Kare-kare by RiA

I'd like to share another recipe with you. A Filipino and tasty dish called "Kare-kare." I got this recipe from my sister. I tried this a few times already so I somehow managed to do it well. But even when the first time I did this, it was great.

These are the ingredients: 1/2 kilo beef/tripe cut into cubes 1/2 kilo oxtail, 2" long (optional) 8 cups of Water 4 tbsp Oil 1/8 cup Annato Seeds (atsuete) 2 pcs Onions 1 head Garlic 3 cups Peanut Butter 1/4 cup Ground Roasted Rice (or Rice Flour/All Purpose Flour) 4 pcs. Eggplant 1" thick 1 bundle Pechay 1 bundle Sitaw, 2" long strips 1 Banana Bud Salt or Patis to Taste Procedure: 1. Boil beef tripe in water for an hour, 30-45 minutes in a pressure cooker or until tender. Strain and keep stock. Remove scums. 2. Put hot water in the annato seeds in a bowl let it stand until bright red in color. Discard the seeds. 3. Saute onions and garlic. Add stock, roasted rice or flour, beef tripe and/or oxtail and peanut butter. 4. Bring to boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Add salt/fish sauce to taste. Put in the annato / atsuete mix well. 5. Add vegetables with 2 minutes intervals: sitaw, eggplant, banana bud and pechay. 6. Cook for a few minutes. Don't over cook the vegetables. 7. Serve with bagoong and rice. *If using rice flour, mix 1/2 of stock to flour and 1/2 to peanut butter prior to adding mixture.

In the original recipe of my sister, the annato seeds are heated in oil. But for me, I only put in a hot water until it turns bright red in color. It's up to you how red it would be. You can put it later than the veggies or before adding the veggies. This looks difficult to cook but it is pretty simple. I also don't usually measure the ingredients especially the peanut butter. I add just a few at first, then add more to my liking. I actually put a lot so it will taste good so don't stick so much to my measurements. I also don't use oxtail with my recipe, but it is up to you it you want it. I like beef tripe more because it has less scums and fats.

I hope you will try this and share with me the picture of it. Hope you will also like it the way I did it. Till my next dish! See yah!

Sticky Honey-Orange Chicken Wings by RiA

I'm back again after almost a year of not posting. I'm finally here again to share with you the recipes of some of the dishes I cooked and got from food magazines, internet and acquired from family. Some of them were invented and some were improved and revised. I will post the recipe I have shared through my FB almost a year now. When I posted it, many of my friends liked it. So I figured that I will share the recipe here. This dish is so delicious and very easy to make. I did this a couple of times after I discovered it. I got it from "Yummy Magazine" March 2011 issue. The first time I did this, I don't have an orange so I substituted a couple of calamansi and it was so good.

Here are the Ingredients: FOR THE COATING 1 cup All purpose flour 1 teaspoon five-spice powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper cooking oil, for deep frying 12 pieces chicken wings FOR THE HONEY-ORANGE GLAZE 1 tablespoon oil 1 tablespoon ginger, sliced very thinly (or grated) 1 tablespoon grated orange zest (substitute: calamansi or lemon) 1/2 cup honey PROCEDURE: In a small bowl, mix together flour, five-spice powder, salt and pepper. Heat oil in a medium sauce pan. Coat wings well with the flour mixture and fry for 10 to 15 minutes or until parts turn golden brown. Remove from heat and drain on paper towel. TO make the honey-orange glaze: In a medium saucepan, heat oil on medium heat and saute ginger for 1 minute. Add grated orange peel (or the substitute) then add honey. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Place wings in batches in the pan and toss to coat the wings with the glaze. Serve as desired.

This is a recommended recipes that I am sure you'll love. It has the sweetness and citrus flavor that blends in together with the ginger. Once it has been coated, it retains the crispiness of the chicken. So it is so good. Hope you'll try this and share it with me. Until my next dish! See yah!

Mixed Vegetables by RiA

This is so easy to make. It serves as side dish for main dishes. I partnered it with my Burger Steak.

 

These are the ingredients for my Mixed Vegetables:
1 pack mixed vegetables (carrots, corn, green peas)
Butter
Nestle Cream
Salt and Pepper to Taste
Nutmeg (optional)
Fresh Milk (optional)

Procedure:
Melt butter in the pan, add the mixed vegetables. Stir them altogether until cooked. Add the spices, then the cream and milk to make it flavorful and creamy.

The original recipe was the butter and the mixed vegetables, I just added cream and milk and the spice to make it tastier.

Hope you'll like it. That's it for now. Until my next dish. See you soon!