A comforting and hearty soup
Beef
Beef Steak (Bistek recipe)
Bistek as we call it in tagalog is a popular dish in Philippines due to it’s tangy flavor topped with lots of onions. The word bistek is a slang for “beef steak” which is cooked and simmered in soy sauce and calamansi juice until tender. Since it is not that easy to find calamansi here in the […]
My Hearty Hot and Sour soup
Before you start doing anything else, I recommend reading my tips first, that way, you might want to follow some ideas and options that will affect your grocery-shopping or the way you will cook and prepare some ingredients. Though there are certain recipes that you strictly have to adhere to when it comes to the cooking […]
Beef Pares
Pares is a braised beef that is commonly paired with garlic fried rice and a small bowl of soup on the side. It also refers to any dish that is cooked in a sweet soy sauce but Beef Pares is the most popular one and is often served in a Filipino “turo-turo” joint, or a small […]
Roasted Marrow Bones
Do you know any recipe that uses bone marrow? If you are not sure what I’m talking about, it is the part wherein if you buy beef or veal shanks with bone-in, it’s that bone in the center of the meat with the fat in the middle of it. That’s the one I’m talking about. In Philippines, it is very […]
Ground Beef Omelette(Torta)
Prep Time: 20-25 minutes Cooking Time: 1 hr Servings: 5-7 Ingredients: 2 lbs ground beef/pork 1/2 white onions (chopped) 1 tomato(sliced into cubes) 5 cloves garlic crushed n chopped 1 medium potato cubed 1/2 red bell pepper chopped 2 tablespoon soy sauce salt and ground black pepper to taste 1 teaspoon white sugar 1/2 cup of […]
Tinadtad Soup
Tinadtad means “chopped” in Tagalog I learned this recipe from my father-in-law and it is not actually a popular filipino dish. According to him, he just invented it and started cooking it by himself since it is cheap and can feed a whole army for a small batch of cooking. My husband has 6 siblings and his dad was the one who’s […]
Beef Nilaga as easy as 1-2-3
Beef Nilaga as easy as 1-2-3 Just like any other state or country, Philippines has many different types of soup recipes as well. This beef cabbage soup, the throw-it-all-together soup is so simple, yet, it is very flavorful, healthy and so comforting. In the Philippines, we were always told by our elders to keep eating […]
Kabatiti Soup- Patola With Misua
Kabatiti in Ilocano. Patola in Tagalog. We normally cook this type of vegetable with Misua/Mee sua in Chinese and make it as a soup. This sponge gourd soup with chinese vermicelli is also very popular in the Philippines for people who loves vegetable soup. It’s healthy, cheap and easy to make as well. The noodles are totally […]
Go Kong (Chinese Herbal Soup)
Growing up, my dad always cooks this Chinese herbal soup that he calls “Go Kong”. It is an aromatic dish that is very nutritious, calming and comforting once consumed. The smell that fills my entire kitchen when I cook this soup is just simply amazing! The herbal aroma of it everytime I cook it now just brings back a lot of memories about my Dad and […]