How to make Palabok

We Filipino love to eat pancit, bihon and spaghetti’s. It is one food that is well loved by the Filipino.

One of which is called palabok. Because of the the bright orange sauce and toppings, it makes it an attractive dish and garnish while the term luglug was derived from the sound that the noodles make when the bamboo steamer is dipped in the boiling water.

Ingredients:

½ kilo bihon, soaked in water
until softened then drained

Palabok sauce:
¼ cup atsuete seeds in soaked in
¼ cup water
2 cups shrimp juice
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
½ cup water
salt or patis and pepper

Toppings:
1 cup cooked pork, cut into strips
2 pieces fried tokwa, cubed
½ cup flaked tinapa
½ cup pounded chicharon
2 eggs, hard-boiled then sliced
½ cup boiled and shelled shrimps
½ cup finely chopped spring onions
1 tablespoon fried garlic

Directions:

Prepare Palabok Sauce:
1. Strain atsuete then combine atsuete water with shrimp juice in a saucepan.
Disperse flour in water then add to the pan.

2. Bring to a boil and cook with constant stirring until thick.
Season to taste.

Cook Noodles:
3. Boil water in a pot.

4. Place noodles in a bamboo strainer or luglugan.

5. Dip in the boiling water and cook until tender but firm.

6. Drain well. Transfer to a platter.

Presentation:
7. Top noodles with sauce.

8. Over the sauce, arrange the pork and tokwa pieces.

9. Sprinkle with tinapa and chicharon.

10. Garnish with sliced egg, shrimps, spring onions and garlic.

11. Serve with kalamansi.

You will really love this recipe. Try to make palabok at home.

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Different Recipe of Bangus

Bangus is considered as the National Fish of the country. I will give you list of the different recipe we can do in the bangus.

Here are the delicious recipes of bangus:

Lumpiang Bangus (Milkfish Springrolls) - a tasty springroll recipe made from bangus or milkfish flakes. A superb addition to your menus for any occasion!

Bangus Nilagpang - A dish from Western Visayas Region VI. Broiled milkfish, tomatoes and onions with spices.

Sinigang na Bangus ( Stewed Milkfish in Tamarind ) - sinigang na bangus or milkfish is an all time favorite dish of filipinos. The sour taste of tamarind gives the distinctive taste.

Creamy Bangus in a Blanket - cooked bangus in coconut milk and stuffed with bagoong mixture.

Sardinas na Bangus - recipe on how to make milk fish sardines.

Bangus Belly A la Pobre - marinated and fried milk fish bellies.

Paksiw sa Bangus - boiled milk fish in vinegar and water with spices and vegetables.

Stuffed Milk Fish (Rellenong Bangus) - fried stuffed milk fish with it's own deboned fish meat.

Olive Flavored Royal Bangus - same as rellenong bangus with stuffed olives and olive oil.

Dinengdeng with Inihaw na Bangus - broiled milk fish topped with cooked vegetables(dinengdeng).

Grilled Milk Fish ( GrilledBangus ) with Stuffings - Grilled milk fish stuffed with onions and tomatoes then wrapped with banana leaves.

Adobong Bangus - fried milk fish cooked in soy sauce and vinegar.

Totsong Bangus - fried milk fish cooked in fermented soy cake.

Cardillong Bangus - fried milk fish sauted in onion and tomatoes then simmered with slightly beaten egg.

Tiim na Bangus- stuffed milk fish with spices and vegetables, marinated, wrap in banana leaves then deep fried.

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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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Top Ten Filipino Food

Lechon – Most of the Filipinos are very fun of celebrations especially birthdays, weddings, fiestas and many other occassions. The whole roasted pig or "lechon baboy " is a popular dish in any of the festivities in the Philippines.

Adobo- Filipino considered adobo as the Philippine’s national dish.

Lumpia Shanghai- A recipe I know all Filipinos are proud of! Lumpia (shanghai type) is a type of egg roll, except it's mainly filled with meat.

Pancit Canton- A dish of Chinese origin that has become very much a part of Filipino cuisine, this recipe of pancit canton or lo mein is made with egg noodles, diced pork belly, carrots and green vegetables in a thick oyster-based sauce.

Halo Halo- is a favorite Filipino dessert or snack.

Kare Kare- is a Philippine stew. It is made from peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, and occasionally offal or tripe. Meat variants may include goat meat or (rarely) chicken.

Sinigang- Filipino Sinigang (Tamarind Soup)

Suman- is a rice cake originating from the Philippines.

Dinuguan- Blood Stew

Balut- That delicacy is the notorious balut. Balut is a popular Filipino street snack and is essentially a duck egg http://www.awesomebalut.com/