Archive for filipino foods
29 September, 2008 at 7:07 am
Congratulations! You have come to the right place where recipes of Philippine food abound. We feature traditional food you love and will love in Philippines – so easy to cook and undoubtedly always a pleasure to serve and eat. Regardless if you have been to Philippines or not, with Filipino-foods.com you have an online recipe book of Filipino food you can access 24/7.
We feature authentic recipes mainly influenced by many cultures such as Malay, Spanish and Chinese cultures. In our modern time, the influence of United States, Germany, French, Korean have made their way into Filipino food. With an increasing number of influences from other countries as Filipino are open to embracing influences of other countries.
Filipinos love to cook and eat resulting to numerous type and flavor of food which varies from area to area in the Philippines. The staple food in some areas is rice whereas in others may be cassava (root crop). Filipino meal typically consists mostly of vegetables, seafood, meat, dairy and rice. Dishes as rich in flavor and color similar to Philippine fiestas are always inviting when served on the dining table.
Long before the Spaniards colonized the Philippines, Filipino food comprises of root crops, vegetables and seafood. Back then, Filipino food are boiled, roasted or broiled. Trades with foreigners brought different kinds of spices and plants to the Philippines that give rise to a gastronomic fusion of various countries and cultures as far as east to west.
Each region in the Philippines boasts their own line of specialties displaying unique Philippine culinary arts. The Ilocanos from the north is famed for their “Pinakbet” – a nourishing yet simple vegetable dish. Bicol Express is a hot and spicy dish rich in coconut milk that is distinctly of Bicolanos. As a sum, nothing compares to pork and chicken adobo are dishes that makes Philippines popular worldwide.
Get to know the wonderful colors and flavors of Philippine food. Experience a compilation of gastronomic pleasures from food of Filipino recipes relished and passed on from generation to generation. Feast your eyes on scrumptious Filipino food recipes especially for you!
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17 February, 2010 at 8:21 am
Ingredients:
1/2 pound raw mung beans
2 cups water
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 pound boneless pork loin, cut into 1-inch cubes
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1/4 pound peeled and deveined prawns
1 small tomato, diced
3 cups chicken broth, or more as needed
1/2 pound fresh spinach leaves
Directions:
1. Bring the mung beans and the water to a boil in a pot. Cook at a boil until the beans are soft, about 40 minutes.
2. Mash the beans; set aside.
3. Heat the olive oil in a large pot. Cook and stir the onion and garlic in the hot oil over medium heat until softened, 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Add the pork; season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking the mixture another 3 minutes.
5. Gently stir the prawns into the mixture. Cook 2 minutes more.
Technorati Tags: easy quick meal, filipino food, mongo guisado, mung bean soup recipe
1 February, 2010 at 9:31 am
Make these Crab meat bacon rounds and pop into the broiler at the last minute just before serving.
Ingredients:
1/2 c sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
6 ozs crab meat, flaked
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
20 crackers
3 bacon slices, chopped
6 large green olives, sliced
Directions:
1. Beat egg whites.
2. Fold shredded cheese and crab meat into stiffly beaten egg whites.
3. Pile crab meat mixture onto buttered crackers. Sprinkle with finely diced bacon on top.
4. Broil until cheese melts and bacon is crispy.
5. Top each with a sliced stuffed olive.
20 Servings.
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4 November, 2009 at 5:56 am
Ingredients:
4 medium-sized eggplants
3-4 tomatoes
2-3 white onions
1/2 head of garlic
1/8 c. of rice vinegar
1/4 c. of light soy sauce
1 tsp. of sugar
1-2 chili peppers
1/4 tsp. of grated ginger
Directions:
1. Boil or steam the eggplants until almost mushy. Cool. Cut in half vertically and scrape off the meat with a spoon. Place the scraped meat in a large bowl.
2. Cut the tomatoes into quarters (or into eighths if they are large). Do the same with the onions. Add to the eggplants and toss lightly.
3. Peel and finely mince the garlic.
4. Mix together the light soy sauce, rice vinegar, grated ginger and sugar.
5. Add the minced garlic and the chili peppers.
6. Crush the peppers with a spoon.
7. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss.
8. Cover and let stand for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Technorati Tags: eggplant salad recipe, enasaladang talong, filipino foods, philippines, recipe, vegetable salad
31 October, 2009 at 8:46 am
One of the delicacy that Quezon province of the Philippines boasts is Longganisang Lucban. It is a sausage native to the Quezon Province in the Philippines and as it is named probably originated in Lucban, Quezon. Expect to have a longer shelf life with this recipe.
Ingredients:
1 kg of cubed (as opposed to chopped or ground) pork with fat.
¼ cup of oregano extract (can be more or less depending on taste)
1 teaspoon of paprika
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of chopped garlic (acts as the preservative)
Sausage casing (pork intestines preferred)
Directions:
1. Get a pan place the sausages in it and add water till the sausages are half covered.
2. Boil the sausages and prick them so that the casings won’t explode.
3. Cook till the water is all evaporated and what remains is the oil from the sausage.
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27 October, 2009 at 10:25 am
Ingredients:
2 Shrimp broth cubes
1 cup rice washings
2 cups squash, cut into cubes
4 medium tomatoes, quartered
1 cup patani (lima beans)
1 1/2 cups malunggay fruit, skinned and sliced 1/4 inch
2 medium eggplants, sliced diagonally
1 piece ampalaya(or bitter melon), sliced diagonally
1 piece bangus, fried or boiled
Directions:
1. Bring to boil first two ingredients.
2. Add squash, tomatoes and patani. Simmer about 5 minutes.
3. Add in the rest of the vegetables; adjust seasonings.
4. Simmer another 3 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender.
5. Add the fish.
6. Serve hot.
Technorati Tags: dinengdeng recipe, filipino foods, vegetable stew
20 October, 2009 at 3:48 am
Ingredients:
2 kilo pork liempo (pork belly), whole cut
1/2 head garlic
1 tsp. peppercorns
2 tbsp salt
1 bay leaves
cooking oil for frying
Directions:
1. Wash pork belly and place in a pot. Add enough water to cover the pork belly.]
2. Add in salt, peppercorns, garlic, bay leaves. Cover and bring to a boil, simmer for 30-45 minutes or until tender. Remove all scum that rises.
3. Remove from the pot and place in a coriander and let sit for a while so the liquid will drain. Dry with paper towels if necessary. Keep refrigerated for several hours.
4. In a large kawali heat enough cooking oil and deep fry pork belly at low heat for 30-45 minutes.
5. Remove pork belly from the kawali and drain oil in a colander or paper towels, allow to cool completely.
6. Reheat the same oil over moderate heat deep fry the pork belly once more for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown, crisp and blisters appear on the skin. Drain on paper towels.
7. Chop bagnet to serving pieces and serve immediately with a selection of sukang Iloko or tomatoes and onions with bagoong isda dip.
Technorati Tags: filipino food, ilocano chicharon recipe, pork meat, Vigan bagnet
24 September, 2009 at 6:27 am
Ingredients:
1 kilo spaghetti noodles
½ kilo ground pork
½ kilo ground beef
5 pieces jumbo hotdog, thinly sliced
1 large carrot, minced
1 large green bell pepper, minced
1 large onion, minced
1 bulb garlic, minced
½ cheddar cheese. grated
500 grams spaghetti sauce
salt
pepper
500 grams banana ketchup (add as needed)
Watch the video on how to cook Filipino style Spaghetti.
Directions:
1. Cook spaghetti noodles according to package instructions.
2. Boil water on a hot pan.
3. Add ground beef and ground pork. Stir until cooked. Remove any bubbly water. Remove from pan.
4. Sautee garlic until slightly brown. Add minced onions. Stir.
5. Add hotdogs.
6. Add beef and pork. Stir it for 10 minutes over medium heat until lightly brown.
7. Add salt and pepper.
8. Add banana ketchup.
9. Add spaghetti sauce and minced carrots. Stir well.
10. Bring mixture to boil.
11. You can add hot sauce if you want your spaghetti to be spicy.
12. Boil for another 5 minutes. Add green bell peppers.
13. Add grated cheddar cheese. Mix well.
14. Remove from heat.
15. Pour enough amount of spaghetti sauce on a plate of spaghetti noodles.
16. Serve hot.
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28 August, 2009 at 11:08 am
Ingredients:
several crushed garlic cloves
soy sauce
lemon or calamansi juice extract
dash of white wine or Coca Cola (optional)
lean strips of beef (approximately 1/4 inches in thickness)
cooking oil
Directions:
1. Mix together garlic, soy sauce, lemon juice and soda to form a marinade.
2. You can decide how much of each marinade ingredient you put in.
3. Let beef strips sit in the marinade in the regfrigerator at least overnight.
4. The longer the beef is soaked, the better the flavors will seep in. You can let it sit for 1 to 7 days inside the refrigerator.
5. When marinated, cook beef in hot oil until crunchy.
Technorati Tags: filipino foods recipe, tapang baka beef strips
23 June, 2009 at 11:10 am
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon oil
½ cup minced shallots
1 cup cubed tomatoes
½ pound ground pork
4 cups water
2 cups diced potatoes
Patis or salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Preparations:
1. Saute garlic in oil until brown in color.
2. Add shallots and tomatoes and cook until soft.
3. Add ground beef, pork, patis or salt and pepper to taste.
4. Add water and potatoes.
5. Simmer until done. Best served hot.
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