Binignit is a popular Filipino snack composed of tubers and fruits. These are cooked in coconut milk with sugar, sticky rice balls, and tapioca pearls. This dish is also referred to as ginataang halo-halo. How to Cook Binignit Cooking binignit is quick and easy. The first thing to do is prepare the glutinous rice balls….
Pork Menudo with Hotdog is a yummy version of menudo. It has the same good taste with the addition of sliced hotdogs. It is made a bit sweeter by adding a teaspoon of sugar. I think that this is a winner. Pork Menudo is a type of Filipino pork stew. It is commonly cooked with…
Lumpia has been one of my favorite Filipino food. For those of you who are not familiar, it is a kind of egg roll stuffed with ground pork. Dynamite lumpia involves long green chili pepper. It is the spicy version. Think about making lumpia with stuffed pepper. It is insanely awesome! I recommend this appetizer…
One of the tastiest Filipino dishes that I have tried is pork binagoongan. It is a type of pork stew wherein pork slices (usually the belly part), are sautéed in onion, garlic, and tomato, and then cooked with shrimp paste. Shrimp paste or bagoong are fermented krill, which are small crustaceans that resembles a shrimp….
Pork Bicol Express is a type of Filipino spicy pork dish. Pork slices are cooked in coconut milk with Thai chili and long green peppers. Its main source of flavor is derived from shrimp paste, which is locally known as bagoong. Balaw is a more traditional ingredient for Bicol Express. This is descried as salted…
Mongolian Beef is a type of Americanized Chinese dished served in most Chinese restaurants in North America. It is made with thin slices of beef that are seasoned, coated, and fried. The beef is cooked with a tangy sweet brown sauce and scallions. I personally love to eat this dish with fried rice. It makes…
Picadillo is a dish composed of ground meat and vegetables. These are sautéed and stewed in a tomato-based sauce. This dish is served often with less or no sauce. This means that it has to be cooked until the sauce almost dries up. It is a good thing because the flavors from the broth and…
