Estopado, my dear!

I grow up with my lola's kitchen and I remember that estopado is one of her special recipes. Here's how to do it.

Ingredients:
1 kilo Pata, cut
2 tsp garlic, minced
2 whole onions, chopped
1/2 tsp pepper kernels
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup pineapple juice
1/3 cup soy sauce
estopado spices
cooking oil

Procedure:
1. Mix meat, pineapple juice and soy sauce in a sauce pan and bring to boil. Set aside sauce.
2. In a frying pan, bring to heat and put oil. Fry meat and set aside.
3. In a pan, saute garlic, onion and meat.
4. Pour sauce (pineapple and soy sauce mix) and bring to boil.
5. Put pepper and estopado spices. Add sugar.

You can add sugar or salt for your preferable sweetness/saltiness taste.

Java Rice or hunger?

Cooking is one of my passion. Whenever we get on a family vacation, you can always find me around the kitchen. It seems that I can't get enough of cooking rather experimenting a lot with different dishes. Rice is one of the easiest to cook yet boring, but there's a lot of innovation to get that plain rice on a rock and roll rice. So this is my first recipe for Rice rock and roll edition, Java rice! I'm not sure where does Java Rice originated, either India or Indonesia but still it is one of the most popular rice mix in the Philippines. This rice mix is so tasty and so delicious, yu can find yourself hook into it. It's been 3 days straight that I've been cooking it here at my sister's house and it seems that everyone got hooked up on it. So, here's it:

Java Rice Ingredients
3 tsp. MARGARINE
2 tsp. minced ONION
3 tsp. minced RED BELL PEPPER
1 tsp. SALT
1 tsp. CURRY POWDER
1/2 cup BANANA CATSUP
1/3 cup SOY SAUCE
8 cups RICE
1 pc medium EGG

Java Rice Cooking Procedure
1. Put margarine on a pan and heat
2. Saute onion and bell pepper
3. Put catsup, soy sauce and curry powder
4. Put rice and mix until golden yellow in color
5. Mix egg with rice and serve hot
Best topped with fried foods and with chili garlic sauce

Enjoy this recipe and for sure the whole family will get hooked to it! It's so easy to prepare and of course so easy to empty the Rice Serving Plate..lol!

Baked beef and veggies

Baked Beef and veggies
This is a special treat good for hubby and his friends during a dinner party at home- of course without the alcohol! hehe

Ingredients:
500 gms tenderloin beef strips
250 gms broccoli
1 can Jolly whole mushroom
1 pack (180 gms) grated Eden cheese
1/2 pack butter

Beef Marinate Mixture:
1/2 cup Del Monte Pineapple juice
3 tsp Soy sauce
1 pinch Salt
1 pinch Pepper

Cooking Procedures:
1. Marinate beef with beef marinate mixture for 30 minutes
2. Put the marinated beef to boil for 30minutes
3. Saute in butter- beef and veggies
4. Lay on an oven toaster plate and topped with grated cheese and baked for 5minutes in a low heat
5. Serve hot and Enjoy!

Chicken Honey Recipe- great for parties!

Chicken Honey Recipe
Here's a meal recipe that will surely liken by your kids and great for celebrations!
Ingredients:
1 whole Chicken
1 can Reno liver spread
1/2 cup grated Eden cheese
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 whole tomatoes
2 whole onion

Chicken Marinate Mixture
1 cup Del Monte Pineapple juice
3 tsp. Soysauce
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper

Cooking Procedure:
1. Marinate chicken with the Chicken Marinate mixture
2. Heat and bring to boil
3. Put in a cooking bowl, tomatoes and onion cut into 8 strips, liver spread- bring to boil
4. Put in the cooking bowl- the marinated chicken and sauce
5. Bring to boil with very low heat for 30 minutes
6. Put brown sugar and cheese and boil for another 5 minutes
7. Serve hot and enjoy!

Total cost
250-300 pesos
good for the whole family, 5-10 persons