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Chicken Lollipops
I remember how much I loved Goldilocks' Chicken Lollipops. It's one of my favorite chicken dishes which I love eating with Filipino Style Spaghetti. In other countries, Chicken Lollipop is considered...
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Tinolang Tahong (Mussels in Ginger Broth)
Tinola which is a ginger based soup, is an authentic Filipino dish that can be cooked with either meat or seafood. One of my favorite variations of it is the Tinolang Tahong or Mussels in Ginger Broth....
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Kalamay with Pinipig Topping
Kalamay is another favorite sticky rice-based kakanin (sweet delicacy) in the Philippines. It comes in the form of a very sticky brown paste, although other colors in less viscous versions also...
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Cheesy and Creamy Maja Blanca
Maja Blanca is a favorite Filipino dessert which is usually served during fiestas and the holidays. Adapted from the traditional Spanish holiday dessert manjar blanco which means white delicacy, Maja...
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Avocado Shake
"What did you have for breakfast?", my friend asked me. "Uhhhm... an avocado shake", I answered. And her face did not hide the disgust when she heard AVOCADO SHAKE, like I said something politically...
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Adobong Manok (Chicken Adobo)
Hmmm... ang bango naman n'yan, nakagugutom! Alam na alam ko kapag adobong manok ang ulam ng kapitbahay namin noon sa Jolo dahil sa amoy pa lang nito tiyak gugutumin ka talaga. Nagluluto din ako noon...
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Filipino Food Fridays: Menudo
Apparently Bernadette doesn’t think anyone can be that challenged when cooking—her comment on my foodipino.com blog entry was made in reference to my YouTube video of my attempt to make Filipino food...
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Atsarang Sayote (Chayote Pickle)
[caption id="attachment_5212" align="alignright" width="600"] www.dorcenmm.blogspot.com[/caption] SALAD, marinig ko pa lang ang salitang iyan, tiyak aandar na ang aking imahinasyon. Mag-crave talaga...
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Filipino Food Fridays: Eating at the U.S.-Philippines Expo, Part I
A colleague told me about a U.S.-Philippines Expo and the first thing I thought about was food! Since I decided to cook a Filipino dish each week—in order to get closer to my culture, and to learn how...
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Pina-asadong Baboy sa Kamatis
PAMPERED! That's how we were for the duration of our stay in Manila. Our hosts, O and D, really know how to take care of their guests. The warmth and hospitality that we were fortunate to experience...
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Mango Pie
Honestly, I really don't know how to make mango pie. I'm making piyaya before, a sweet bread found in the Philippines. It's a bread stuffed with muscovado sugar. From there I copied the recipe for its...
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Green Mussels Adobo (Adobong Tahong)
We usually cook mussels by boiling it with onion and ginger (mussels soup). Adobong tahong is an alternative way to cook mussels. This recipe was contributed by my wife. She also wanted to make...
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Buying a whole salmon is out of the question, I prefer cooking its head. Salmon steaks are expensive, and not... Continue reading »
View ArticleIlocano Pork Dinardaraan
Dinardaraan is the Ilocano term for dinuguan or blood stew. Dinardaraan which refers to the blood stew of the... Continue reading »
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