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Filipino Cuisine

Since the Philippines, Throughout its history has been touched by foreign influences such as Malayan, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and American, you will find Filipino dishes diverse in the taste yet assimilated and distinctly native.Philippine Cuisine has a unique personality that is intriguing and surprising but pleasant to the plate.

While learning and experimenting with Filipino Cuisine, I found that the main dishes fall into four major categories. Firsts, there are sauteed recipes (guisado), where garlic and onions are the basic ingredients sauteed in a little vegetable oil. There are some certain dishes that include tomatoes as a necessary ingredient. To these are added any kind of meat, seafood , vegetable and seasonings to obtain healthy dishes. Second, the stewed recipies that include adobo that calls for vinegar,garlic and seasonings as the base for Native Filipino stews. Meat stews that are gently simmered in tomato sauce also fall into these categories. Third, there are the pan-fried recipes (pinirito) that the use special marinades or just salt and pepper as seasonings in any type of meat, poultry or seafood. The cooking is done in a skillet with little or just enough vegetable oil. Fourth, the soup or boiled recipes (nilaga), wich are served as main dishes include generous amounts of meat, poultry or sea food simmered gently in water with onions and vegetables. These are usually flavored with fish sauce and seasonings. A variation is the addition of garlic and ginger to obtain a special taste. This category also includes the pleasantly tart or sour soups (sinigang), flavored with lemon juice or tamarind.

Happy Cooking!

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Beef Stew (NIlaga)

Estimated Cooking time: 1 to 2 hours





Beef Stew Ingredients:

1 kilo beef, cut into 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" cubes
8 potatoes cut the same size as the beef
1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
1 small cabbage, quartered
5 onions, diced
1 head garlic, minced
4 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
3 tablespoons of cooking oil
10 corns of black pepper
1 liter of water
Salt and pepper to taste


Beef Stew Cooking Instructions:

In a big casserole, heat oil and sauté the garlic and onions.

Add water, the beef, black pepper and patis. Bring to a boil then simmer for 1 hour or until the beef is tender.

Add the potatoes. Continue to simmer until potatoes are cooked.

Add the cabbage then the pechay. Do not over cook the vegetables.

Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve steaming hot in a bowl and plain white rice.


Cooking Tips:

You can substitute the beef with chicken (chicken stew) or pork (pork stew) for variety.

Posted by Eggie at 2:27 AM  

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