one filipino dish a week

In this episode, Paoix cooks lamb shank adobo. One of the hardest things on weeknights is the time to cook a good meal. Adobo is one dish that is a great make ahead dish. It tastes better the next day or the 2nd or 3rd day The amount here is good for 1 or 2 people depending on your appetite. For more

Ingredients:
1 lamb shank
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup palm vinegar
1 tbsp peppercorn
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 head of garlic (i like garlic you can reduce if you don’t want too much garlicky taste)
water
2 sprigs cilantro for garnish (optional)

1. Combine all ingredients in a pot an add enough water to cover the lamb
2. Bring to a boil then lower the heat and simmer for about 1 hour or until the meat is tender
3. Remove lamb shank from pot and reduce the sauce
4. Return lamb shank to pot
At this point you can either serve and eat or let cool and store in refrigerator for later consumption. To reheat just put in a pot and bring to a simmer for about

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I am very sad to say that it is going to be difficult for me to be updating regularly on the blog because I will be without a kitchen for a long while. As my job is going to be taking me on a weekly trip far away from my home I will do my best to cook and blog on the weekends along with the rest of the non-work activities.

It’s only been a couple of weeks but not having been able to be in the kitchen has been very weird. It’s like something is different. It’s almost like I’m wearing the wrong size shoe. I’m sure I’ll be able to find a solution for it along the very soon. Please keep the communication lines open.

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In this episode, The Girl shows us how to make a great snack, fried bananas.

And the star is… Filipino Food! Tonight, I had the distinct pleasure of being on Barbara Howard’s The Recipe Box Show on Blog Talk Radio to talk about Filipino food. Barbara has a great show where she brings on a lot of different view points on food and I’m glad that tonight she wanted to talk about Filipino food. I was nervous and excited to be on the show. I didn’t want to look like a goofball that didn’t know what he was talking about. What do you think? How did I do?

I’m extremely happy that after a little over a year of blogging my goal of sharing Filipino food with everyone is definitely in full motion. That’s thanks to all you guys who read, subscribe comment, email, and message. It’s very much appreciated and it really does help me keep up with the posts even if I’m swamped with work. If you weren’t able to listen to the show liveclick here to listen to the recording. You can also listen to past episodes of The Recipe Box and you might pick up a thing or two for your next dinner.

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Hello!! It’s been a while. I’ve missed you guys. In this epsiode, I made ukoy (shrimp fritters). Perfect for an appetizer or with beer while watching the game. This recipe is from the restaurant Cendrillon in Manhattan. Cendrillon is no more so I’m sad and that’s why I’m making this dish. Don’t worry they are moving to Brooklyn as a new restaurant called Purple Yam. I hope you like it.

Batter:
3/4 cup rice flour
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3/4 cup water

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Beat the egg together with the water. Mix the dry and wet ingredients and until smooth. Let cool in the fridge for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Filling:
1 cup shrimps
1 cup leeks white part julienned
1 cup carrots julienned
1 cup bean sprouts
1 cup snow peas julienned
1 cup cabbage julienned

frying oil
4-inch square banana leaf

Mix all the ingredients in a big bowl. Pour enough batter just to coat. Having too much batter will make the ukoy cake-y unless that’s what you want (not my kind of thing). Oil one side of the banana leaf. Place banana leaf on a spider and put a little bit of the mixture on top. Fry in 300-350 degree F oil. After about 1 minute of so take the banana leaf out. Continue frying for about 1 minute. Then flip over. Serve with vinegar, garlic, and salt sauce. Or eat with achara.

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