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Crab Omelet or Tortang Alimasag

noemi — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:48:10 +0000

Dear readers,

Here is the recipe for the day from pinoyfoodblog.com. If you are looking for a particular recipe, click the link, pinoyfoodblog.com and use the search feature on the right sidebar near the top . I’m sorry if I don’t get to send you a recipe every day of the week. Crab Omelet is one my favorite omelet dish. With crab meat available in the groceries, it’s easier to prepare now. My mom used to prepare this by boiling the crabs and flaking the crab meat. The top shell is saved for filling in the crab meat. Anyway, this recipe is just plain crab omelet or tortang alimasag. A very simple dish.

Ingredients

1 cup flaked crab meat (you can buy this at the frozen section of the grocery)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon constarch
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon refined salt
2 tablespoons oil
1/4 cup shredded onions
6 cloves garlic, crushed
2 peeled potatoes, finely diced
1/4 cup shredded celery
5 eggs

Directions

1. Beat eggs slightly and season with salt and pepper.
2. Beat all ingredients together. Set aside.
4. Heat wok then add oil.
5. Fry potatoes and set aside.
6. Saute garlic until brown then add vegetables, then add crab meat, salt, soy sauce, pepper and cornstarch. Set Aside to cool.
8. Heat non-stock frying pan in preparation for the omelet.
9. Pour in beaten eggs and cook. You will know the egg has cooked enough to proceed when the egg whites have actually turned white, the bottom is set and the top is a bit creamy.
10. When the crispy transparent egg edges start to pull away from the pan, this is the time to add the crab mixture.
11. Put your crab mixture in the omelet on one side only, in a half moon shape so it is easy to fold. Leave a little space around the omelet so the crab mixture won’t spill out of the sides.
12. Then fold the omelet in half. Use your spatula to left the omelet gently out of your pan and let it slide to a plate.

If you have never cooked an omelet, this video demonstration gives useful tips.

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Rellenong Bangus (Stuffed Milkfish)

noemi — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:50:01 +0000

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Here is the recipe for the day from pinoyfoodblog.com. If you are looking for a particular recipe, click the link, pinoyfoodblog.com and use the search feature on the right sidebar near the top . I’m sorry if I don’t get to send you a recipe every day of the week.
Dagupan City once promoted 100 ways to cook Bangus but for me the best Bangus dish is still Rellenong Bangus (or Relyenong Bangus)> Here’s the recipe I use.

Ingredients

I medium sized Bangus (more or less 800 gramns)
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
3 teaspoons Calamansi juice
1/8 teaspoon Pepper
Dash of Salt
1/4 cup water
2 Tablespoons cooking oil
2 cloves, crushed gralic
1 onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup tomatoes, finely chopped
1 teaspoon salt
18 teaspoon pepper
1 Tablespoon Butter
1/3 cup chopped raisins
1/3 cup peas, drained
1/4 cup carrots, diced finely
1 eggs, beaten
1/ cup flour 1/2 cup cooking oil

Procedure

1. Clean Fish. Pound to soften.
2. Slit back to open and remove backbone. Scrape meat with a spoon. Keep skin 1 piece.
3. Soak skin with calamansi juice, soy sauce and pepper. Set aside.
4. Boil bangus meat with ppinch of salt and 1/4 cup water, into color changes. Set Aside. Drain and remove bones.
5. Saute garlic, tomatoes and onions in hot oil. Add bangus meat and season. Cook 5 minutes. Remove from fire.
6. Add in butter, peas, raisins, carrots and eggs. Mix thoroughly/
7. Stuff bangus skin with the mixture and sew opening.
8. Dredge in four and fry or bake until brown.
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Guinataang Hipon: Shrimps in Coconut Milk

noemi — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:29:02 +0000

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Here is the recipe for the day from pinoyfoodblog.com. If you are looking for a particular recipe, click the link, pinoyfoodblog.com and use the search feature on the right sidebar near the top . I’m sorry if I don’t get to send you a recipe every day of the week. I love coconut milk recipes and they taste really great with seafoods especially shrimps. Whenever a relative gives us kilos and kilos of shrimps, we prepare Guinataang Hipon as the shrimp flavors seep in to the coconut milk preparation.

Ingredients

1/2 kg fresh shrimps, medium to large sized Shrimps
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
1 teaspoon garlic
1/2 cup coconut milk (check Coconut Milk Preparation)
2 pieces green siling haba or finger chilies
1 thumb sized fresh ginger, mashed (optional)
1/2 cup coconut cream (Check the Coconut Cream Preparation)
salt to taste

Directions

Prepare the coconut cream and milk first. If you don’t have time, you can buy the canned coconut milk and cream at the grocery section.

1. In a saucepan, saute garlic in heated Olive Oil until slightly brown.

2. Add shrimps to the oil and saute for another minute.

3. Combine coconut milk, siling haba, ginger. Simmer slowly until almost dry.

4. Add coconut cream. Stir lightly under low heat or until oil separates from the mixture.

5. Season with salt.
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Kilawin na Isda or Kinilaw

noemi — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:30:09 +0000

Dear readers,

Here is the recipe for the day from pinoyfoodblog.com. If you are looking for a particular recipe, click the link, pinoyfoodblog.com and use the search feature on the right sidebar near the top . I’m sorry if I don’t get to send you a recipe every day of the week. Just looking at the photos makes me want to eat more kilawin or kinilaw na isda. Once can use either tuna or lapu-lapu fillets to make this dish. I always associate the Kinilaw with a beach outing. Preparing dishes with vinegar ensures there is little chance of food spoilage. The fish is “cooked” using vinegar as the meat turnes opaque in color. Though kinilaw may not be as popular as adobo, it certainly has a one-of-a-kind taste that many Pinoys abroad crave for.

In Philippine Food and Life (released by Anvil Publishing in 1992), Gilda Cordero-Fernando narrates of an Ilokano group who, during the Spanish period, were part of the crew English navigator Thomas Cavendish’s ship. Right after the sailors threw all the intestines of a goat into the sea, the Ilokano assistants dived into the sea for their kilawin — dipped or cooked in bile sauce or broth. The chronicler, who was ignorant of what the Pinoys were preparing, described the dish as “a disgusting mess.”

Not only goats, which is believed to be a good source of protein and calcium, however, may be made into kilawin. Beef, carabeef, fish, shelfish, including octopus are also popular options.

(Sources: Alegre, Edilberto N. and Fernandez, Doreen G. “Kinilaw: A Philippine Cuisine of Freshness.” Bookmark Inc.,1991;Cordero, Gilda Fernando. “Philippine Food and Life.” Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, 1992)

Kilawin na isda is so easy to prepare too.

Here are the ingredients:

1/2 kilo tuna or lapu-lapu fillets cut into 1 inch cubes
1/2 cup of coconut cream (check Extract coco milk)
1/2 cup kalamansi juice
1 1/2 cup vinegar
1 onion, sliced
1 onion, diced
4 slices of ginger, sliced
1 head garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper, cut into squares
1 green bell pepper, cut into squares
3 chili peppers, sliced into halves
salt and pepper

Preparation

1. Cut the fillets into 1 inch cubes. Season with salt and pepper.

2. Add the vinegar and chill for a 2 to 4 hours.

3. Drain the fish.

4. Add the onions, garlic, ginger, bell pepper, chili pepper, onions and calamansi juice. Mix well.

5. Add the coconut cream. Serve cold.

It’s simple but it just takes more preparation time cutting all those ingredients. ——————

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Grilled Squid or Inihaw na Pusit

noemi — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:09:21 +0000

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The best and healthy grilled dishes are always seafood. First of all, there is minimal fat used in the grilling process and of course seafood is always healthy. Make sure the squid is fresh to start with.

Ingredients

1 kilo medium to large fresh squid
1 bottle or 1 cup Sprite or 7-up (for extra sweetness)
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 Tablespoons Calamansi juice
2 Tablespoons minced garlic
2 teaspoons cracked black pepper

Optional stuffing for body cavity
2 medium-sized onions, sliced
2 medium-sized tomatoes, chopped
salt and pepper for seasoning

Procedure

1. Wash the squids well. Remove the long thin membrane in the head and body and slit the eyes to bring out the ink. Wash the body cavity well.

2. Place the squid in the bowl and add all the ingredients all together. Marinate for 1 hour or more.

3. Before grilling, place the squid in barbecue sticks. Keep the marinade sauce.

Optional

Stuff the squid cavity with a mixture of onions and tomatoes. Sew the ends of the squid so contents to prevent spillage.

4. Prepare the fire.

5. When grill is ready, grill the squid. Use the marinade sauce to baste the squid while it is being grilled.

Don’t overcook or else the squid will come out chewy. One just wants it easy to bite and tender.

6. You will know it is cooked when there are few grill marks, the squid is cooked to the center of the body. It takes around 3 to 5 minutes. Just exercise caution not to overcook. You can always check one squid to determine doneness.

7. Serve hot with dipping sauce like soy sauce with sili.

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Paella, Filipino Style

noemi — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:25:10 +0000

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Here is the recipe for the day from pinoyfoodblog.com. If you are looking for a particular recipe, click the link, pinoyfoodblog.com and use the search feature on the right sidebar near the top . I’m sorry if I don’t get to send you a recipe every day of the week.
My daughter Lauren was dying to cook paella for our Christmas Eve dinner over 2 years ago. I bought all the ingredients in the morning but I wanted to cook it already while the seafood was still 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, Filipino Style recipe. Lauren assisted me with the cooking.

Ingredients
1/2 cup Olive Oil
1 cup malagkit (glutinous) rice
1 cup ordinary rice
2 minced onions
1/2 k chicken , cut in serving pieces
4 chorizo Filipino, sliced 1/2 inch thick diagonally
1/2 kilo big shrimps
3 alimasag
1/4 kilo squid, sliced into rings
1 cup clams
1/2 cup tahong
1 hard boiled egg, sliced

Sauce
Prepare sauce before cooking procedure

1 can tomato paste
1 small can tomato juice
4 tablespoon sugar
1 tablesoon fine salt
1 tsp pepper
2 big red bell pepper , sliced 1/4 strips

Procedure

1. Cook 1 cup rice and 1 cup malagkit rice. Set aside.
2. Saute garlic in oil . Add 2 minced onions and cook until very soft.
3. Add chicken, chorizon Filipino and cook until brown.
4. Add shrimps (unpeeled), 3 small alimasag (whole); squid, halaan or tahong.
5. Continue stirring 5 minutes
6. Add prepared sauce and simmer for a while.
7. Carefully remove chicken, etcetera fro sauce (Use Slotted spoon) and transfer to a platter. You can leave a few seafoods with the sauce.
8. To the sauce, add the rice. Mix well.
If too wet, cook over low fire a few minutes more.
9. Top with chicken , shrimps, etc that you set aside in step 7.
10. Decorate with hard-boiled eggs, green peas just before serving (after baking it)
11. Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes.

I remember the first time I baked this Paella. It was during the baptism of my daughter, Lauren. I wanted a simple celebration with home-cooked meals. I prepared the paella a day before the baptism celebration then placed the dish in the freezer. The next day, I baked it. Look at Lauren and I now, twenty years later still cooking the same paella dish.

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Three Tuna Recipes from San Marino

noemi — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:58:25 +0000

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TUNA CANAPES

Ingredients:

1 can San Marino Corned Tuna
10-12 pcs wonton wrappers
5-6 pcs grapes, halved lengthwise
Cayenne pepper
Salt
1/4 cup cream
1/4 cup cream chese
1 1/2 tbsb chopped chives

Procedure:

1) Dust wonton wrapper with cayenne pepper and fry until golden brown, Season with salt right after cooking.
2) Whip cream cheese until soft
3) Mix cream cheese, cream and chives with San Marino Corned Tuna
4) Spoon tuna mixture on fried wontons and add 1/2 a grape to each canape
5) Garnish with extra chopped chives

BASIL SPAGHETTI

Ingredients:

100g spaghetti
20g sun dried tomatoes chopped
10g red onions sliced into 1/4 inch rings
10g minced garlic
1 can San Marino Corned Tuna
10g basil
2-3 tbsp olive oil
20g Parmesan cheese
5g parsley for garnish
Salt
Pepper

Procedure:

1) Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
2) Sautee the onions and garlic in olive oil.
3) Add the San Marino Corned Tuna and tomatoes and continue sauteing for 3-4 mins
4) Season with salt and pepper
5) Turn off the heat and toss in basil and mix.
6) Plate and garnish with parmesan cheese and parsley

TUNA NACHOS

Ingredients:

1 bag nacho chips
1 can San Marino Corned Tuna
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 tsp paprika
1/8 tsp cumin
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup shredded iceberg lettuce
1/4 cup sliced black olives
1/2 cup melted cheese sauce
1/2 cup ready-made tomato salsa
1/4 cup diced mango
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/8 cup sliced jalapeno peppers

Procedure:

1) Heat olive oil and saute San Marino Corned Tuna for 2-3 mins. Season with paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper
2) On a large plate, layer shredded lettuce then top with the nacho chips
3) Evenly layer on top the rest of the ingredients except for grated cheese
4) Top with Corned Tuna and finally layer the grated cheese on top.——————

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Siomai or Steamed Dumplings

noemi — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:30:32 +0000

Dear readers,

Here is the recipe for the day from pinoyfoodblog.com. If you are looking for a particular recipe, click the link, pinoyfoodblog.com and use the search feature on the right sidebar near the top . I’m sorry if I don’t get to send you a recipe every day of the week. I find it expensive to buy siomai. Don’t you? So why not make your very own siomai and freeze it? The price of Siomai alone forced me to concot my very own Siomai recipe taken from various sources. My kids love to dip their dumplings in soy sauce and calamansi mixed with chili garlic sauce. If you are a pesco-vegetarian like me, just replace the pork with chicken meat or crab meat. I usually cook it separately because the rest of the family love their siomai to contain pork. I will add the photos soon but in the meantime, enjoy cooking.

Wonton Wrapper (You can make your own wrapper or just buy them at the grocery)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg white
4 tablespoon lard
3 tablespoons water

1. Place flour in a bowl. Make a well in the center.

2. Add the egg white, lard and water in the center. Mix the ingredients in the center thoroughly and quickly work in the flour. Knead well.

3. Roll out thinly and cut into rounds of about 4 inches in diameter.

4. Put filling in each wrapper.

Filling
1/2 kilo Ground Pork with a bit of fat (instead of ground, diced to small pieces or chopped)
1 kilo cooked crab, shelled and chopped (or just substitute with 1 kilo ground pork)
1/4 kilo shrimps
2 tsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. rice wine
3 Tablespoons Chopped spring onions
8 Chinese dried mushrooms (soaked in hot water until softened and chopped)
1 small chopped water chestnuts or Singkamas or 1 small can bamboo shoots, drained and chopped
1 small carrot, grated
3 Tablespoons Cornstarch
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
2 teaspoon sugar
dash of black pepper
1 teaspoon 5 spice powder (if You don’t have this, see below on how to prepare the 5 spice powder or buy the McCormick Chinese Five Spice (Ngo Yong) at your favorite grocery store)

5 Spice Powder
Make your own Chinese Five spice powder seasoning mix using either ground or whole spices.

Ingredients for Chinese Five Spice powder

* 1 tsp. ground Szechwan pepper
* 1 tsp. ground star anise
* 1-1/4 tsp. ground fennel seeds
* 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
* 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1/4 tsp. ground white pepper

Preparation of Five Spice Powder:
Combine all ingredients in small airtight container. Store in a cool, dry place.

(Source: busycooks)

Okay now to prepare the filling:

Siomai

1. Combine all the ingredients together.

2. Continue to mix all ingredients inside the bowl for another 4 minutes. Leave overnight in the refrigerator so all flavors seep in all together.

3. The following day, place 1 heaped tablespoon in the center of each wrapper. Press down gently with a back of spoon to make the filling compact without air spaces.

4. Press wrapper up and around all the sides of the siomai leaving the center open.

5. Arrange the filled wrappers on the plate of the steamer which has been greased. Do not crowd the steamer.

6. Steam for 15 minutes on medium heat or 8 minutes if one uses high heat. Be careful not to overcook so siomai does not end up too dry.

7. Garnish the top of the siomai with shredded carrot and cilantro (wansoy).

8. Serve with toyo and calamansi and chili-garlic paste.

Yields around 5 dozen.——————

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Sambal Goreng Udang (Chilli Prawn)

noemi — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:38:10 +0000

Dear readers,

Here is a recipe shared by Singaporean Chef Veni Knight

Ingredients

500gm large prawns, remove heads and veins but leave shells intact
2 tbsp of chilli powder (You can easily buy these at the supermarket)
2 large onions, sliced
Salt to taste
3 tbsp cooking oil

Method
1. Mix prawns with chilli powder
2. Heat oil in the wok
3. Add the prawns and stir on high heat
4. When the prawns have all turned red, stir in the onions
5. Let the onions soften slightly before putting the fire out
6. Serve hot
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How to Cook Singapore Chilli Crab

noemi — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:35:32 +0000

Dear readers,

Tsiju Culinary Arts shared this Singapore Chilli Crab recipe which is one of the most popular dish in Singapore hawker centers. It is sometimes known as Singapore’s unofficial “national dish” which had its humble beginnings in the country itself. In the 1950s, Madam Cher Yam Tian had a hawker stall right on the seashore, and she spent her time everyday from dusk till the wee hours of the morning cooking by the light of a kerosene lamp. One of Madam Cher’s specialities? Live crabs in a zesty chilli-spiked gravy, the first version of the Singapore chilli crab.

The recipe looks simple but I still have to try it. Just substitute the ingredients that I noted in the closed parenthesis.

Ingredients

1 Sri Lanka Crab (of course use our local crabs, the bigger the better)
3 tbsp. Canola oil
8 cloves garlic, chopped
8 fresh chili, chopped
2 eggs
2 spring onions, sliced
1 ginger, grated
2 tablespoon lime juice (or substitute with calamansi or lemon juice)
2 tabsp sugar
4 tbsp ketchup
1 teaspoon cornflour (substitute with corn starch)
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Mix the following for the sauce

1 cup water
4 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cornflour
1/4 teaspoon salt

Method

1.Heat the oil in a wok over high heat.

2. Add garlic and stir-fry for 1 minutes.

3. Add the chilli, stir-fry till fragrant and then the crab.

4. Fry well till shell starts turning red.

5. Add sauce ingredients.

6. Cover with lid and simmer.

7. Break eggs. Stir in spring onions and lemon juice.

Ready to serve.

Tsuji Culinary Arts is located at 44 Bendemeer Roard #01-1476

The dish has evolved into many innovations:

1. some are packed with fresh spices like galangal, ginger, and turmeric,

2. some are sweet-sour and rosy with tomato, others are ribboned with beaten egg, and still others carry the sting of chilli oil.

So you can also try to innovate the Singapore Chilli Crab recipe and make it your very own.

You might want to read my food trip at the Singapore Food Festival

or just view this youtube video

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