Rellenong Manok Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 2 hours

Rellenong Manok Ingredients:

1 whole chicken, deboned with shape kept
2 tablespoons calamansi juice
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

Stuffing

1/2 kilo ground pork
1/2 cup bacon, diced
1 cup ham, diced
1 can Vienna sausage, drained and sliced
1/4 cup sweet green peas
1/4 cup carrots, minced
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
1/4 cup pickle relish
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated
5 whole eggs, beaten
1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
Salt and pepper to taste

Rellenong Manok Cooking Instructions:

Marinate chicken in calamansi juice, soy sauce and sugar.
In a bowl, mix all stuffing ingredients well.
Stuff the chicken in all parts.
Sew the cavity opening and truss the chicken.
Wrap chicken in aluminium foil.
Heat oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake breast-up for an hour or until chicken is cooked.
Open the foil and rub chicken with butter and put back in oven until golden brown.

Fried Chicken Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 45 minutes

Fried Chicken Ingredients:

1 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces
1/4 cup of white vinegar
5 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 cup of water
2 cups cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Fried Chicken Cooking Instructions:

In a pot, simmer chicken in vinegar, garlic, water, salt and pepper.
Remove just before the chicken is fully cooked.
Strain off liquid.
In a frying pan or wok, heat oil and deep fry the chicken until golden brown
Place on paper towel to remove excess oil
Serve hot with rice and sliced cucumber or atchara on the side.

Kaldereta Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours

Beef Kaldereta Ingredients:
1 kilo beef, cut into chunks
1 big can (350g) liver spread or ground liver
5 onions, minced
5 cloves garlic, minced
6 tomatoes, sliced
1 cup tomato sauce
3 green peppers, diced
3 red peppers, diced
4 pieces hot chilli peppers, minced
3/4 cup grated cheese
2 cups beef stock or water
1/4 cup cooking or olive oil

Kaldereta Cooking Instructions:

In a casserole, sauté: garlic and onions in oil. Then add tomatoes, red & green pepper and chilli peppers.
Add in the beef, tomato sauce, liver spread and water or stock. Salt to taste and let simmer for at least 1 hour or until the beef is tender.
Add cheese and olives (optional) and continue to simmer until the sauce thickens.
Serve with plain rice

Cooking Tips:

Instead of beef, goat's meat (kambing) can be used. If goat's meat is used, marinate the meat in vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper for at least 15 minutes.
For a special kaldereta, do not use water or beef stock. Use an equivalent weight of onions to the beef (1 kg of onions : 1 kg of beef). The onions will serve as water to the dish.

Roasted Chicken Recipe

Estimated cooking time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours

Roasted Chicken Ingredients:

2 kilo dressed chicken (broiler)
2 cups of lemon grass (tanlad)
3 tablespoons of cooking oil
2 tablespoons of salt

Cooking Instructions:

Make sure the chicken is clean with no remaining small feathers and no insides.
Wash thoroughly and pat dry with a paper towel
Rub the whole chicken with cooking oil as well as the inside cavity.
Next apply salt all over, again, including the insides.
Fill the cavity with lemon grass
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
Place the chicken on an oven rotisserie.
If you don't have a rotisserie put the chicken on an elevated rack on a baking pan - breast side up (so the bottom of the chicken does not touch the baking pan).
Bake for 1 hour or until the chicken is golden brown. When you prick between the chicken thigh and body and the juice runs clear (not bloody) the chicken is done.
Serve with mashed potatoes, rice or corn on the side. Roasted Chicken Cooking Note:
If baking at 325 degrees Fahrenheit, bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours in the oven.

Pork Menudo Recipe

Estimated preparation & cooking time: 50 minutes

Menudo Ingredients:

1/2 kilo pork (cut into small chunks)
1/4 kilo pork liver (cut into small cubes)
5 pieces chorizo Bilbao (also cut in small pieces)
4 potatoes (peeled, cut in small cubes, fried)
1 green and 1 red bell pepper (diced)
1 cup chickpeas
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 cup pork or chicken stock
2 teaspoons of patis (fish sauce)
3 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon atsuete oil (optional)
3 tomatoes (diced)
1 small head of garlic (minced)
1 medium size onion (diced)

Menudo Cooking Instructions:

In a pan or wok, heat cooking oil and atsuete oil.
Saute garlic, onion. Then add the pork, liver, chorizo de Bilabo, tomatoes, bell pepper, paprika, patis and the stock.
Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the pork is tender.
Add the chickpeas, potatoes and raisins. Boil of another 2 minutes.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve hot with white rice.