We had a lot of leftovers of Lechon (Roasted Pig). What did we do with the leftovers? Well, we cut them up to small pieces and placed them in freezer bags for storage. The following day, I cooked Lechon Paksiw which is just as delicious.

To cook Paksiw, follow this recipe:

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Every Christmas, I prepare Embutido (otherwise known as Filipino style meatloaf) in large quantities. It’s the perfect Holiday dish to prepare for unexpected guests. One can easily freeze the embutido, slice it , heat it in the oven and serve. The embutido that I know is wrapped in sinsal (an internal pork entrail) which is ideal for steaming. Mom only prepared embutido on Christmas season. There are so many ingredients which need lots of preparation time but like I told you, once prepared, and cooked it’s perfect to store.

Here is my Embutido recipe.

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Sinigang is a Filipino soup dish with a tamarind base which is well known for its sour taste and the variety of ingredients that you can put in it. The dish often incorporates fish (bangus), pork, shrimp, or beef, along with vegetables like string beans, kangkong, okra, pepper, radish, and kamatis (tomato). Sinigang has always been a childhood favorite and is still one of those dishes that can make my mouth water upon merely hearing its name. For some reason, I can’t stand the taste of shrimp sinigang or sinigang na bangus; my favorite kind is beef sinigang though pork sinigang is good too.

The best kind of sinigang is one that’s mouth-curdling sour but with the right amount of salt and spiciness. I attempted to make beef sinigang a couple of months ago and I’ve yet to achieve the precise flavor I love in my sinigang. But here’s the recipe I used if you’d like to give cooking sinigang a shot:

INGREDIENTS

2 cloves crushed garlic
1 onion
6 medium-sized tomatoes
1 tbps patis
1 kilo beef, cut in serving pieces
6 cups water
3 cups kangkong leaves
2 pieces long sili
1 1/2 tsps salt
3 cups crushed tamarind
1 pc tamarind broth cube (optional)

Saute the garlic in cooking oil until golden brown. Add onions and cook until they become transparent. Toss in the tomatoes and the tamarind, then add the patis. Put in the beef and cook covered for five minutes. Pour in the rice water and cover tightly. Let boil. As soon as it boils, reduce the heat and simmer until beef becomes tender. Put in the kangkong and sili then season with salt.

It’s Christmas Eve. My daughter Lauren was dying to cook paella for our Christmas Eve dinner. I bought all the ingredients in the morning but I wanted to cook it already while the seafood were fresh. My recipe for paella is one where I can pre-cook everything and place it on the pyrex dish for baking at a later time. It made sense to prepare it now then bake it just before Christmas dinner. I can’t be hassled with cooking just before the Noche Buena.

Here is my Paella recipe. Lauren assisted me with the cooking.

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