I found a great new recipe site with the most awesome pictures – Pioneer Woman Cooks!

And I’m going to try this real soon:

Pasta with Eggplant

Olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
3 medium eggplants
1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes
Fresh basil
1 1-lb package fusilli
salt & pepper
Parmesan Cheese

Cook pasta according to package directions.
Slice eggplant into round slices. Sprinkle one side with salt and allow to stand or 15 minutes. Turn over and repeat. Rinse eggplant and pat dry.
In a large skillet over medium heat, heat olive oil and cook onion and garlic until starting to turn color, about 5 minutes.
Add eggplant, stirring gently. Cook for 8 minutes, or until somewhat tender.
Dump in canned tomatoes and reduce heat to simmer. Add salt and pepper and simmer until eggplant is tender. Toss in cooked pasta and chopped basil. Stir in 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese.
Garnish with shaved Parmesan.

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I love love love Yellow Cab’s Charlie Chan pasta. I got curious about doing it myself since my husband told me my sister-in-law made this for them last Sunday and it tasted good. Maybe I can try cooking this too?

Ingredients

    * 1 whole boneless chicken breast
    * 1/3 cup olive oil
    * 3 tablespoons sesame oil
    * 1 piece onion
    * 2 garlic cloves
    * 1 1/4 tablespoons char siu sauce (lee kum kee)
    * 1/4 teaspoon chili-garlic sauce
    * 9 tablespoons oyster sauce
    * 1/8 cup sugar
    * 4 tablespoons water
    * 1 kg cooked pasta
    * peanuts (optional)

Directions

   1.     Sauté onion and garlic in a little olive oil.
   2.     Cook chicken until brown.
   3.     Mix sesame oil, char siu sauce, oyster sauce, chili garlic, and sugar in a bowl.
   4.     Add liquid mixture to chicken and simmer for a few minutes.

1st layer:
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup water
1 bar gulaman
1 large can condensed milk
1 large can cream

Instructions:

1. Tear gulaman into little strips. soak in 1 1/2 water for a few minutes.
2. Boil gulaman until dissolved.
3. In a bowl, mix condensed milk and cream. Pour dissolved gulaman in to the mixture. Mix well.
4. In a dish, pour mixture through a strainer to remove lumps.
5. Let it set in the gridge for 30 minutes
Once set, continue with second layer.

2nd layer:
Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup water
1 bar gulaman
1 large can evaporate milk
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup sugar

Instructions:
1. Tear gulaman into little strips. soak in 1 1/2 water for a few minutes.
2. Boil gulaman until dissolved.
3. Dissolve sugar and cocoa in the evaporated milk.
4. Pour in dissolved gulaman mixture into the cocoa mixture
5. Pour mixture through a strainer over the first layer.
6. Let it set for a few hours.

Estimated preparation & cooking time: 50 minutes

Menudo Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo pork (cut into small chunks)

• 1/4 kilo pork liver (cut into small cubes)

• 5 pieces chorizo Bilbao (also cut in small pieces)

• 4 potatoes (peeled, cut in small cubes, fried)

• 1 green and 1 red bell pepper (diced)

• 1 cup chickpeas

• 1/4 cup raisins

• 1/2 teaspoon paprika

• 1 cup pork or chicken stock

• 2 teaspoons of patis (fish sauce)

• 3 tablespoons oil

• 1 tablespoon atsuete oil (optional)

• 3 tomatoes (diced)

• 1 small head of garlic (minced)

• 1 medium size onion (diced)

Menudo Cooking Instructions:

• In a pan or wok, heat cooking oil and atsuete oil.

• Saute garlic, onion. Then add the pork, liver, chorizo de Bilabo, tomatoes, bell pepper, paprika, patis and the stock.

• Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the pork is tender.

• Add the chickpeas, potatoes and raisins. Boil of another 2 minutes.

• Salt and pepper to taste.

• Serve hot with white rice.

I’ve bookmarked Wanda’s Cooking Blog! Her recipes and instructions are so easy to follow – and this is a lot to say for someone like me

I am going to try her Beef Salpicao as soon as we have can go grocery shopping again. It sounds like it closely compares to Matthew’s favorite Wafu Steak.

Ingredients:
Sirloin or rib-eye steak, or tenderloin cut into cubes
1 whole garlic, minced
4 tbsps Worcestershire sauce
4 tbsps Knorr or Maggie Seasoning (walang Knorr dito!!!)
4 tbsps soy sauce
1/4 tsp baking soda (to tenderize the meat)
freshly ground black pepper
3 tbsp oil

Before you start:
Marinade the beef in Worcestershire sauce, Knorr/Maggie Seasoning, soy sauce, baking sode and black pepper mixture. Refrigerate overnight.

1. In a skillet, heat the oil and cook the minced garlic over low heat. Liquid in pan should barely bubble. Cover the skillet and let cook for around 15 minutes or until the garlic turns brown. Drain the garlic and set aside.

2. Use the remaining oil in the skillet, bring to high heat. When the pan is smoking, put the meat in the skillet and let it sear on both sides. Let it cook according to how well you want it to be. I prefer it medium as the meat will still continue to cook when you remove it from the skillet. Remove the steak from the pan and put it in serving plate.

3. Heat the remaining juices in the skillet and add the remaining marinade mixture until it comes to a boil. Pour over steak or serve it on a separate bowl as gravy.

Grabbed this from Jane – I need to try this for Edil.
Jane, this looks yumee – haha!

Ingredients :

1 kilo of stewing beef with bones (short ribs, neck or shank), cut into serving pieces
1 whole garlic
1 whole onion
a large piece of ginger (about the size of two thumbs side by side)
3-4 chili peppers
1 bay leaf
3/4 c. of dark soy sauce
3/4 c. of white sugar
salt
12-15 stalks of sibuyas na mura (onion leaves)
1-2 tbsps. of sesame seeds

Cooking procedure :

Place the beef in a casserole. Cover with water. Place over high heat and, before the water starts to boil, remove the scum that floats on the surface. Add the whole garlic, onion, ginger, chili peppers and bay leaf. Pour in the soy sauce and stir in the sugar. Simmer gently for two hours or until the meat is very tender. If you’re using short ribs, the meat will be falling off the bones.

Halfway through the cooking, taste the broth and add salt. Do not be tempted to add more soy sauce instead of salt; otherwise, the broth will turn too dark.

While the beef simmers, toast the sesame seeds. Place them in a small frying pan and set over medium-low heat. Shake the pan often for even toasting.

Slice the onion leaves finely.

To assemble, place two to three pieces of beef in individual soup bowls. Ladle plenty of broth over them. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and sliced onion leaves. Serve at once.

From Pinoycook.net

Ingredients :

1 ox tongue (about 1.1 kilos)
2 tbsp. of vinegar
1 whole garlic
1 whole onion
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1/2 carrot
a few stalks of leek
1 can condensed mushroom soup
1/4 c. + 2 tbsp. of butter
1 onion, chopped
1/2 k. of potatoes
1/2 c. of milk
salt and pepper
1 tsp. of finely chopped fresh parsley
1 onion, sliced
4 button mushrooms, chopped

How to :

Scrape the ox tongue with a knife. Rinse well under running water. Place in a glass bowl and cover with water. Add 2 tbsp. of vinegar. With your hands, “wash” the tongue in the warer-vinegar solution. Rinse well. Place the ox tongue in a casserole and cover with water. Pierce garlic in several places with a sharp pointed knife. Add garlic, onion, carrot, leeks, peppercorns and bay leaf to the tongue. Set over medium heat and bring to a soft boil, removing scum as it rises. Lower heat, cover and simmer until tender, about 4 hours.

While simmering the meat, prepare the mashed potatoes. Using a brush, scrub the potatoes under the tap, making sure that no soil remains. Place the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Add 1 tsp. of salt. Set over high heat and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover and simmer until tender. To test for doneness, insert a pointed knife at the thickest part of the potatoes. Drain the potatoes and transfer to a glass bowl. Cut the potatoes into small pieces. Mash with a fork (I did not remove the skin). Add 2 tbsp. of butter and mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in 1/2 c. of milk in a thin stream. Blend well. Stir in the chopped parsley. Cover the bowl with a cling wrap.

When the tongue is tender, transfer it to a plate and cool completely. Remove the skin and slice crosswise into 1/4? thick slices. Set aside. Strain the broth.

Over medium-high heat, melt 1 tbsp. of butter in a skillet. Brown the chopped onion. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Set aside.

Increase heat to high and melt the remaining butter in the skillet. Add the sliced lengua and brown them in batches, removing them as they brown and adding more butter if necessary. Saute the sliced onion in the skillet. Add the chopped mushrooms. Dilute the mushroom soup with the meat broth. Use equal parts of soup and broth for a regular sauce; reduce the amount of broth by half for a thicker sauce. Pour diluted soup into the skillet. Lower heat to medium and bring to a soft boil, stirring to make sure that no lumps remain. Return the tongue slices to the skillet and heat through.

Serving suggestion:

Spoon the mashed potatoes at the center of the serving plate (see photo above). Top with the browned onion bits. Arrange the meat slices on both sides of the mashed potatoes. Pour the sauce over the meat. Serve hot.