Filipino Recipes

 » Batchoy

Batchoy

This is another signature dish from the Visayas, a group of islands between the main islands of Luzon and Mindanao. It is originated from La Paz, Iloilo City — in the island of Panay. Through the years, Batchoy gained popularity and has been a favorite noodle soup enjoyed all across the country.

Ingredients :

  • 8 cups water
  • 1/3 lb. pork butt or pork loin (boneless or bone-in)
  • 1/4 lb. pork or chicken liver
  • 1 chicken breast (bone-in)
  • 1/4 lb. fresh shrimp, shelled and deveined
  • 2 tbsp. oil
  • one (2-in/5-cm) piece ginger, finely sliced
  • 1 onion, finely sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp. fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp. shrimp paste
  • 1/4 tsp. sugar
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 8 oz (240g) fresh Chinese egg noodles or fettucine or 4 oz (100g) dried ramen noodles
Garnish
  • 4 finely chopped green onions
  • 4 tbsp. Fried Garlic
  • 1/2 cup coarsely crushed fried pork rinds
(Food Conversion Chart)

Cooking Procedures :

  1. Pour water to a stockpot and bring to a boil. Add pork, liver and chicken; season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook over high heat for 15 minutes; skim off the fat.
  2. Take out the meat and the liver; let it cool. Reserve the broth and set aside.  By using your hands (or two forks – one to shred the meat and one to hold the bone) shred the pork and chicken meat; discard the bones. Slice the liver thinly. Set aside.
  3. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté ginger for 2 minutes. Add onion and garlic; sauté until onion is translucent. Remove from the pan and set aside.
  4. In the same skillet, heat the remaining oil over medium heat. Stir-fry the shredded pork and chicken for about 5 minutes, or until lightly brown. Add shrimp; stir-fry for 5 minutes, or until shrimp turns pink and cook. Remove from the pan and set aside.
  5. Add the sautéed ginger, garlic and onion to the reserved broth in the stockpot; bring to boil. Add fish sauce, shrimp paste, sugar and salt and pepper, to taste. Reduce heat and add the noodles. Simmer for about 2-3 minutes (for fresh noodles) or 10 minutes (for dried noodles), or until noodles are soft.
  6. Ladle the broth and noodles into individual bowls. Top with the sautéed meat and shrimp and sliced liver. Garnish with green onions, fried garlic, and fried pork rinds. Serve hot.
  7. Serves 4 to 6.

Check Out More

Philippine Food


Have You Tried These Other Panlasang Pinoy ?

Ingredients : 1 lb. sirloin, sliced thinly into short strips 3 tbsp. butter (or margarine) 1 onion, thinly sliced 2 tbsp. flour 1 to 1-1/2 cup milk 1 tbsp. curry salt and pepper, to taste 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce hot fluffy rice Cooking Procedures : In a pan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook meat in hot butter for about 2 to 4 minutes or until it turns slightly brown. Transfer to a dish and set aside. In the same pan, add onions and sau[...]

Ingredients : 1 lb. topside or round steak, cut into thin strips 2 tsp. brown sugar 2 tbsp. soy sauce (light or dark) 1 tbsp. patis (fish sauce) 2 tsp. lime juice pinch of salt and pepper, to taste 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 lb. sitaw, (string beans) or green beans, cut into 3 inches long 2 kaffir lime leaves, shredded (or a little finely grated lime rind) water (optional) 2 tbsp. coriander (cilantro) leaves, for garnis[...]

Ingredients : 1/4 lb. ground pork 1/4 lb. ground beef 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 onions, chopped 1 tsp. oregano 1/4 cup sugar salt and pepper, to taste 2 to 4 hotdogs (wieners), sliced 1 can tomato sauce 1 can tomato paste 1 cup spaghetti water cornstarch, to thicken (optional) 1/2 lb. spaghetti grated cheese (of your choice), for toppings Cooking Procedures : Boil spaghetti according to package instructions. Reserve a cup of water. Drain and [...]

Lechon Kawali

Lechon Kawali Recipe is my family’s favorite Filipino food dish. My son and daughters love them and of course my husband love them too. When they ate this Filipino dish, they asked for the sauce which is a mixture of vinegar and patis (for bisaya) or tuyo (for the tagalog) and add some garlic, it taste so good. Anyways, hope you’ll enjoy this simple lechon kawali dish. Ingredients : Pork 1-1/2 lb. pork liempo (pork belly), cut i[...]

Filipino Tinolang Manok

Tinolang Manok and some called them Nilagang Manok is another filipino food dish that I usually cook here in Canada. Tinolang manok recipe is also one of the filipino recipe that is easy to cook. But as a first time immigrant in Canada, buying filipino ingredients like papaya, sayote, chili leaves or malunggay is hard to find specially if you are staying in the rural areas where Asian store is hard to find. But as you got familiar with the pl[...]

Leave A Comment...

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.