Have you had Sipo Eggs before? If not, then now is the best time to know more about it and learn how to cook it at the comfort of your own home. Here is a short introduction about this dish. Sipo Egg is a Filipino quail egg and shrimp recipe that originated in Pampanga. This…
Vegetable Recipes
Squid Ball Chop Suey
Chop Suey with Squid Balls is a version of my favorite chop suey dish that makes use of squid balls instead of chicken or pork. This is an ingredient commonly used in soups. It is also a popular street food in the Philippines. How to Cook Squid Ball Chop Suey Chop suey with squid balls…
Lumpiang Hubad
Lumpiang Hubad refers to a Filipino vegetable dish. It is basically composed of the same ingredients used to cook lumpiang sariwa. The difference between the two dishes is the wrapper. The name of this dish is literally translated as “naked lumpia”. It got its name from the absence of lumpia wrapper, which should have acted…
Ginisang Repolyo with Chicken
Ginisang Repolyo with Chicken is a simple yet delicious dish that is quick and easy to make. It is healthy and has low fat content. I like the idea of having a simple and delicious meal while being able to stick on the budget. That is the reason why this dish is a regular on…
Laing na Gabi
Laing na Gabi or simply Laing is a type of Filipino vegetable dish. Taro leaves are sliced and dried for a few days before being cooked in coconut milk. Pork is a common ingredient added to this dish. I used pork shoulder for this recipe. Pork belly will work too. I developed this recipe…
Ampalaya con Carne Recipe
Ampalaya or Bitter Gourd (sometimes called bitter melon) is a vegetable full of nutrients that are good for the body. There are a lot of us who do not want to eat any dishes associated to it because of the bitter taste that the vegetable brings. However, some still try their best to develop an acquired taste because of the known health benefits of this vegetable.
Ampalaya con Carne is a dish composed of beef strips and ampalaya – this is also known as beef with ampalaya. This is perfect for those who wish to eat ampalaya but cannot handle the bitterness. The beef acts as a neutralizing agent; it covers the bitterness with its flavorful juices.
I was one of those who dislike the bitterness of ampalaya. I only enjoyed eating it when I learned the proper technique of extracting the bitterness out (which I demonstrated in the Ginisang Ampalaya video). There is a negative side to it though; that means less nutrients since some of them are extracted too, but it is a good start to enjoy the vegetable.
Ampalaya con carne is a superb dish. If you do the right thing, the bitter flavor of the ampalaya will be unnoticed – all you can taste are the array of flavors brought about by the different ingredients. If you like beef with broccoli, you’ll surely like this dish too.
Do you like eating ampalaya? What other techniques do you do to remove its bitter taste?
How to Cook Ginataang Langka with Pork
This is an Easy Ginataang langka with Pork Recipe using minimal ingredients. I recommend this to everyone, most especially to beginners and to those who are thinking of trying to cook for the first time. I remember enjoying it in the Philippines when I was still a child. This is one of the dishes that…
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…
Ginataang Gulay Recipe
Ginataang Gulay is a healthy vegetable dish. It is composed of sitaw and kalabasa along with shrimp and thin slices of pork. Sitaw refers to snake beans or yard-long beans, while Kalabasa pertains to calabaza squash. It is also referred to as West Indian pumpkin. The ingredients are cooked in coconut milk and served with…
Adobong Sitaw at Kangkong with Chicharon
Your meal will be more enjoyable with Adobong Sitaw at Kangkong with Chicharon on the table. This Filipino vegetable dish is composed of snake beans, water spinach, and pork rinds. It is cooked inadobo style which is a Filipino way of cooking that mainly involves the use of soy sauce, vinegar, black pepper, and garlic….