I had this Deviled Eggs for a snack and it was satisfying. This Simple Deviled Egg recipe will help you make your own with ease. If you are tired of just having boiled eggs, give it a little taste and style by making something like this. This deviled egg recipe is very straightforward. Expect nothing…
Appetizer Recipes
Crispy Tilapia Sticks Recipe
Crispy Tilapia Sticks is a delicious crispy flavorful tilapia fillet dish. The fish is seasoned and dredged in a beading of Panko breadcrumbs, then deep fried until crispy. Crispy Tilapia Sticks makes a delicious appetizer and I think that it goes well with fresh homemade ranch dressing. This Tilapia sticks recipe was from my mom….
Chicken Dynamite Lumpia Recipe
Chicken dynamite Lumpia is a Chicken Lumpia or Chicken Egg Roll version with a piece of long green pepper inside. The shape of the dish resembles dynamite — that is why it was called as such. This Chicken dynamite Lumpia Recipe is easier to prepare as it looks. It also makes a good appetizer. I…
Easy Tuna Kilawin Recipe
Tuna Kilawin or Kilawing Tuna is a Filipino dish wherein cubed fresh tuna is mixed with vinegar, lemon, or calamansi and chilled until the fish is gradually cooked by the vinegar or citrus juices. Tuna kilawin is considered as an appetizer in the Philippines – it is also a popular pulutan amongst many beer-loving individuals. There…
Grilled Mussels Recipe
This Grilled Mussels Recipe makes a perfect seafood appetizer for many reasons. To name a few, it is delicious, easy to prepare, and budget friendly. I am used to do grilled mussels with butter, garlic, and cheese. I thought that it was the best thing that grilled (or baked) mussels can be – I just…
Crab and Pork Shumai Recipe (Siomai)
This Crab and Pork Shumai Recipe produce one of the best shumai or siomai that I have tried. Crab and pork seems to be a good combination when done the appropriate way. Before we move further, please let me clarify that shumai, siomai, and shaomai is one and the same. The difference in names (or…
Snails with Spinach in Coconut Milk Recipe
This Snails with Spinach in Coconut Milk Recipe is similar to a Filipino recipe called “Ginataang Kuhol”. While the later involves golden snails (kuhol) and water spinach (kangkong), this recipe makes use of sea snails and fresh spinach; the rest of the ingredients are similar. Have you tried preparing and cooking snails? If you have…
Easy Calamari Recipe
Calamari is probably one of the easiest and quickest appetizers to prepare. Every time we order calamari in restaurants, I am always surprised on how fast the servers get back to us with the order already with them — still hot and crunchy on the outside, while very soft in the inside. That is how…
Panara Recipe (Deep Fried Shrimp Wonton)
Panara is an appetizer dish made from chopped upo (bottle gourd) and minced shrimp wrapped in a wonton wrapper and deep fried until golden brown. This panara recipe comparable to pinsec frito and fried siomai. If my memory serves me right, this dish originated from the Visayas. While this is a perfect appetizer, it can also be…
Chicken Siomai
This Chicken Siomai recipe is a variation of pork siomai or shaomai. This recipe makes use of lean ground chicken plus additional vegetables and seasonings. Are you a fan of siomai? If you are, I am certain that you will love this recipe! Those who don’t like siomai will think twice after trying this recipe…
Atcharang Labanos
This atcharang labanos recipe is simply amazing. Atcharang labanos is a Filipino term that is used to describe Pickled Daikon Radish. This is a simple pickled radish prepared using basic pickling ingredients. Atcharang labanos is best paired with fried fish or meat along with steamed white rice. Daikon is a type of white Asian radish….
Tokwat Baka (Fried Tofu and Grilled Beef in Vinegar Sauce)
Tokwat Baka is the beef version of the well loved tokwat baboy recipe. Similar dishes often use boiled beef — this particular recipe is quite different because I used ingredients that makes this dish stand out, such as porterhouse steak to begin with. You do not really need to use porterhouse steak. You can use any…
Special Tokwat Baboy
Do you like tokwat baboy? what part of the pig do you use when you prepare the dish? Usually, pig’s ears and pork belly are used to make tokwat baboy. The meat is boiled or steamed until tender and then mixed with fried tofu along with the other ingredients. This Special Tokwat baboy recipe has…
Curried Potato Salad
Curried Potato Salad makes a nice side dish to fried chicken; it can even be your lunch meal by itself. This recipe makes the regular potato salad stand out by adding a dose of curry powder. Have you tried Chicken curry before? Imagine the taste when curry is added to rich ingredients. It compliments well…
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp is an easy shrimp appetizer recipe that tastes really good. The process involves marinating the shrimp and then wrapping it in bacon strips before baking. If you are one of those who love to grill, you may opt to grill the shrimp instead. I used the packaged large raw shrimp for this…
Kikiam Recipe
Kikiam is a sausage-like dish that has a Chinese origin. It was adopted right away ever since it was introduced in the Philippines. In fact, there have been many Filipino recipes that incorporate it as an ingredient; loming batangas and some versions of pancit canton are just a few examples. Making kikiam is relatively easy….
Easy Seared Scallops
Easy seared scallops is a quick and relatively easy appetizer recipe. This can be enjoyed just as it is or by dipping in lemon butter sauce. Aside from being an appetizer, this can be consumed as a main dish along with some greens on the side. I am using packaged sea scallops for this recipe….
Deep Fried Mussel
There are many delicious ways to cook mussels. You can bake them, grill them, boil them, and deep fry them like what we are doing now – Deep Fried Mussels. Cooking deep fried mussel is easy. However, you should ensure that the mussels are cleaned and the mussel meats are removed from the shell before…
Breaded Butterfly Shrimp Recipe
Have you tried Camaron Rebosado lately? It is a deep fried shrimp recipe similar to our featured recipe today: Breaded Butterfly Shrimp. Both dishes make good appetizers or even main dishes, the only difference is the way the shrimps are prepared. This recipe will improve your knife skills since we will need to do a…
Baked Potato Skin Recipe
Potatoes can be a universal ingredient because of the thousands of potato recipes around.
Aside from the popular potato recipes such as French Fries, Mashed Potato, Roast Potatoes, Potato Wedges, and Baked Potato Recipe, Baked Potato Skin is becoming a favorite appetizer.
Baked Potato Skins are made from the outer layer of baking potatoes. This is prepared by simply slicing a single potato in half (lengthwise), and scraping it until the desired thickness is achieved – or shall I say thinness.
Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe
Buffalo Chicken Wings are fried chicken wings coated with a hot and tangy sauce. Buffalo Chicken Wings are traditionally fried without any breading. However, there are recipes such as this that calls for breading to add a crisp texture to the dish.
Buffalo Chicken Wings are usually served as an appetizer. It comes with a dipping sauce (such as ranch or blue cheese dressing) and is best eaten with celery sticks.
Potato Croquettes Recipe
Potato Croquettes are pieces of mashed potato balls that were rolled in bread crumbs and deep-fried until crispy. This is a good side dish or snack and it goes well with basic condiments such as ketchup or mayonnaise.
Potato croquettes are nice addition to the usual side dishes like French fries, onion rings, mashed potato, or potato chips. These can also be a hash brown substitute for breakfast.
I enjoy having these taters as side for burger or hotdog sandwich.
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Round Steak in Criolla Sauce Recipe
Round Steak in Criolla Sauce is perfect to have as a cold appetizer or a light dinner.
Round Steak is also known as Rump Steak in other countries. It refers to the cut of beef that includes the top of round, bottom round, and eye of round. This nice cut has no marbled fats; this can be a good thing to those who are in a low fat diet. However, the lack of fat makes this cut of beef dry-out when broiled or grilled. The most recommended cooking methods for this cut are the ones that require the use of liquid such as braising, stewing, and mixing with Criolla Sauce.
I enjoy eating this dish for many reasons. Round steak is flavorful. A tender round steak is enough to make my taste buds go wild. I also enjoy the criolla sauce. It is full of wonderful flavors and nice colors. When criolla sauce is combined with thinly sliced round steak, it becomes a complete work of art.
This dish is meant to be served cold. Refrigerating for at least 4 hours will do, but I prefer placing it in the fridge overnight.
Baked Tahong Recipe (Baked Mussel with Cheese and Garlic)
Baked Tahong or Baked Mussels is a well loved appetizer seafood dish. Mussels are very abundant in coastal areas wherein they are harvested fresh everyday and sold at a cheap price. If you’re in the Philippines, getting some fresh mussels will never be an issue.
This recipe is simple and very tasty. It is like making your own homemade gourmet masterpiece with minimal effort and ingredients.
Some of you might be planning to enroll in culinary art schools to enhance your skills or perhaps taking short culinary courses so that you can make fabulous dishes. Enrolling in the top cooking schools will definitely boost your cooking skills to a whole new level.
That is necessary if you plan to have a career in cooking, but it is not that needed when you only want to learn the basics of cooking – such as preparing simple recipes like this one.
Using conventional oven is necessary to complete this dish. However, you may also use electric ovens and it will still produce good results.