Lasagna


Ingredients:

/2 kilo cooked lasagna noodles

Meat Sauce :
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/4 kilo ground pork
1/4 kilo ground beef
1 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 cup water
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/3 cup soy sauce

White Sauce:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup sliced button mushrooms
1/2 teaspoon AJI-SHIO Seasoning Mix with Pepper
1 cup grated cheese, divided
1/4 cup chopped parsley

Instructions:

In hot oil, saute garlic and onions until fragrant. Saute ground pork and ground beef until brown. Blend in tomato sauce, tomato paste, water and boil. Add sugar, oregano, basil and cayenne pepper. Mix well. Pour soy sauce and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool and set aside.
Prepare white sauce, melt butter. Gradually add flour and blend well using a wire whip.
Add water and milk, stir until the sauce thickens. Add button mushrooms and cheese and simmer for another minute.
To assemble, using an oven proof dish, put 1/2 cup of meat sauce on the bottom of the dish, arrange the 1st layer of lasagna noodle, then pour another cup of meat sauce followed by 2nd layer of lasagna noodles. Repeat procedure until all the meat sauce and lasagna are consumed. Pour white sauce and spread evenly on top. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F. Sprinkle AJI-SHIO Seasoning Mix with Pepper and garnish with chopped parsley. Cool for about 20 minutes before serving.

Tinolang Manok

Ingredients:

1 kilo whole chicken, cut into pieces.
1 small young papaya or sayote, cut into small pieces.
2 tablespoons ginger, crushed and slliced into strips
1/2 cup dahon ng sili (chili leaves) or mallunggay leaves
1 liter of water
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 red onion, diced
4 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)

Directions:

In a stock pot, heat oil and sauté garlic, onion and ginger.
Add water and the chicken.
Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 minutes or until chicken is almost done.
Season with patis
Add papaya and continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes or until papaya softens but not overcooked.
Add sili leaves then turn off the heat.
Serve steaming hot on a bowl with plain rice on the side.