SEAFOOD DELIGHT

Eating boiled or fried seafood is always fun! But cooking it with different ingredients and a tasty sauce adds more excitement and delight.

INGREDIENTS:
Squid
Shrimp
Asean green mussel
Button mushroom
Crab stick
Squid ball
Kikiam
Chicken
Oyster sauce
Fish sauce
Ketsup
Garlic
Onion
Sayote
Carrot
Baby corn
Bell pepper
Chicharo beans
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Quail egg
Salt
Butter
Cooking oil
Water
Flour

DIRECTIONS:
1. Clean and boil the shrimps, squids, and mussels. Remove the hard shells, peel shrimps, and cut the squids. Also boil and peel the quail eggs then set aside.
2. Cut and fry the squid balls, crab stick, and kikiam with the chicken meat. Set aside.
3. Saute seafood and mushroom with chopped garlic and onions. Add fish sause, salt, ketsup, water with dissolved flour to thicken sauce, butter, and oyster sauce. Let it boil.
4. Add the cut veggies and all the ingredients. Mix well then simmer for minutes. Serve and enjoy.

CHICKEN CALDERETA

Consider a little twist of ingredients in this caldereta dish. Instead of pork and beans, I used green beans. No liver spread this time in the sauce, but still the same spicy delight you will surely enjoy.

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken
Potato
Carrot
Bay and laurel leaves
Ground black pepper
Garlic
Onion
Chili pepper
Bell pepper
Tomato sauce
Cooking oil
Vinegar
Soy sauce
Salt
Water
Sugar

DIRECTIONS:
1. Boil the chicken meat until tender in vinegar, soy sauce, bay and laurel leaves, ground black pepper, garlic, and water.
2. Sautè chopped garlic and onion then include the cut potato, carrot, chili pepper, bell pepper, and green beans.
3. Combine all the ingredients then pour the tomato sauce. Add sugar and salt.
4. Simmer for few minutes. Mix well then serve.

BREADED PORK CHOP

A little bit of crunch and flavor is all we need to cover this delicious fried meat. A dip or a side dish becomes optional because of its complete taste.

INGREDIENTS:
Pork chop
Ground black pepper
Fish sauce
Vinegar
Soy sauce
Water
Egg
Flour
Cooking oil

DIRECTIONS:
1. Boil the pork chop in black ground pepper, fish sauce, vinegar, soy sauce, and water. Let it boil until tender then drain.
2. Mix flour and scrumbled egg then cover the meat evenly.
3. Dip fry until becomes crunchy then serve.

SPECIAL SHRIMP PASTE

This tasty ingredient is made up of fermented ground shrimp mixed with salt. It is very popular in sauteed vegetables and meat. This is also a flavorful dip in fish and steamed vegetables.

INGREDIENTS:
Raw shrimp paste
Garlic
Vinegar
Chili
Sugar
Water
Cooking oil
Banana ketchup
Oyster sauce
Worcestershire sauce

DIRECTIONS:
1. Saute shrimp paste in minced garlic. The more garlic the better. Choose a not very salty raw shrimp paste.
2. Add vinegar, oyster sauce, Worcestershire sauce, banana ketchup, and sugar. Mix it well. Keep it boiling then simmer until cooked.
4. Put the chopped chilies while stirring. Serve.

BEEF NILAGA

Nothing beats a well boiled tender meat where all its flavors came out from it. Taste blended within its own soup and other ingredients. Serve hot and enjoy.

INGREDIENTS:
Beef meat
Potatoes
Corn
Cabbage
Petchay
Onion and leaves
Ground black pepper
Salt
Water
Fish sauce

DIRECTIONS.
1. Boil the beef then drain to remove dirt. boil again until tender.
2. Put corn, onion, pepper, and salt and fish sauce.
3. Add chopped potatoes when meat becomes tender. Simmer for few minutes.
4. Put cabbage and petchay. Bring to boil then serve.

The Pinoy Food Delight showcases the delicious meals from different generations of homemade dishes mostly prepared by moms hands-on to their families.