Sweet and Spicy Sauce

Ingredients : 4 pork chops 1 tsp. salt 1/3 tsp. pepper 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1 egg 2 tbsp. water salt and pepper, to taste 1/2 cup breadcrumbs oil, for frying Cooking Procedures : Rub pork chops with salt and pepper. Let stand for about 30 minutes in the refrigerator. In a bowl, combine flour and garlic. Set aside. In another bowl, whis[...]

Fried chicken is a dish consisting of chicken pieces that is cut up then dipped in a breaded mixture,  dredged with flour, or battered and then pressure cooked, deep fried or pan-fried until it turns to golden brown. There are many variations in cooking a perfect fried chicken. And one of them is by removing the skin before battering while others fry[...]

Menudo is another type of Filipino recipe that is compose of a stew of pork meat and liver cubes with potatoes, carrots and tomato sauce. But we can also use Chicken meat instead of pork meat and add chickpeas (garbansos) in your vegetable mixture. This recipe reminds me of my husband story of how he learned to cook this Filipino menudo. He told us th[...]

Pork Afritada is one of my family’s favorite Filipino recipe that I’ve cooked over and over again. This Filipino dish is somewhat similar to caldereta, mechado and menudo recipe that are tomato sauce based stews which I believe was introduced by the Spaniards in the Philippines. So, try this Afritada recipe and don’t forget also othe[...]

Ingredients : 1 whole butternut squash pared, seeded and sliced 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 1/2 lb. pork, sliced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 onion, chopped 2 tomatoes, chopped 2 cups water patis (fish sauce), salt and pepper, to taste chopped green onions, for garnishing (optional) Cooking Procedures : In a pan, heat oil over medium heat. Cook pork until it t[...]