Humba Recipe (Braised Pork Belly with Sugar)

Filipino Humba

Humba Recipe (Braised Pork Belly) is one of the comfort foods of every Filipino household. It’s a popular filipino food dish somewhere in the Visayas and Mindanao regions (I knew it because I used to lived from this two areas). I don’t know how they called it in the Luzon region, but I knew they have a version of humba too. Filipino recipes is really my favorite. Humba is one of the dishes I prepared during our recentsalo-salo (get together) with friends. Everyone loved it. I even heard one of them that he missed it a lot. They were quite […] Read more »

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Sweet Pork Tenderloin

Ingredients : 2 tbsp. olive oil 2 to 2-1/2 lbs. pork tenderloins, trimmed 2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 1 tsp. ground cumin 1 tsp. chili powder 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Glaze 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 tbsp. garlic, finely chopped 1 tbsp. chili sauce (Tabasco) Cooking Procedures : Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).  Prepare an oven-proof 12-inch heavy skillet. In a small bowl, stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, and cinnamon.  Coat pork with spice rub.  Set aside. In an oven-proof heavy skillet, heat oil over moderately high heat until just beginning to smoke.  Brown pork, […] Read more »

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Lumpiang Sariwa (Fresh Spring Rolls)

Ingredients : Lumpia Egg Wrappers recipe Lumpia Filling 2 tbsp. cooking oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium onion, diced 1/4 lb. ground pork 1/3 cup water 1 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. patis (fish sauce) 1/4 tsp. pepper 1 medium potato, pared and diced 1/2 cup green beans, French cut 1/2 cup diced singkamas (turnip) 1/2 cup carrots, cut into strips 1/2 cup shredded cabbage 1/4 cup canned chick peas 1/4 lb. shrimps, diced 12-15 small leaf lettuce 1/4 cup skinless, toasted peanuts, chopped coarse Cooking Procedures : Prepare Lumpia Egg Wrappers and have it ready. Heat oil over medium heat.  Sauté garlic and onion.  Add pork […] Read more »

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Pork Chop Suey

Filipino Chopsuey

Pork chop suey is a Chinese dish primarily made up of mixed vegetable with meat like chicken, fish, beef, shrimp or pork, added for extra flavor. Chopsuey is widely believe to be an  American-Chinese immigrants creation, and not an authentic Chinese dish. They said, Chinese farmers was inspired to cook a stir-fried vegetables known now as chopsuey and ate them after a long day working in the fields. Ingredients : 1/2 lb. pork, cut into thin strips 1 tsp. soy sauce 1 tsp. oyster sauce salt and pepper, to taste 1 tsp. cornstarch 1 to 1-1/2 cup chicken broth (or water) […] Read more »

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Chayote Guisado / Sayote Guisado (Sautéed Chayote)

Filipino Chayote Guisado

Chayote Guisado or Sayote Guisado (Sautéed Chayote) is one of the Filipino recipes found in the recipe database that my family and me loves to eat. Here in Canada, you can find chayote in most Asian stores and sometimes to known grocery stores like No Frills and Price Choppers. At first, I thought I couldn’t find this chayote in our local community and getting one of it, take me an hour drive to have it. I was surprise to see chayote in the shelf of our local grocery. The funny thing was, when I’m about to pay this chayote, the […] Read more »

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Pork Barbecue I

Ingredients : 1 lb. pork, cut into cubes 1/2 cup vinegar 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup banana ketchup 6 to 8 cloves garlic, minced 1 tbsp. calamansi juice 1 tbsp. packed brown sugar 1/2 tbsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper bamboo sticks, for skewer Cooking Procedures : Combine vinegar, soy sauce, catsup, garlic, calamansi juice, brown sugar, salt and pepper in a small bowl.  Stir to blend well. Add pork cubes onto the marinade.  Marinate meat for an hour, the least or over night, in the refrigerator. Meanwhile, soak bamboo sticks in water for at least 30 minutes to an hour (or […] Read more »

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