, diced

• 3 red peppers, diced

• 4 pieces hot chilli peppers, minced

• 3/4 cup grated cheese

• 2 cups beef stock or water

• 1/4 cup cooking or olive oil

Kaldereta Cooking Instructions:

• In a casserole, sauté: garlic and onions in oil. Then add tomatoes, red & green pepper and chilli peppers.

• Add in the beef, tomato sauce, liver spread and water or stock. Salt to taste and let simmer for at least 1 hour or until the beef is tender.

• Add cheese and olives (optional) and continue to simmer until the sauce thickens.

• Serve with plain rice

Cooking Tips:

• Instead of beef, goat's meat (kambing) can be used. If goat's meat is used, marinate the meat in vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper for at least 15 minutes.

• For a special kaldereta, do not use water or beef stock. Use an equivalent weight of onions to the beef (1 kg of onions : 1 kg of beef). The onions will serve as water to the dish.

Sweet and Sour Pork

Estimated cooking time: 45 minutes

Sweet & Sour Pork Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo pork loin, sliced into pieces

• 1 small can pineapple chunks

• 1 large onion, quartered

1 red & 1 green bell peppers, sliced into strips

• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce

3 tablespoons of peanut oil

• 4 tablespoons of cornstarch

3 tablespoons of ketchup

• 1 tablespoon of sugar

• 1 teaspoon of salt

• 3 cloves of minced garlic

Sweet and Sour Pork Cooking Instructions:

In a pot, boil pork in 2 cups of water with 1/2 teaspoon of salt until tender, then drain (keep the pork stock for later). Mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and soy sauce then coat the pork with the cornstarch mixture. Fry the pork in a skillet until golden brown, set aside. Dissolve the remaining 2 tablespoons of cornstarch on 1/2 cup of pork stock - set aside. Sauté garlic and onions on oil, then add the bell peppers, pineapple chunks (including the syrup), ketchup, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the dissolved cornstarch. Stir until sauce thickens. Pour over fried pork then serve with rice.

Crispy Pata

Crispy Pata Recipe

Preparation & drying: 4 hours to 1 day Estimated cooking time: 20 minutes

Crispy Pata Ingredients:

• 1 Pata (front or hind leg of a pig including the knuckles)

• 1 bottle of soda (7Up or sprite)

• 1 tablespoon of salt

• 2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)

• 1/2 tablespoon baking soda

• 1 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)

• 4 tablespoons of flour

• Enough oil for deep frying

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• Enough water for boiling

Crispy Pata Cooking Instructions:

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Clean the pork pata by removing all hairs and by scraping the skin with a knife. Wash thoroughly. Make four to five inch cuts on the sides of the pata.

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• On a deep stock pot, place the pata in water with soda and salt. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Then add the baking soda and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes.

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Remove the pata from the pot and hang and allow to drip dry for 24 hours. An alternative to this is to thoroughly drain the pork pata and refrigerate for a few hours.

• After the above process, rub patis on the pata and sprinkle flour liberally.

• In a deep frying pot, heat cooking oil and deep fry the pork pata until golden brown.

Crispy Pata Dip Sauce:

Mix 3/4 cup of vinegar, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 2 cloves of crushed garlic, 1 head of diced onion and 1 hot pepper. Salt and pepper to taste.

Beef Mechado Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 1 hour

Mechado Ingredients:

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1 kilo of beef cut into chunks
1/8 kilo of pork fat cut into strips
4 onions, peeled and quartered
5 medium potatoes, quartered (optional: fried)
1 medium sized carrot, sliced in 1/2" sections
2 red bell pepper, sliced
2 cups beef stock or
2 bouillon cubes dissolved in water
3 bay leaves (laurel leaves)
1/4 -cup vinegar
2 cups tomato sauce or
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 cup soy sauce salt & pepper to taste

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Mechado Cooking Instructions:

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Cut an incision on the beef chunks and insert a pork strip in the middle (mitsa) In a casserole, combine the beef (with the fat), tomato sauce, soy sauce, bay leaves and beef stock. Bring to a boil and simmer until the beef is almost tender Add the vinegar and let boil for a minute or two Add the potatoes, onions, carrot, and bell pepper Let simmer until potatoes and carrots are cooked - occasionally stir to thicken sauce Serve hot with white rice

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Beef Mechado Cooking Tips:

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Pressure cook the beef with the beef stock for faster cooking time. Fry the potatoes before adding to the casserole. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil and stir when the mechado dish is almost done for added flavor.

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Pork Menudo Recipe

Estimated preparation & cooking time: 50 minutes

Menudo Ingredients:

1/2 kilo pork (cut into small chunks)
1/4 kilo pork liver (cut into small cubes)
5 pieces chorizo Bilbao (also cut in small pieces)
4 potatoes (peeled, cut in small cubes, fried)
1 green and 1 red bell pepper (diced)
1 cup chickpeas 1/4 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 cup pork or chicken stock
2 teaspoons of patis (fish sauce)
3 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon atsuete oil (optional)
3 tomatoes (diced)
1 small head of garlic (minced)
1 medium size onion (diced)

Menudo Cooking Instructions:

In a pan or wok, heat cooking oil and atsuete oil. Saute garlic, onion. Then add the pork, liver, chorizo de Bilabo, tomatoes, bell pepper, paprika, patis and the stock. Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the pork is tender. Add the chickpeas, potatoes and raisins. Boil of another 2 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot with white rice.

Pork Steak / Beef Steak Filipino Style Recipe

Pork Steak / Beef Steak Filipino Style Recipe

Estimated time to prepare and cook: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo tender pork or beef steaks, sliced 1 tablespoon kalamansi or lemon juice 5 tablespoons soy sauce 3 cloves of garlic 1 small piece ginger, crushed 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 cup onions, sliced in rings 4 tablespoons cooking oil

Pork / Beef Steak Cooking Instructions:

Marinate the pork or beef steak in kalamansi (lemon) juice, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and pepper for 30 minutes.In a frying, add cooking oil. Add the marinated pork or beef steak and cook slow until done.Increase heat for a minute or two to brown steaks.Add the sliced onions and continue to cook for another minute.Serve on a platter including the oil and sauce.Best served with hot plain rice.

Pork Sinigang Recipe

Estimated cooking and preparation time: 1 hour

Pork Sinigang Ingredients:

3/4 kilo Pork, cut into chunks 3 tomatoes, sliced 2 onions, diced 5 cloves of garlic, minced 100 grams Kangkong (river spinach) 100 grams String beans 2 pieces horse radishes, sliced 3 pieces gabi (taro), pealed 2 pieces sili pag sigang (green finger pepper) 200 grams sampalok (tamarind) 3 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce) 1 liter of rice wash or water

Sinigang Cooking Instructions:

Boil sampalok in water until the shell shows cracks. Let cool then peal off the shells and with a strainer, pour samplalok (including water) into a bowl. Gently massage the sampalok meat off the seeds, strain again. In a pot, sauté garlic and onion then add the tomatoes. Let simmer for 5 minutes. Add pork and fish sauce then add the rice wash. Bring to a boil then simmer for 15 minutes then add the gabi. Continue to simmer for another 15 minutes or until the pork is tender. Add the horse radish and simmer for 10 minutes then add the string beans, kangkong and sili (for spice-optional). Let boil for 2 minutes.Serve piping hot.

Sinigang Cooking Tip:

• Instead of sampalok fruit (tamarind), you can substitute it with any commercial souring seasoning like Knorr sampalok seasoning or tamarind bouillon cubes for this pork sinigang recipe.

Pork / Chicken Adobo Recipe

Pork / Chicken Adobo Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 50 minutes. Adobo is the most popular Filipino dish enjoyed by all classes. Adobo is typically served with steamed white rice.

Adobo Ingredients:

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1/2 kilo pork cut in cubes
+ 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces or choice of either
1 kilo of pork or
1 kilo of chicken
1 head garlic, minced
1/2 yellow onion, diced
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup vinegar
2 cups of water
1 teaspoon paprika
5 laurel leaves (bay leaves)
4 tablespoons of cooking oil or olive oil
2 tablespoons cornstarch Salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons water

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Adobo Cooking Instructions:

In a big sauce pan or wok, heat 2 tablespoons of oil then sauté the minced garlic and onions. Add the pork and chicken to the pan. Add 2 cups of water, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, vinegar, paprika and the bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or when meat is tender. Remove the pork and chicken from the sauce pan and on another pan, heat cooking oil and brown the pork and chicken for a few minutes. Mix the browned pork and chicken back to the sauce and add cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken. Add salt and/or pepper if desired Bring to a boil then simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Serve hot with the adobo gravy and rice.

Adobo Cooking Tips:

• You have the option to add crushed ginger to the onions and garlic when sautéing. Ginger adds a unique flavor to your pork/chicken adobo.