Biclo Express

We consider Filipinos as a food lovers. We are composed of 7107 plus island and because it is in our blood that we really love cooking we can find different food specialty in different places.
Here is one of the favorite foods from Bicol.
Bicolano are fond of food that has coconut milk and has a pepper. (so do I!!!) I will share you in this post the
Bicol Express Recipe. I hope you like it.
Estimated preparation time: 30 minutes
Estimated cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/4 kilo pork, thinly sliced
• 1 cup Baguio beans
• 3 cups long chili or jalapeno peppers
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 head of garlic, minced
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup coconut cream
• 2 tablespoons of cooking oil
• Salt to taste

Procedure
• In a bowl of water with salt, soak chili peppers for 30 minutes then rinse and strain.
• In a cooking pan, heat cooking oil and brown sliced pork for a few minutes.
• In another pan, sauté minced garlic and onion.
• Add to the sauté the browned pork.
• Then add the coconut milk, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the chili peppers, Baguio beans and cook until dish gets a little dry.
• Add the coconut cream and simmer until the sauce thickens.
• Salt to taste.

Bicol express is also good as a pulutan! Pulutan is a Filipino term for foods that are eaten while drinking alcoholic beverages. Its sorta like pica-pica food.
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