Squid with Bell Pepper in Chili and Garlic Sauce (Lee Kum Kee)

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo Squid

2 pcs. big Red and Green Bell Pepper cubes

Onion cubes

Garlic minced

Chili and Garlic Sauce (Lee Kum Kee)

Salt and Pepper

Canola Oil

Procedure:

Clean and Prepare Squid... 

* remove the squid head from the body

* harvest squid ink sac

* remove the squid beak (yung nasa ulo)

* remove tail tube and cartilage (yung matigas na parang plastic)

* remove skin from squid body

* cut squid ring

In a pan: 

Add 2 tbs. Canola Oil 

saute' Garlic until brown

add cleaned Squid rings and the head... stir

add 1 tbs. Lee Kum Kee Chili and Garlic Sauce

simmer for 2 minutes... 

then add the Onion and Red or Green Bell Pepper

lastly, Salt and Pepper to taste

Pwedeng ulamin... pwede din pulutan! 

:-)

Mixed Vegetables with Shrimps and Quail Eggs

Ingredients:

1 medium pack Mixed Vegetable(bought from the grocery or you can make your own)

1 dozen Quail Eggs, shelled

1/4 kilo Shrimp, peeled off

Onion finely chopped 

Garlic finely chopped

Salt and Pepper

1/2 Butter

Procedure:

In a pan... melt butter

saute' garlic and onion

add shrimps

set stove in low fire and simmer for 3 minutes or wait until shrimps are cooked 

add mixed vegetable... stir occasionally

add salt and pepper to taste...

then add the quail eggs

cover for 2 minutes and it's ready to serve!

:-)

Tokwa't Baboy in Tausi

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo Liempo

2 packs Tofu (mas ok kung yung nabibili sa grocery)

1 small pack Tausi (Ram)

Kinchay/ Celery chopped

Onion diced

Garlic chopped

Soy sauce

Vinegar

Salt and Pepper

Canola Oil

Procedure:

In a pan... boil Liempo until tender

slice evenly then put in a bowl 

In a frying pan... put oil then fry Tofu until brown and crispy

slice evenly then put in a bowl

In another pan: (masyado bang maraming pan... hahaha)

saute' garlic and onion

add liempo... then stir

add  2 tbs. soy sauce... then stir

add 2 tbs. vinegar... do not stir

then add fried tofu and tausi... and stir

add 1/2 cup water

salt and pepper to taste and a pinch of sugar 

add kinchay leaves

then cover for 3 minutes and it's DONE!

:-)

Sugpo in Sweet Lemon Sauce

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo Sugpo or Suahe

1 big lemon

1 sprite

1 McCormick garlic

1 cup brown sugar

salt and pepper

1/2 butter

Procedure:

wash sugpo/suahe

take off the bigote 

(i'm sure you guys know what i mean here, ayt? :D)

In a bowl:

place sugpo/suahe

add 1 cup sprite, sugar and a little of McCormick garlic

squeeze lemon (make sure to take off the seeds)

salt and pepper to taste

In a pan:

melt butter

then add sugpo/suahe till orange

take off the sugpo/suahe from the pan... set aside

allow juice in the pan to thicken a little

when the juice is a bit thick, 

then you can put it on top of the sugpo/suahe and it's done!

Pwede ulamin, papakin or pulutan! 

:-)

Pocherong Pata

Ingredients:

1 1/2 kilo pata ng baboy sliced

1 can hunt's pork and beans

1 tomato sauce

2 pcs. kamote cubes

4 pcs. saging na saba (slanting)

1/4 lbs. green string beans

1 head cabbage

1/2 cup sugar

onion chopped

garlic finely chopped

salt and pepper

canola oil

Procedure:

place pata in a casserole with water and bring to boil until meat is tender

when meat is tender, take out of the casserole and set aside

place broth of the meat from the casserole in a bowl

set aside for a while.....

In a frying pan:

fry kamote, saba, string beans and cabbage

(make it brown a little)

then set aside for a while....

In a sauce pan: 

add canola oil, saute' garlic, onion and  pata, stir....

add hunt's pork and beans

add tomato sauce

add fried kamote and saba

season with salt and pepper

add the sugar

add pata broth... stir

cover and simmer for 3-5 minutes so the flavors can mix

lastly, add string beans and  cabbage

then cover for 1 minute and it's done!

This recipe is one of my brother Bobhey's masterpieces... ginaya ko lang! ending,  MAS masarap daw yung luto ko... hahaha! Enjoy cooking everyone! 

:-)

Chicken Pastel

Ingredients:

1 kilo chicken (any part will do or 1 whole) cut into small serving  pieces

1 big evaporated milk
1 nestle cream

1 small box quickmelt cheese, grated

2 medium potatoes, cut into cubes

1 medium carrots, cut into cubes

2 big red and green pepper, sliced thinly 

2 celery stem, sliced (slanting)

2 cups chicken broth 

onion chopped

garlic chopped finely

salt and pepper

1/2 butter

Procedure:

Brown garlic in butter, 

add onion and chicken... stir for 2 minutes

add chicken broth, cover and simmer for 10 minutes

then add the potatoes, carrots and bell pepper

season with salt and pepper

cover the pan...

when the chicken is almost done, 

add the evaporated milk... stir for 1 to 2 minutes

add grated quickmelt cheese to thicken the sauce

stir then add the celery 

Serve Hot! Yummy!

:-)

Adobong ubod ng Sarap :p

Ingredients:

1 kilo pork kasim (adobo cut) or chicken

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup vinegar

3 pieces bay leaves/laurel

1 teaspoon peppercorn

1/4 cup sugar

garlic finely chopped

canola oil

Procedure:

In a bowl, MIX all the ingredients except the canola oil

In a pan, pre-heat the canola oil...

then add the mixed ingredients minus the sauce...

set aside the sauce for a while

fry the mixed ingredients until meat is tender and brown...

add the sauce you set aside,

add 1 to 2 cups of water, depending on the tenderness of the meat
cover the pan, simmer for 15-20 minutes

stir occasionally... check from time to time...

when the juice is absorbed, add another cup of water 

cover and simmer until meat becomes tender and all the juice is absorbed

you will know it is cooked when the water turns into oil...

(meaning, nagmantika na sya! hehehe)

you can also add hard boiled eggs if you want!

Blockbuster ito! Promise!

:-)