Filipino Recipes

Throughout the centuries, Filipino cuisine has been a constantly evolving amalgamate of Oriental and Occidental influences. Chinese, Malay, Arab, Spanish, and American explorers and settlers have each contributed to the regions colorful culinary delights. One of Filipino cuisine's most dominant attributes comes from the Spaniards, whose cuisine is at the source of nearly 80% of all Filipino dishes.

Another, although less present influence is that of other South-East Asian countries who have contributed all but their love of hot spices to Filipino cooking. On this website, we have thought it best to add hot peppers to some of the sauces and dishes, simply because that is how we best enjoy them.

We have also tried to include alternate versions of popular dishes to suit a variety of tastes, including that of vegetarians, which aren't really catered to in most Filipino recipes. We did so without altering the original flavor of the dishes in question, and hope you will also be able to come up with substitutions on your own.

To round off our gallery of treats from the Philippines, we have included a glossary of terms that will help you figure out what it all means, and make your trip to the grocery store easier.

This site is also a work in progress, and we plan to add recipes in the months to come, so keep coming back. In the meantime, you may exchange recipes on our Culinary Forum.


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Pata Tim


Ingredients:

  • 1½ kilo pork leg (chopped)
  • 50 grams dried squid
  • 1 head of garlic (minced)
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine
  • 1 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 cup pork or beef stock
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch in 4 tablespoons water
  • 4 lettuce leaves (sliced)

Procedure:

  1. In a pot, boil pork leg until tender and keep stock.
  2. Baste pork leg with soy sauce and brown in oil.
  3. In another casserole, boil water and put in pork legs to take out oil.
  4. Take out pork legs and discard water, take bones out and discard.
  5. In a baking dish, arrange pork.
  6. Saute garlic, dried squid, and arrange on top of pork leg.
  7. In a bowl, mix oyster sauce, rice wine, fish sauce, cornstarch diluted in water, and sesame oil and soy sauce.
  8. Pour in mixture to pork leg
  9. Steam pork leg for an hour or until cooked.
  10. Saute lettuce and make a bed for the Pata Tim.

Friday, January 15, 2010

La Paz Batchoy


La Paz Batchoy Ingredients:

  • batchoy.jpg 1 kilo mami noodles
    Broth
  • 1 medium size onion, quartered
  • 1/2 head garlic, crushed
  • 1/2 tsp. shrimp paste (bagoong)
  • 1 tbsp. peppercorns, crushed
  • 2 tbsp. worcestershire sauce
  • 10-12 c. beef/pork stock
  • 1 tbsp. sugar
  • 1 tsp. soy sauce
  • salt to taste

    Toppings
  • 250 g. pork
  • 150 g. pork liver
  • 150 g. shrimps
  • 1 pc. chicken breast
    Garnishing
  • chicharon, crushed
  • chopped garlic,fried
  • chopped spring onion

La Paz Batchoy Cooking Instructions:

  • In a large pot, pour in 10-12 c. of stock (from boiled beef and pork bones) and add all broth ingredients and bring to a boil.

  • Reduce heat and blanch shrimp until cooked.

  • Remove shrimp from the pot, remove shell and head each shrimp, set aside.

  • Add in pork, chicken and liver in the pot, let simmer for 20–25 minutes or until pork, chicken and liver are tender add more stock if necessary.

  • Remove pork, chicken and liver from the pot, drain and let cool.

  • Continue simmering the broth in low heat until ready to serve, season with salt to taste.

  • Slice the pork, chicken and liver into thin strips and set aside.

  • Place noodles in serving bowl and pour strained boiling stock over the noodles. Top with pork, chicken, liver, shrimp. Garnish with chicharon, spring onion and fried garlic.

  • Serve immediately.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Filipino Chicken Macaroni Salad Recipe


Estimated preparation and cooking time: 1 hour

Chicken Macaroni Salad Ingredients:

  • 1/5 kilo macaroni noodles

  • 2 to 3 pieces, medium sized carrots

  • 1 big chicken breast

  • 500 ml of mayonnaise

  • 1 can (836 g) pineapple chunks or tidbits

  • 1 big white onion, finely chopped

  • 1/2 cup sweet pickle relish

  • 3 hardboiled eggs, diced

  • 1 cup diced cheddar cheese

  • 1/2 cup raisins

  • salt and pepper to taste

Macaroni Salad Cooking Instructions:

  • Cook macaroni noodles according to package cooking instructions.

  • In a pot, boil carrots in water for 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked.

  • Drain carrots and let cool. Peal skin then dice.

  • Boil chicken breast in water with salt. Drain chicken breast, then shred in 1 inch lengths

  • Drain pineapple chunks or tidbits.

  • Combine all ingredients while adding salt and pepper, to taste.

  • Refrigerate, then serve.

Pancit Bihon Recipe


Estimated cooking & preparation time: 45 minutes

Pancit Bihon Ingredients:

  • 1 8 oz. pack pancit bihon noodles

  • 1 cooked chicken breast, shredded

  • 2 cups of chicken broth or 2 chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 2 cups of water

  • 1/4 cabbage, sliced into strips

  • 1 onion, pealed and sliced

  • 3 cloves of garlic, crushed and minced

  • 1/3 cup scallions, cut into pieces

  • 1 carrot, sliced into strips

  • 2 tablespoons of cooking oil

  • 3/4 cup diced celery

  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • 5 pieces of calamansi or 1 lemon, sliced

Pancit Bihon Cooking Instructions:

  • Soak the pancit bihon noodles to soften for 10 minutes

  • Grease a large pan or wok with oil. Sauté garlic and onions.

  • Add the chicken broth, the shredded chicken breast and all the vegetables until cooked.

  • Mix in the pancit bihon noodles and add the soy sauce, cook for about 5 minutes or until the noodles are soft.

  • Salt and pepper to taste.

  • Serve hot with sliced calamansi on the side.

Pansit Canton Recipe


Estimated cooking & preparation time: 1 hour

Pansit Canton Ingredients:

  • 12 ounces pansit canton noodles

  • 1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded

  • 4 cups chicken broth (from boiled breast)

  • 1/2 pound pork, sliced in small pieces

  • 1/2 pound shrimps, shelled and deveined

  • 4 tablespoons cooking oil

  • 1/2 cup chopped onion

  • 2 tablespoons garlic, minced

  • 1/2 cup Chinese sausages, sliced

  • cauliflower, cut to bit size

  • 2 cups snow peas (sitsaro)

  • 2 cups cabbage, sliced into strips

  • 1 cup celery, sliced

  • 1 carrot, diced

  • 1/4 cup scallions, diced

  • 4 tablespoons soy sauce

  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

  • Salt and pepper to taste

Pansit Canton Cooking Instructions:

  • In a big pan or wok, sauté in oil the garlic and onions. Then add sliced pork until cooked.

  • Add 2 cups of chicken broth and add the shredded chicken, sliced Chinese sausages, shrimps, snow peas, cabbage, celery and diced carrot. Simmer for about 10 minutes or until cooked.

  • Add the remaining 2 cups of chicken broth and the pansit canton noodles. Let simmer until noodles are soft.

  • Add the scallions, sesame oil then salt and pepper to taste.

  • Serve hot

Filipino Style Spaghetti


Estimated & preparation & cooking time: 40 minutes.

Spaghetti Ingredients:

  • 1 kg. spaghetti noodles

  • 1/2 kg. ground beef

  • 1/2 kg. ground pork

  • 1/4 kg. hotdogs, diagonally sliced

  • 1 kg. tomato sauce

  • 3 pieces laurel leaves (bay leaves)

  • 1/4 cup brown or white sugar

  • 2 green bell peppers, diced

  • 2 onions, chopped

  • 1 head garlic, minced

  • 3 tablespoons of cooking oil

  • 1 cup of water

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • 1/2 cup grated cheese

Spaghetti Cooking Instructions:

  • Cook spaghetti noodles according to package instructions.

  • In a sauce pan or wok, sauté garlic and onions in cooking oil.

  • Add ground beef, ground pork, laurel leaves, bell pepper and a cup of water. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 10 minutes.

  • Add tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste then let simmer for another 10 minutes

  • Add brown sugar and hotdogs. Continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes.

  • Serve with the cooked spaghetti noodles and grated cheese on top.

Pancit Palabok


Estimated preparation for toppings: 1 1/2 hours

Estimated cooking time for sauce & noodles: 40 minutes

Pansit Palabok Ingredients:

Palabok Noodles / Sauce

  • 1/2 kilo miki noodles

  • 1/2 kilo small crabs

  • 5 cloves of garlic, minced

  • 1 onion, chopped

  • 2 tablespoons of atchuete seeds or oil

  • 2 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)

  • 4 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in water

  • 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)

  • 1 1/2 cups of water

Palabok Toppings

  • Tinapa flakes (smoked fish)

  • Cooked shrimps, shelled

  • Squid adobo, sliced into rings

  • Pork chicharon, grounded

  • Spring onions, chopped

  • Hard boiled eggs, shelled, sliced

  • Fried garlic, minced

  • Fresh calamansi (lemon), sliced

Pansit Palabok Cooking Instructions:

  • Extract fat and meat from clean crabs, set aside.

  • Pound crab and extract juice on 1 1/2 cups of water

  • On a pan, sauté garlic and onions until golden brown then add crab fat, crab meat, 1 1/2 cups of crab wash, patis and MSG. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

  • Add corn starch and continue to simmer while constantly stirring until thick.

  • Put miki noodles in a strainer and dip in boiling water for 5 minutes or until cooked.

  • Lay drained noodles on a platter and pour the palabok sauce. Garnish with toppings and serve.