Mommy I Want Sinigang!

My daughter loves to eat viand with soup. She's a picky eater then and wouldn't want to eat such food. So I was surprised that her food preferences has changed again this time. She's OK with slurping the soup then eat her rice, she's more satisfied with that.

It was last two days ago when she requested for a pork sinigang.

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo pork, cut into cubes
1 medium onion
bunch of string beans or winged beans if you want
bunch of pechay leaves or kangkong leaves its up to you
bunch of okra and you may add eggplant and fresh tomatoes too
taro root
salt and pepper to taste
tamarind soup base
water

Directions:

Boil the pork with water until tender. Season with a bit of salt and pepper
Add in the onions, tomatoes and taro roots. Let it boil for minutes.
Then add in the rest of the vegetables until half done.
Add in the tamarind soup base last to avoid getting the veggies hard.

Serve and enjoy!

I'm Craving for this....

Mom cooked this for Christmas eve and I was lucky to have it tasted when we came home from spending Christmas with my ILs.

Looking at the photos make me drool and crave. :)

Ingredients:


4 lbs leftover Lechon or Lechon kawali
3 cups Lechon sauce (follow the link for our homemade authentic Lechon sauce recipe)
2 cups beef stock
6 cloves garlic, crushed
2 large onions, chopped
1 teaspoon whole peppercorn
8 pieces dried bay leaves
1/2 cup soy sauce
3/4 cups vinegar
3/4 cups sugar
salt to taste

Directions:

Heat a cooking pot and pour-in the beef stock. Bring to a boil.
Put-in the garlic and onions then cook until the texture becomes soft.
Add the whole peppercorns, dried bay leaves, and soy sauce.
Put-in the leftover Lechon and simmer for 30 to 35 minutes.
Add the vinegar and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Add the sugar and Lechon sauce then simmer for another 5 minutes.
Dash-in some salt to taste then stir.
Turn off the heat and transfer to a serving plate.
Serve hot with rice. Share and enjoy!

Pork Binagoongan

Last week was full of cooking for me. 

I'm in the mood, that's it!

I suddenly craved for pork binagoongan and was lucky to have everything [ingredients] available.

A lucky day indeed!

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo pork, cubes
• 2 cups bagoong alamang
• 1 head of garlic, minced
• 1 big onion, minced
• 4 chili peppers, minced
• ½ cup vinegar
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• ½ cup water
• tomatoes

Directions:

• In a casserole, boil pork in lower fire with water until evaporates and pork oil starts to come out.
• When pork is lightly crispy, put in on the side and sauté garlic, onion, and chili peppers and tomatoes then mix.
• Add in the bagoong and cook while stirring for 5minutes.
• Pour in the vinegar and stir well.
• Add in the sugar and let simmer for 10 minutes or until cooked.