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List of Filipino Recipes

1. Pork / Chicken Adobo Recipe
Estimated cooking time: 50 minutes
 
Adobo Ingredients:
* 1/2 kilo pork cut in cubes + 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces or
* choice of either 1 kilo of pork or 1 kilo of chicken
* 1 head garlic, minced
* 1/2 yellow onion, diced
* 1/2 cup soy sauce
* 1 cup vinegar
* 2 cups of water
* 1 teaspoon paprika
* 5 laurel leaves (bay leaves)
* 4 tablespoons of cooking oil or olive oil
* 2 tablespoons cornstarch
* Salt and pepper to taste
* 3 tablespoons water

Adobo Cooking Instructions:

* In a big sauce pan or wok, heat 2 tablespoons of oil then sauté the minced garlic and onions.
* Add the pork and chicken to the pan. Add 2 cups of water, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, vinegar, paprika and the bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or when meat is tender.
* Remove the pork and chicken from the sauce pan and on another pan, heat cooking oil and brown the pork and chicken for a few minutes.
* Mix the browned pork and chicken back to the sauce and add cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken.
* Add salt and/or pepper if desired
* Bring to a boil then simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
* Serve hot with the adobo gravy and plain rice.
Adobo Cooking Tips:

* You have the option to add crushed ginger to the onions and garlic when sautéing. Ginger adds a unique flavor to your pork/chicken adobo.




2. Sinigang Recipe

Estimated cooking and preparation time: 1 hour
 
Pork Sinigang Ingredients:
* 3/4 kilo Pork, cut into chunks
* 3 tomatoes, sliced
* 2 onions, diced
* 5 cloves of garlic, minced
* 100 grams Kangkong (river spinach)
* 100 grams String beans
* 2 pieces horse radishes, sliced
* 3 pieces gabi (taro), pealed
* 2 pieces sili pag sigang (green finger pepper)
* 200 grams sampalok (tamarind)
* 3 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
* 1 liter of rice wash or water

Sinigang Cooking Instructions:
* Boil sampalok in water until the shell shows cracks. Let cool then peal off the shells and with a strainer, pour samplalok (including water) into a bowl. Gently massage the sampalok meat off the seeds, strain again.
* In a pot, sauté garlic and onion then add the tomatoes. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
* Add pork and fish sauce then add the rice wash. Bring to a boil then simmer for 15 minutes then add the gabi. Continue to simmer for another 15 minutes or until the pork is tender.
* Add the horse radish and simmer for 10 minutes then add the string beans, kangkong and sili (for spice-optional). Let boil for 2 minutes.
* Serve piping hot.
Sinigang Cooking Tip:

* Instead of sampalok fruit (tamarind), you can substitute it with any commercial souring seasoning or sampalok seasoning or tamarind bouillon cubes for this pork sinigang recipe.


3. Kare Kare Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 2 hours
 
Kare Kare Ingredients:

* 1/2 kilo beef (round or sirloin cut) cut into cubes (for a more traditional kare kare, use cleaned beef tripe instead of beef)
* 1/2 kilo oxtail, cut 2 inch long
* 3 cups of peanut butter
* 1/4 cup grounded toasted rice
* 1/2 cup cooked bagoong alamang (anchovies)
* 2 pieces onions, diced
* 2 heads of garlic, minced
* 4 tablespoons atsuete oil
* 4 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick
* 1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
* 1 bundle of sitaw (string beans) cut to 2" long
* 1 banana bud, cut similar to eggplant slices, blanch in boiling water
* 1/2 cup oil
* 8 cups of water
* Salt to taste

Kare Kare Cooking Instructions:

* In a stock pot, boil beef and oxtails in water for an hour or until cooked. Strain and keep the stock.
* In a big pan or wok, heat oil and atsuete oil.
* Sauté garlic, onions until golden brown, then add the stock, toasted rice, beef, oxtail and peanut butter. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Salt to taste.
* Add the eggplant, string beans, pechay and banana bud. Cook the vegetables for a few minutes - Do not overcook the vegetables.
* Serve with bagoong on the side and hot plain rice.


4. Beef Stew (Nilaga) Recipe 
Estimated Cooking time: 1 to 2 hours
 
Beef Stew Ingredients:

* 1 kilo beef, cut into 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" cubes
* 8 potatoes cut the same size as the beef
* 1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
* 1 small cabbage, quartered
* 5 onions, diced
* 1 head garlic, minced
* 4 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
* 3 tablespoons of cooking oil
* 10 corns of black pepper
* 1 liter of water
* Salt and pepper to taste

Beef Stew Cooking Instructions:

* In a big casserole, heat oil and sauté the garlic and onions.
* Add water, the beef, black pepper and patis. Bring to a boil then simmer for 1 hour or until the beef is tender.
* Add the potatoes.