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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

Chicken Pastel

Estimated cooking time for this chicken recipe: 1.5 hours




Chicken Pastel Ingredients:

One 1 1/2 kilo chicken, cut in pieces
One can (14 ounces) Vienna sausage, sliced
3 potatoes, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 up mushrooms, cut in half
1 green bell pepper, sliced in strips
1/2 cup sweet peas
1 onion, minced
1/4 cup grated cheese
1 cup margarine
2 cups chicken stock (broth)
1/2 cup evaporated milk
4 tablespoons soy sauce
1 lemon extract (juice)
1 egg, beaten
Salt and pepper to taste



Pie Crust

2 cups flour
1/2 cup corn oil or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup of water


Chicken Pastel Cooking Instructions:

In a bowl, marinate chicken lemon juice and soy sauce for an hour.

In a skillet, melt margarine and brown chicken, set aside.

Sauté onion, bell pepper an mushrooms then add chicken broth. Simmer for 15 minutes then add potatoes, carrots, sweet peas, sausages, grated cheese and milk. Continue cooking for 10 minutes. Salt to taste.

Transfer to a baking dish.

Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

On a bowl, combine the flour, salt, cold water and oil. Mix into a ball.

On a flat surface, roll flat the pastry and cover the chicken pastel mixture and seal the sides by pressing on the edges. Remove excess pastry.

Punch small holes on the pastry to let out steam during baking then brush with beaten egg.

Bake until golden brown (about 15 minutes).

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