Lunch for Less

I went to the wet market one day and saw a mountain of very fresh krill "alamang" (small shrimps used to make whatelse -- bagoong alamang). So I thought that for a change I will make "torta" (omelet??" out of it. I was actually excited that day because it cost only 40php per kilo and 1/4 kilo could feed a family of 6 - 8. This dish is also perfect for baon, may it be for school (for the kids or college students) or office, since it's dry and does not spoil easily.

Tortang Alamang (Krill Omelet)

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo Krills (Alamang)

1 egg

All purpose flour

1 small of packet seasoning (e.g. maggi magic sarap)

salt and pepper to taste

How to do it:

1. Wash the krills well because seaweeds and other debris could mix into the krills.

2. Mix all the ingredients together. Just eyeball the amount of all purpose flour in such a way that the consistency is inbetween a cookie batter and a pancake batter. Not to sticky yet not too runny.

3. Fry in a non-stick pan until golden brown.

Creamy Chicken

I made this for dinner just because i'm craving for it. This is also one of my brother's favorite dish. I thought I made a lot and planned to bring the leftover to school the next day. Needless to say I went to school "baon-less".

Creamy Chicken

This is actually the filling of Chicken Pastel but im just too lazy to make the crust and unfortunately frozen pie crust is not available in this part of the country. And besides I like it better with rice.

Ingredients:

1 kilo chicken breasts (3 medium size) deboned and cubed

1 large carrot cubed (same size as the chicken)

3 medium sized potatoes

1 can whole button mushrooms cut into half

1 bar quickmelt cheese shredded or cut into smaller pieces

1 can chorizo bilbao sliced diagonally (dont throw away the fat that comes along with it)

1 medium sized onions

2 knorr chicken cubes

1/4 cup all purpose flour dissolved in 1/4 cup water

1/4 bar butter

2 cups water

salt and pepper to taste

How to do it:

1. Melt the fat that comes with the chorizo bilbao in a large pan or wok. Add the butter.

2. Saute onion until transluscent.

3. Add chicken and saute until light brown in color. Add the mushroom.

4. Add 2 cups water and put knorr chicken cubes until it melts.

5. Add the potatoes and carrots and simmer until they soften. Dont overcook them though.

6. Add the quickmelt cheese until it melts.

7. Add the dissolved all purpose flour to make the dish creamy sans the cream (you have enough fat from the butter and from the chorizo bilbao)

8. Add salt and pepper to taste.

One HELP-Less Sunday

Sometimes I do love it it when our household help goes home. It gives me the chance to cook for the family. This is what I made for lunch 3 weeks ago.

Pork Salpicao

I used pork in this dish because for some weird reason there's no beef available in our local meat shop. Maybe I went there too late? Hhhmmm.. maybe... For Salpicao you can use beef, chicken, or pork. Whatever suits your taste. However if you're going to use beef, make sure you use beef tenderloins because its softer and less greasy. I actually got the recipe from a newspaper, I just forgot what newspaper it was because I cut it out a long time ago.

PORK SALPICAO (good for 6-8)

Ingredients:

1 kilo pork tenderloin cubed

4 tbsp hot sauce (you can adjust this according to your taste)

6 tablespoon liquid seasoning

6 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp ground black pepper

1/4 c butter

1/3 c minced garlic

How to do it:

1. Marinate pork in hot sauce, liquid seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and ground black peepr for about 5 minutes.

2. Heat butter in pan. Saute minced garlic until toasted. Divide the garlic into 2 equal portions. Take out half from the pan and set aside.

3. Drain pork from the marinade.

4. In the same pan, add the pork and continue sauteing over high heat until the pork turns brown. Immediately add marinade.

5. Let simmer for a minute and remove from heat. Top with reserved toasted garlic.

First Post!

Yey! After some time of thinking about the focus of this blog, I came to realize that I cannot limit myself to a single topic. Well let's just say that this blog will mostly talk about my favorites:
1. Food! I will be posting some of my creations, as I am a frustrated chef. Hahaha I will also post reviews of restaurants and food that I have tried.
2. Travelling! I try to travel whenever my schedule permits me to. So i will also be posting some of the places that I have visited.
3. Makeup and other beauty products! This is my current "bisyo" as of the moment as I am building my makeup collection. However, the "kuripot" in me always dominate! Darn superego! hahaha
4. My family and my work. I love my family. I love my work. Nuff said! =)