Today was a great day – I used two different dutch ovens to create two different braised dishes. MMMMM. The first one was a small batch of kare-kare, a Filipino peanut stew that I’ve written up before. The other was a batch of Pork Asado, which braises pork in a soy sauce and brown sugar [...]
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Sorry it’s been a while since any recipes have gone up! It’s been a crazy (but good) month of July, full of family visits and vacation. Hopefully, the schedule will be a bit calmer here in August.
So, I think that the next few recipes will focus on the garden harvest. Our little garden [...]
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Lugaw (loo-gaw) is a chicken and rice porridge type of dish that is a staple in Filipino households. Whenever I start to feel under the weather, or when the winter chill just won’t go away, I turn to lugaw for warmth and comfort. MMMMMM!
Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
4-5 big cloves of garlic, [...]
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Ok. So, the last few recipes I’ve posted have been for game-time foods, and I hope y’all have been enjoying the NCAA tourney. I’d just like to give a shout out to Davidson, this year’s Cinderella team, that made it to the Elite Eight by defeating the Wisconsin Badgers. Though I was cheering for Wisconsin [...]
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Ay! Filipnos!
This is the national dish of the Philippines. Beware, if you make the recipe below you may be mistaken for a tropical islander!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup soy sauce
3/4 cup vinegar
5-10 cloves of garlic, depending on how much you like garlic, quartered
1 1-2 bay leaves
5 peppercorns
3 lb of chicken – whatever cut/style you prefer
Additional items you might [...]
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