4 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 small onion, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
8 tbsp water
1 tbsp coarsely ground black pepper
How to cook:
1. Mix the marinade ingredients until smooth.
2. Marinate the beef for at least 30 minutes.
3. Prepare the black pepper sauce. Stir fry chopped onion and garlic until fragrant.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 10 minutes over low heat.
5. Heat cooking oil, deep fry beef until the color turns to brown. Then remove then and drain.
6. In a saucepan, put 3 tbsp cooking oil. Stir fry shredded onion and beef.
7. Add 4 tbsp of black pepper sauce and mix well.
8. Serve immediately.
Posted by denthorq on February 27, 2009, at 10:51 pm
One of the traditional Filipino breakfast is pairing fried scramble egg (or sunny side up) with fried rice and tuyo (salted dried fish). Just a word of warning if you are cooking tuyo make sure that your neighbors wont get mad 😉 Why? You know why!
Filipina Sued for Cooking Tuyo in NY City
In Manhattan Nuns’ Lawsuit, the Smoking Gun is Filipinos’ Iconic ‘Tuyo’
CRISTINA DC PASTOR, Philippine News
01/11/2009 | 06:45 PM
NEW YORK. It may be a cultural thing, but when you’re up against a congregation of nuns and your neighbors in an apartment building in Manhattan, a lawsuit would make an interesting anthropological study in ethnic tension.
The Missionary Sisters of Sacred Heart (MSSH) in Manhattan has filed a complaint against Filipino American couple, Michael and Gloria Lim, over a Filipino delicacy called ‘tuyo’ (dried fish), and its funky cousin, the ‘tinapa’ (smoked fish). The case is now with the Manhattan Supreme Court.
Reports say Gloria was smoking fish outside her apartment window when the smell noxious stench to the nuns, divine aroma to the Lims of the salted fish wafted throughout the Gramercy apartment building. The ‘foul smell’ was too strong the nuns suspected it was coming from a decomposing body and called in the Fire Department.
According to reports, the firemen searched every unit of the building and were able to trace the source of the smell to the Lims’ unit. They knocked, and when no one came to the door, the NYFD came barreling in. Gloria, a nurse, found her door knocked down and was obviously peeved. It appears the MSSH leases the unit to the Lims and may have authorized the assault.
‘I cook dried fish,’ Gloria defiantly declared to the NY Post.
Posted by denthorq on February 26, 2009, at 10:33 pm
Cooking scrambled eggs is so simple. Just grab an egg, scramble it, add salt and then fry.
There are other ways on how to cook it too.
Scrambled Eggs with Potato and Tuna
Ingredients:
3 eggs, beaten
leftover tuna chunks
1 large potato, cut into cubes
salt & pepper
How to cook:
Fry the potatoes until a little bit browned and crispy like French fries. Pour off the excess oil and add in the left-over tuna. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in the eggs and cook slowly, stirring and scraping from the bottom of the pan until the eggs are of desired consistency. Serve immediately.
1. Mix condensed milk and egg yolks in a sauce pan (a double boiler – which is basically a small pan inside a big pan containing water – works wonder for this).
2. Cook mixture under medium – high heat, stirring continuously until the mixture coagulates and separates from the pan.
3. Cool.
4. Shape into pyramids and wrap with cellophane cut into squares.
Posted by denthorq on February 25, 2009, at 10:47 pm
This is an interesting blog about tamarinds (sampalok). I love to eat this when I was a kid.
Why Process Tamarind Fruits?
* The fruit is high in protein, carbohydrates, potassium, phosporous and calcium and is a source of iron, vitamin C, thiamine and niacin.
* Processing increases the shelf-life of the fruit.
* Processing adds value and increases income.
* Tamarind pulp 226 g (1 cup)
* Sugar 226 g (1 cup)
* Water 711 ml (3 cups)
How to cook:
1. Ripe fruits are peeled and the seeds removed.
2. The fruits are mashed. To one part of the mash add 1 part sugar. Boil mixture gently until thick. To avoid unnecessary caramelization, kalamansi juice is added.
3. While still hot, pack in well sterilized jars and seal tightly.
Tamarind Paste
1. Cook ripe fruits in a small amount of water until soft.
2. Process through a sieve to remove skins and seeds and to make the texture soft and fine.
3. Boil pulp with or without added sugar and/or spice. The usual proportion is one part sugar to two parts of pulp by weight. Spice like cinnamon, clover, allspice, ginger, and nutmeg are added at a proportion of 1% each.
4. Stir the mixture constantly. Reduce heat as the mixture thickens, to permit slow cooking.
5. Spread the paste in a pan and dry it until a solid consistency is reach.
6. Cut paste into squares or any desired shape.
7. Roll them in granulated sugar wrap in cellophane or glycine paper.
Posted by denthorq on February 25, 2009, at 10:29 pm
This is one of my favorite breakfast especially with Toyo-Mansi and hot pandesal. Of course it requires patience to make a perfect sunny side up.
How to Fry an Egg Sunny Side Up:
1. Turn on the stove at about medium to medium high heat.
2. Grease the frying pan with some cooking spray or about 1 tablespoon of cooking oil (vegetable, corn, olive, etc.).
3. Wait a few minutes until the grease has heated up. If using cooking oil, the consistency/viscosity will be similar to that of water. It will be more runny than oil usually is at room temperature.
4. Crack the egg over the pan.
5. Turn the heat down to low.
6. Let the egg fry for a few minutes. It will be ready when the bottom of the egg starts to brown and the top coagulates and doesn’t run anymore.
7. Remove egg from frying pan by using a plastic slotted spatula. If the frying pan was greased enough and/or if you are using a non-stick pan, you should be able to slide the egg into a plate.
Posted by denthorq on February 25, 2009, at 10:18 pm
Sometimes we are caught by a question what should I prepare for breakfast? Or what should I eat for breakfast. So I came up with a Filipino Breakfast Ideas category. Hope that this category will be helpful for you, especially with the Mothers, Mommy or Moms 😉
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