Another chilly Chicago night and so we opted for some soul-warming arroz caldo. I’ve made it earlier in the year but this time I added some mushrooms for a more earthy flavor.My arroz caldo with mushrooms recipe:
12-16 cups of homemade chicken stock1 tablespoon minced garlic1 onion, chopped1 cup white mushrooms, sliced1 1/2 tablespoons minced [...]
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Okay, my apologies to those that were grossed out with the previous post on balut. But please don’t say I didn’t warn you! Moving on to daily eats, here’s a filipino dish that’s true comfort food for us, sinigang. We made this for dinner since we were feeling lazy with the heat wave [...]
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Part of the enjoyment of tonight’s Pinoy Peyesta was the gathering of some brave souls who tried balut for the first time.
Balut is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. They are considered delicacies of Asia and especially the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. Popularly believed [...]
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My husband grew up in the Philippines and moved to the United States when he was about 7 years old. Despite having lived a majority of his life in the US, he keeps his culture and heritage very close. Tonight’s dinner was one that brought him back to his childhood days in the Philippines, as [...]
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Jollibee is a fast food restuarant chain based in the Philippines and also has locations in the United States (California), Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, Dubai and Brunei. Jollibee is also the name of Jollibee’s mascot, a large bee in a blazer, shirt and chef’s hat. It is an American style fast-food restaurant with Filipino-influenced dishes. [...]
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In light of my asian cooking trend, I made Pancit Palabok for dinner. Its a favorite Filipino rice noodle dish of ours that I made with the help of some help of palabok sauce packets.
Pancit Palabok is also known as Pancit Luglug and are essentially the same dish, with the difference being primarily in the [...]
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This past week has been uneventful in terms of dinner. We’ve now resorted to eating out and cheap since we don’t want to buy any more groceries before our move this coming weekend. However we ended the week on a festive note by hosting a Filipino Fiesta for Cinco de Mayo! Here are pics from [...]
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After a very productive shopping trip, I landed myself a big 6lb pork roast begging me to take it home. I didn’t have to the heart to refuse since it was only $.99/lb! So I decided to make use of it in a two ways. The first way was to make one of my husband’s [...]
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Chicken Adobo(Filipino soy sauce chicken)
Chicken drummettes or any cut of chicken2-3 cloves chopped garlic1 medium to large chopped onion1 cube chicken builliongarlic saltblack pepper1-2 bay leaveswhite distilled vinegar or rice vinegarsoy sauce
1. In large pot or dutch oven, heat pan with about 2-3 tablespoons of cooking oil (veggie, corn, canola will do)2. Add chopped [...]
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