To cook Filipino food means having a pretty good grasp of various seasonings and condiments to make a dish more sprightly and distinct. But while going the unique route is applauded, we also can’t help but lean towards familiar ones that are proven to work great with a variety of recipes. In this case, I’m…
Ground Meat Recipes
Pancit Palabok Recipe
Pancit Palabok is a noodle dish with shrimp sauce and topped with several ingredients such as cooked shrimp, boiled pork, crushed chicharon, tinapa flakes, fried tofu, scallions, and fried garlic. A very tasty treat that is sure to relieve your hunger.
There are other noodle dishes that are similar to this. Pancit Luglog and Pancit Malabon are the ones that come close to the taste and appearance (the only difference would be the noodle and some ingredients as well as some preparation steps).
If you love Jollibee’s Palabok, I’m sure that you will love this recipe even more. Please have the necessary ingredients on hand and prepare the necessary kitchen equipments so that you could enjoy this very tasty dish in no time.
Try this tasty Pansit Palabok recipe.
Almondigas Recipe
Almondigas is a soup dish that has two main ingredients: meatballs and patola (this is also known as loofa of Chinese okra). I’m not sure where exactly this dish originated but it sure reminds me of a similar Spanish dish called Albondigas. I used to call this dish Misua and Patola soup not until my…
Baked Macaroni Recipe
Baked Macaroni is a great comfort food to enjoy with loved ones. With meat, vegetables, tomatoes, and cheese, this baked macaroni recipe is a fun and easy meal to make when you’re craving that little bite of comfort. The layers of complexity to this dish’s flavor are accented by how compact and put together the…
Pork Burger Steak with Mushroom Gravy Recipe
Pork Burger Steak with Mushroom Gravy Recipe is the next level burger steak. The burger patty is moist and tasty, while the mushroom gravy is rich and delicious. This goes perfect over mashed potato or as a topping for rice. How to Make Pork Burger Steak with Mushroom Gravy The burger steak patties are easy…
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Spaghetti and Meatballs is a pasta dish consisting of spaghetti (a long, thin, and cylindrically shaped pasta that is of Italian origin), tomato sauce, and meatballs. Though spaghetti originated from Italy, it is said that this particular dish was first cooked in New York by Italian immigrants. However, there are claims that a similar version of this dish was served in Sicily even before it became famous in the USA.
This can be considered as a healthy food. The crushed tomatoes produces Lycopene (cancer fighting agents) when cooked for a certain period of time. Herbs such as fresh basil and parsley also contribute to the health benefits of this dish. In addition, baked meatballs contain less oil and fat compared to the fried ones.
Try this Spaghetti and Meatballs recipe.
Lumpia Recipe
Lumpia or Lumpiang Shanghai is a type of Filipino egg roll. The basic filling is composed of ground pork along with minced onions, carrots, and seasonings such as salt and ground black pepper. This recipe post is all about how to make basic lumpia. Feel free to use this as a baseline. Lumpia ingredients This…
Christmas Lasagna Recipe
Lasagna in Béchamel Sauce is a type of pasta casserole dish. The main ingredients which are pasta (lasagna), meat sauce, cheese, and béchamel sauce are alternately layered until the desired amount is achieved.
This particular recipe is only one of the hundreds of Lasagna recipes around. Although, I would say that this variation is the most popular of all – especially in the Philippines.
Did you notice the rich and tasty white sauce inside your lasagna? That is called the béchamel sauce. It is a simple sauce composed of scalded milk cooked with flour and butter. The béchamel sauce gives richness and additional texture to this pasta casserole.
How to Cook Gising Gising
This gising gising recipe post will guide you on how to cook green beans and ground pork with coconut milk in under 30 minutes. Refer to the cooking video at the bottom of this page for the step by step demonstration. Gising gising is Filipino dish composed of Baguio beans and ground pork. These ingredients…
Sauteed Green Beans with Ground Beef
Sauteed Green Beans with Ground Beef is a simple, quick, and easy dish to cook for lunch or dinner. This is ideal during busy days, when you have a limited amount of time allotted to prepare your meal. It only takes around 30 minutes (or even lesser) to cook. It also tastes good and it…
Picadillo Recipe
Picadillo is a dish with ground meat, tomato, potato, and carrots as basic ingredients. This is usually cooked using ground beef and/or ground pork, depending on the country of origin of the recipe. This Picadillo version that I am sharing today makes use of the basic ingredients. I also added green peas and Manzanilla olives…
Pork Empanada Recipe
Pork Empanada is a type of pastry that has been stuffed with pork. In this pork empanada recipe, we’ll be making pork picadillo, which be stuffed into our homemade empanada dough. Isn’t that interesting? Here’s the good news, making empanada dough does not need to be all-manual and labor intensive. We can use a food…
Tortang Talong with Ground Pork Recipe
You can add ground pork to your eggplant omelet to make something like this. I simply call it tortang talong with ground pork. This dish is like tortang talong and tortang giniling combined. While it looks yummy, it will even be yummier if you serve it with your favorite condiment. Banana ketchup is more than…
Cheesy Baked Macaroni Recipe
Cheesy Baked Macaroni is a good dish to prepare this holiday season. It is delicious, cheesy, and a sure crowd pleaser. This can be prepared during Christmas dinner, or you can bring this along for your potluck parties. My entire family loves pasta; the richer and cheesier, the better. Cheesy Baked Macaroni is one of…
Pork Embutido (Steamed Filipino Meatloaf)
Pork Embutido is a type of Filipino meatloaf. It is composed of ground pork, vegetables, cheese, raisins, and seasonings. Unlike traditional meatloaf, which is cooked by baking in the oven, embutido is cooked by steaming. A portion of the meat mixture is wrapped in a sheet of aluminum foil and then placed in a steamer…
Misua with Patola and Meatballs
Misua with Patola and Meatballs is a version of albondigas that makes use of baked meatballs. These yummy meatballs are special because I made it using my pork burger patty recipe. There is not any doubt about how tasty these morsels are going to be. I know that Misua with Patola and Meatballs is a…
Pork Cheeseburger
Pork Cheeseburger can be as yummy as its beef counterpart. It is easy to prepare too. This makes use of our existing recipe for pork burger patties. The patties were fried like regular hamburgers, instead of being baked as indicated in the recipe on the link. However, it should not matter its baked or fried…
Sigarilyas Gising Gising Recipe
Sigarilyas Gising gising is a Filipino vegetable stew composed of winged beans, ground pork, and long green chillies. These ingredients are cooked in coconut milk. If you can recall, I published a gising gising recipe a few years back for the same dish that makes use of green beans or Baguio beans. This particular recipe is a variation…
Ground Pork Kaldereta Omelet
Ground Pork Kaldereta Omelet is an interesting dish that I made from leftover Pork Giniling Kaldereta. There will be days wherein you will have leftovers. Sometimes eating left overs is not that enjoyable anymore because you just had the same food recently. Making something different out of your leftovers is ideal because you get to…
Pork Giniling Kaldereta Recipe
Pork Giniling Kaldereta is a simple dish that you can make for lunch or dinner. If you like pork giniling and if you are a fan of kaldereta at the same time, this recipe is perfect for you. This dish is a crossover of these dishes. It can be eaten with plain white rice or…
Adobo Meatballs Recipe
Adobo Meatball is a dish made using our easy meatball recipe and cooked inadobo style. Since I made a lot of meatballs for our Spaghetti and meatball dinner, there was an extra batch that I was not able to use and I thought that it will be nice to turn them into meatball adobo. This…
Misua and Meatball Soup
Misua and Meatball Soup is my version of albondigas. I am using thin flour noodles called misua or miswa and I also added loofah gourd, which is known as “patola” in the Philippines. This is delicious treat that you will enjoy either for lunch or dinner. I also like having misua with sardines in can….
Pork Burger Patties
I love to have Pork Burger Patties in between two buns or with rice, just like my favorite burger steak — with creamy mushroom gravy, of course. The good news is making your own burger patties has never been this easy. Baking the pork burger patty requires less oil and extracts the fat from the…
Taco Fried Rice Recipe
Filipino food is awesome, but sometimes there is a craving for other dishes. If you crave for Mexican and Chinese at given time, the best way is to satisfy your desire by preparing a dish that represents both – like Taco fried rice. You are in luck because I have a quick and easy Taco…