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….
Filipino Pork Nilaga Soup is a Boiled Pork Soup with Potato and Bok Choy. It is a simple way to prepare soup the Pinoy style. It goes with rice and is best with some spicy fish sauce on the side. Typically, the spicy fish sauce dip is simply fish sauce with chopped spicy chili. Siling…
Filipino Lumpiang Shanghai are small pieces of fried egg rolls. These egg rolls are prepared using ground pork along with some vegetables. This recipe is simple because it uses less veggies and other ingredients. The vegetables are only carrot and onion along with salt and pepper as seasonings; Sesame oil is also added to achieve…
Lechon paksiw is a Filipino pork dish made using leftover lechon or lechon kawali. Lechon refers to spit roasted pig. A whole pig is prepared and skewered in a spit ( a long bamboo rod) and then roasted over charcoal. Lechon kawali, on the other hand, is a crispy pork belly dish wherein a strip…
I was craving for the Filipino version of Salisbury steak the other day. However, it will take me close to an hour drive to get to Jollibee, which is the Filipino restaurant that serves this meal. They call it simply as burger steak. Since I got all the ingredients, I made my own Jollibee Inspired…
Ginisang Munggo or Sauteed Mung Beans with Spinach is a simple yet nice tasting Filipino vegetable dish. This is usually eaten as a main dish along with warm white rice. Some versions use fish, while there are others that make use of thin slices of pork. I made my monggo guisado (this is what people…
Oven Baked Blackened Tilapia is a less complex way to cook blackened tilapia — all you need to do is rub the seasonings and bake it in the oven. It might sound simple, but it’s true. You can make your own tilapia lunch dish in less than 15 minutes. This Blackened Tilapia recipe will give…
