Browsing Category Poultry

I was going through the January/February release of “Everyday by Rachel Ray” and this recipe called “Lime-in-the-Coconut Drumsticks” caught my attention because not only it looks  delicious, but also there was something about the marinade instruction that I thought was kind of funny.   Okay, here’s what it said about pureeing the marinade verbatim “In blender, [...]

  Tomato-based dishes are one of the few good things that we inherited from those bored Spaniards who colonized the Philippines for centuries; the same conquistadors that had nothing else to do but to bug little islands in Asia in search of spices (of course).  Anyway, there are a lot of delicious dishes using tomato [...]

Every time I eat arroz caldo, it reminds me of the countless times my dad and I spent on those hole-in-a-wall eateries that are often found on the street or what many Filipinos called “carinderia”.  That is why I want to thank Joy of Kulinarya Club for coming up with arroz caldo as our November [...]

I have read numerous good stories about this delicious dish Kung Pao. Some are very convincing, some are inspirational, and some are just uhh. . . whatever. But one thing that I can say is true—like any other Asian dish that was brought and introduced to the West, it gets enhanced or should I say [...]

  Black bean garlic paste has this salty-spicy-sweet quality that enhances the flavor of a lot of Asian dishes. Basically, this paste or sauce is made from fermented beans AKA Douchi, soy sauce, and garlic. It is one of my favorite ingredients especially for flavoring the sauce of my dish. So, whenever I visit my [...]

In the Philippines, Tortang itlog simply translates to omelet or fried eggs with ground meat and some diced potatoes. It is one of those quick and easy, yet delicious, foods. This dish is usually eaten with rice and banana ketchup as a condiment. The original and simple version of tortang itlog is small portion ground [...]

Aside from hot dogs and pizza, this is a dish we’d like preparing and feeding our niece and nephews whenever they come over to our house. Why? Because the only Filipino food these brats will eat are lumpia and Pork Barbecue. But you know that’s all right because we love these kids. They make us [...]

I borrowed and adapted another delicious recipe from uncle Chef Martin Yan and this is from his book “Everybody’s Wokking.” According to him these wings are hot because of the peppery sauce. Well, I cooked it and to me it wasn’t that hot. Okay, okay a little caveat on that last statement. My taste buds [...]

Everytime I cook and serve Chicken Mami, it always reminds me of this restaurant in Manila; it’s in small but bustling town in Quezon City called Cubao and the restaurant’s name was Ma Mon Luk! My dad used to take us to this restaurant after countless movie nights along Aurora Boulevard. I remember we always [...]

I’ve got an interesting message in Facebook the other day that someone was looking for photos of balut. The message was from Romie – a high school buddy whom I kept in touch with. He is also a hobbyist photographer like me but he specializes in Fashion photography; in short, he takes pictures of gorgeous [...]

At first, I was kind of hesitant in posting this dish, why? C’mon, ninety nine point nine hundred ninety nine percent of people especially Filipinos know how to cook Adobo and that includes me adding my self in the nine thousandth place in the decimal. So, I beg your indulgence while I add my version [...]

It’s always our family’s belief that if you start the first day of the year with abundance of good things, you will have abundance of good things throughout the year! So, every New Year’s day, we welcome the year with food – Lots of it. This year, we cooked different varieties of seafood like Fish, [...]

Chicken Tinola is a chicken soup (some prefer to call it chicken stew) that every moms, grandmas, and aunts always made and prepared. Purest would insist on using green papaya, and chili pepper leaves as their veggies but of course you may always substitute papaya with chayote, and chili pepper leaves with spinach. Here in [...]

Rellenong Talong is basically an eggplant that is stuffed with sautéed ground meat, vegetables, spices, and herbs then wrapped with eggs.  This dish is usually served with steamed rice, and banana ketchup as condiments.  First thing that needs to be done is the preparation of eggplants. Preparing the Eggplants: Eggplants have to be grilled and [...]