Sauteed String Beans

While checking for vegetables that I can cook the other day, I saw a bunch of string beans (sitaw) and decided to saute it. This recipe reminded me of my dad, because he used to fry baguio beans in butter, and this tasted a little bit of it. Even Mark noticed its likeness’.

What you need:

1 bunch of string beans, cut into 1/2 inch

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

1 small onion, chopped finely 

2-3 tablespoons of Knorr Liquid Season

1/4 tablespoon of Magic Sarap 

1/4 cup of water

What you need to do: 

♥ Saute the garlic and onion. Add the string beans. Cook for 2-3 minutes.

♥ Pour the water, then add the knorr and magic sarap. 

♥ Let it cook for another minuter. 

♥ Serve with love and happy eating without guilt!  

Lumpiang Shanghai

The very famous lumpiang shanghai. 

What you need: 

1/2 kilo ground pork 

4 cloves of garlic, chopped finely

1 big onion, chopped finely 

1 carrot, chopped finely 

1 1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt

kinchay, cut into small piece 

3 tanda of pastry wrappers

canola cooking oil

1/2 cup of water

What you need to do:

♥ On a bowl mix all the ingredients (except for the water and pastry wrapper) 

♥ Get one pastry wrapper, then put 1 tablespoon mixture on its center. 

♥ Carefully roll it, brush the edge with water to seal it. 

♥ Do this with the rest of the pastry wrapper and mixture. 

♥ Deep fry until golden brown. 

♥ Serve with love and happy eating! 

Lumpiang Hubad

Ever since I learned how to cook the sauce of fresh lumpia, my mom never missed a chance to ask me to cook it twice a week. They enjoy eating it with or without the lumpia wrapper, but since the veggies are already ready to eat, most of the time, they munch the veggies even without the wrapper. So ending, the wrappers lose its consistency. 


Since then, I no longer ask my mom to buy pastry wrappers, and decided to make Lumpiang Hubad instead. The procedure and ingredients are still the same, except that this recipe does not have the pastry wrapper.

Here's the recipe: http://kusinerangkatrina.blogspot.com/2012/03/fresh-lumpia.html

Easy Scotched Egg

“A Scotch egg consists of a shelled hard-boiled egg, wrapped in a sausage meat mixture, coated in breadcrumbs, and deep-fried."


It was a trial and error when I cooked this recipe earlier this morning. I had a hard time covering the egg, and when I deep fried it, it was a real flop! I wasted some beef mixture and decided to threw it away, but my second attempt was a little bit successful. Here's how it looked like: Though it doesn't look like a perfect scotched egg, it's still uber yummy! ☻☻☻

Since this is a trial and error recipe, I'll just share the ingredients good for 1 scotched egg. 

What you need: 

1 big egg, hard boiled

2-3 tablespoons of ground beef (you can also use ground pork)

1 tablespoon of tomato sauce

dash of pepper

salt to taste

1/4 cup bread crumbs

canola cooking oil for deep frying

Grated Cheese

1 small onion, minced

1 clove garlic, minced

What you need to do: 

♥ On a bowl, mix the beef, tomato sauce, cheese, onion and garlic. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. 

♥ Cover the hard-boiled egg with the mixture. Dredge into the bread crumbs. 

♥ Deep fry until golden brown. 

♥ Slice the cooked egg into two. 

♥ Serve with love and happy eating

Summer Pastel

This dish is supposed to be named: Holiday Pastel, but since it's summer season, I named it: The Summer Pastel ♥ 

What you need: 

1/4 pork kasim, diced

1 small of can of green peas 

2 small potatoes, cut into squares

1/2 cup of evaporated milk 

1/2 Knorr pork cube

1 cup of water 

1 can of Vienna sausage (3 slices per 1 sausage)

garlic, crushed

small onion, minced

1 teaspoon of canola cooking oil

1 tablespoon of margarine

2 tablespoons of flour

1 small pouch of Tomato Sauce, Filipino Style

What you need to do: 

♥ Heat the oil. Fry the potatoes. Set aside. 

♥ On a saucepan, melt the margarine. Add the flour. Cook until brown. 

♥ Pour 1/2 cup water then milk. Stir until the sauce gets thick. Set aside. 

♥ Saute the onions and garlic. Cook the pork until brown. Add the tomato sauce

♥ Pour another 1/2 cup of water. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. 

♥ Add the milk mixture. Let it boil. 

♥ Put the cooked potatoes, green peas and Vienna sausage. 

♥ Let it cook for another 2 minutes.

♥ Serve with love and happy eating! 

Beef Strips with Red Bell Pepper

This dish tastes a little bit like Igado. The Red Bell Pepper makes the dish really strong, so one bell pepper is already enough to make this dish flavorful. 

What you need: 

1/2 kilo beef tenderloin, cut into strips 

1 small red pepper, cut into strips 

2 table spoons of oyster sauce 

1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper 

2 table spoons of cornstarch 

1/2 teaspoon of salt 

canola cooking oil

What you need to do: 

♥ Fry the bell pepper. Set aside. 

♥ Mix the oyster sauce, salt and pepper. Marinate the beef for at least 30 minutes. 

♥ Add the cornstarch to the marinated beef. Carefully mix it using your hands. Let it stand for another 5 minutes. 

♥ Stir fry the beef until cook. 

♥ Add the cooked peppers to the fried beef. 

♥ Serve with love and happy eating! 

Chicken-Katsu with a Twist

If you love Chicken-katsu, or chicken tonkatsu, or whatever you call it, you would definitely love this dish. You can call it, chicken katsu with a twist because of the saltiness of the Parmesan Cheese. You can dip this with catsup, but then I opted to make a homemade style gravy for this ☻

What you need:

3 chicken breast (fillet)

Salt

Dash of pepper

¼ cup of flour

½ cup of Japanese Bread Crumbs

1/3 cup of Grated Parmesan Cheese **

1 egg lightly beaten

What you need to do:

♥ Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Set aside.

♥ Mix the breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese.

♥ Dredge the chicken into the flour, then dip to egg and cover with mixed breadcrumbs.

♥ Deep fry until golden brown. Cut into strips.

♥ Serve with love and happy eating!