Mar 17 2010

Filipino BBQ

Filipino BBQ

This is how we do our barbecue. Strips of pork marinated in a sweet and sour marinade. Skewered and grilled. The most typical type is pork bbq which I’m sharing the recipe now.

Ingredients:

* 1/2 kilo of pork sliced into slightly thin strips
* 1/2 cup vinegar
* 1/4 cup banana ketchup
* 1/4 cup soy sauce
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 1 tbsp hot sauce (can add more if you want it spicy)
* 1 can calamansi soda (sprite would do as a substitute)
* 1 head of garlic crushed
* 1 small onion minced
* salt to taste
* a few tbsp of cooking oil
* skewers

Directions:

Combine the liquid ingredients, sugar, onions and garlic and touch of salt to make your marinade. Add in the strips of pork. Let this marinade for a minimum of 1 hour, preferably overnight in the fridge. Make sure you soaked your skewers to prevent them from burning when on the grill. Skewer the meat.

Boil the marinade until it’s reduced to half. Transfer into a bowl and mix in some oil. I prefer using half regular cooking oil half sesame oil. For this recipe I used about 2 tbsp of each type of oil. Mix them well. This would be a good glaze as we grill the bbq.
Grill the bbq over charcoal for a few minutes. Probably would take about 5 minutes on each side. Brush both sides with the glaze to give it some shine and color. My dipping sauce would just be some spiced vinegar. Crushed garlic, minced onions and chili in some cane vinegar with a few dash of fish sauce and about a tsp of sugar. Enjoy your Filipino BBQ.

Now that you have learned how to make filipino bbq, please be sure to view the other pork recipes.


Mar 1 2010

Lechon de Leche

Lechon de Leche

Here’s how to Make “Lechon de Leche”

Ingredients:

whole suckling pig split roasted until crisp
15 gms. black pepper, ground

50 gms. salt
5 kls. suckling pig

Directions:

*Clean and prepare the suckling pig by scraping the bristles of the skin.

* In a small bowl, mix salt and black pepper; set aside.

*Rub the stomach of the suckling pig with the salt and black pepper mixture.

*Split with the skewer and roast over charcoal fire.

*Roast until crispy brown.


Feb 10 2010

Grilled Butterflied Pork

Grilled Butterflied Pork

Here’s how to cook “Grilled Butterflied Pork”

Ingredients:

4 slices porkloin, cut into 1 to 1/2″-thick pieces
3/4 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tsp. Dry mustard

1 tbsp. Fresh rosemary, chopped
1 tbsp. Olive oil
freshly ground pepper

Directions:

To make the marinade, stir together the wine, lemon juice, mustard, rosemary, olive oil and pepper. Trim as much fat as possible from the pork slices. To butterfly the pork, cut slices almost entirely through to make them half as thick. Open up the two sides as if opening a book. With a flat side of a large knife, pound pork lightly to flatten a bit. Place pork pieces in marinade, cover, and refrigerate at least 3 hours. Drain butterflied pork and cook on preheated barbecue grill 8 to 9 minutes on each side, basting with leftover marinade towards the end of cooking time.


Feb 5 2010

Houston Special

Houston Special

Here’s how to cook “Houston Special”

Ingredients:

1 k. pork liempo
1 tbsp. garlic, minced
1 tbsp. onion, chopped
1/2 cup banana catsup
1/8 cup soy sauce

1 tsp. sili, chopped
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. corn starch, dissolved in little water

Directions:

For BBQ Sauce: Sauté garlic in oil, add in onion and cook until it becomes transparent. Add catsup, soy sauce, sugar and sili. Simmer. Add cornstarch while constantly stirring the sauce to avoid lumps.

To grill: Grill pork liempo and brush with BBQ sauce from time to time.


Jan 11 2010

Lumpiang Shanghai

Lumpiang Shanghai

Here’s how to prepare “Lumpiang Shanghai”

Ingredients:

Filling:
1 1/2 cups ground pork
1/3 cup singkamas (jicama), chopped finely
2 tbsps. carrots, chopped finely
1 pc. onion, chopped finely
1 tbsp. Mama Sita’s Barbecue Marinade Mix
1 pc. egg, beaten

1 tsp. sesame oil
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsps. cornstarch
2 tbsps. cornstarch, mixed with:
1 pc. egg, beaten
15 pcs. lumpia (spring roll) wrappers cooking oil for deep frying

Directions:

* Combine filling ingredients in a bowl. Mix thoroughly.

* Spoon 1 tbsp. of the mixture onto the lumpia wrapper.

* Roll and seal by brushing the edge with the cornstarch-egg mixture.

* Repeat process until the filling has been used up.

* Deep fry in preheated 350°F oil until golden, for about 8-10 minutes.

* Drain off excess oil.

* Cut each piece into three.

* Serve with Mama Sita’s Sweet & Sour Sauce or Kim’s Sweet Chili Sauce.


Nov 30 2009

Batchoy Recipe

Ingredients :

1 tbsp. oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 medium Onion thinly sliced
1/2″ ginger cut into strips
1/2 cup diced cooked Pork meat
1/2 cup diced Pork liver
1/4 cup diced Pork kidney
4 cups stock used for boiling meats
 1 tbsp. patis (fish sauce)
 1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 oz. misua

kinchay or celery

How to cook it :

1. In a medium saucepan, heat oil, sauté garlic, ginger and onions for two minutes. Add Pork, liver and kidney. Stir-fry for 5 minutes.

2. Add meat stock and bring to boil, season with patis, salt, and pepper. Lower heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Add misua, cook 1 minute, and remove from heat. Garnish with chopped kinchay/celery serve hot with steamed rice.


Oct 14 2009

Crispy Pata Recipe

Ingredients :

1 Pata (front or hind leg of a pig including the knuckles)

1 bottle of soda (7Up or sprite)

1 tablespoon of salt

2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)

1/2 tablespoon baking soda

1 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)

4 tablespoons of flour

Enough oil for deep frying

Enough water for boiling

Preparation :

- Clean the pork pata by removing all hairs and by scraping the skin with a knife. Wash thoroughly.

- Make four to five inch cuts on the sides of the pata.

- On a deep stock pot, place the pata in water with soda and salt. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Then add the baking soda and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes.

- Remove the pata from the pot and hang and allow to drip dry for 24 hours. An alternative to this is to thoroughly drain the pork pata and refrigerate for a few hours.

- After the above process, rub patis on the pata and sprinkle flour liberally.

- In a deep frying pot, heat cooking oil and deep fry the pork pata until golden brown.

Crispy Pata Dip Sauce:

Mix 3/4 cup of vinegar, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 2 cloves of crushed garlic,
1 head of diced onion and 1 hot pepper. Salt and pepper to taste.


Sep 2 2009

Adobong Baboy Recipe(Pork Adobo)


Ingredients :

1 lb pork loin – cut into chunks
1 head garlic, crushed
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tsp black pepper(freshly ground)
1/2 cup white vinegar
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Directions

- Place the pork in a medium-size pot together with the garlic, soy
sauce, pepper and vinegar and let stand for 2 hours.

- Cook slowly in the same pot until the pork is tender (about 30
minutes).

- Transfer pieces of garlic to a seperate pan and fry in hot
oil until brown.

- Add the pork pieces to the garlic and the fry until
brown. Drain.

- Add the broth to the fried pork and garlic and simmer
for 10 minutes.


Aug 22 2009

Sinigang na Baboy Recipe

Ingredients :

1 1/2 lb Pork riblets or pork ribs, cut to pieces
5 cups Water
4 medium size tomatoes, sliced
1 medium size Onion, sliced
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 medium radish or eggplant, cut into 1″ pieces
100 grms kangkong (swamp cabbage)
100 grms string beans, cut into 2″ pieces
2 pcs long green pepper
1 pack tamarind powdered

Preparation :

- In a large pot, bring water and pork to a boil. Add tomatoes, onion,
salt and tamarind(powdered). Simmer 1 hour or until pork is tender.

- Taste for seasoning. Bring to a boil. Add the raddish and string beans for
10 minutes.

- Add kangkong and long green pepper, cover and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minute to finish


Aug 19 2009

Pork Menudo Recipe

Ingredients :

1/2 kilo pork (cut into small chunks)
1/4 kilo pork liver (cut into small cubes)
3 potatoes (peeled, cut in small cubes, fried)
1 green and 1 red bell pepper (diced)
1 cup chickpeas
1/4 cup raisins
1 cup pork or stock
2 teaspoons of patis (fish sauce)
3 tablespoons oil
3 tomatoes (diced)
1 small head of garlic (minced)
1 medium size onion (diced)
2 cups tomato sauce

Preparations :

- In a pan or wok, heat cooking oil.

- Saute garlic, onion and tomatoes. Add the pork, liver, bell pepper, paprika, patis and the stock. Then add the tomato sauce

- Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the pork is tender.

- Add the chickpeas, potatoes and raisins. Boil of another 2 minutes.

- Salt and pepper to taste.

- Serve hot with white rice.