Easy Recipes for Home Cooks
All time Filipino favourites we love…
Pork belly roast is a favourite at our place although we don’t cook if very often, but when we do it’s got to be done properly. It should have a shatteringly lovely crackle, the meat has to be moist tender and it should have the Filipino touch. Lots of garlic, […]
Something hot and spicy? Meet the Chicken Inasal Skewers. The word “inasal” means grilled or barbecued in the Visayas region where I come from. It has the characteristic flavour of the region- sourness from the vinegar or calamansi and the heady aroma of garlic and lemongrass. The traditional preferred cuts […]
Bam-I is a contraction of two Hokkien words ba (beef) and mee (noodles). Among the various noodle dishes cooked in the Philippines, bam-i noodles originated from the Visayan regions and uses both Canton noodles and rice or mung bean vermicelli in the one dish. I myself like to cook this […]
If you only cook one Filipino recipe, try adobo considered the national dish of the Philippines. The Philippines has more than 7,000 islands and probably there’s just as many variations in preparing the adobo. Adobo is slowly braised in soy and vinegar with lots of garlic and onions. In the […]
Ukoy is one of the most popular street food in the Philippines. Essentially julienned mixed vegetables bound by a thin batter, fried until crispy and served with a spiced vinegar sauce. There are many versions of Ukoy and it comes in all shapes and sizes as there are many cooks. One […]
In the Philippines rice is usually eaten as an accompaniment to the main dish of protein and vegetables. In Arroz Caldo, literally “Hot Rice” in Spanish, rice is the main ingredient. Arroz Caldo is a ginger flavoured rice porridge topped with various condiments including finely sliced chicken, boiled eggs, garlic […]