Meal Planning Monday - Week 46

In a bit of a rush as we've just got back from holiday and there's no fresh food in the house!

Monday – choir rehearsal

Tuesday – out at a charity quiz night

Weds- salmon and veg for me, gammon and chips for him

Thurs- chicken in some sort of sauce TBA, with mashed potato

Fri- burger and chips

Sat – originally thought my boyfriend was going to be working today but he's not any more (which is good) but it means I hadn't thought of anything to do for dinner yet (which is bad). I will have to come back to this!

Sunday

Lunch- bacon sandwich as it's my boyfriend's favourite

Dinner – roast chicken and all the trimmings

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Tinolang Manok sa Upo

Tinolang Manok sa Upo. Chicken tinola is one of my favorite soup dish I have been experimenting or trying to cook it with vegetables other than green papaya. Over the years I have been using different vegetables, click the links below to see those post.



Tinolang Manok sa Zucchini

Tinolang Manok sa Patola

Tinolang Manok sa Ampalaya

Tinolang Manok sa Papaya

Tinolang Manok with Sotanghon

Chicken with Ampalaya Tendrils and Sotanghon

Chicken Binakol

Chicken Halang Halang

Today I tried to use upo, this may be not the first time that upo is used in chicken tinola but it the first for OPC. Upo is already a very filling and delicious fruit vegetable on its own. It was as expected goes very well with the chicken and with the ginger. Cooking is off course basically the same with any other chicken tinola.

Here is the recipe of my Tinolang Manok sa Upo, try it.





Ingredients:



1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces, bone in

1 medium size upo, skinned, cut into large wedges

2 thumb size ginger, skinned, cut into strips

1/2 head garlic, peeled, chopped

1 medium size onion, peeled, chopped

2-4 pcs. siling haba

1 bunch, baby spinach

1 tsp. peppercorns

1/4 cup fish sauce

1 tsp. sugar

salt

cooking oil

Cooking procedure:



In a large sauce pan sauté garlic, onion and ginger until fragrant, add in the chicken and stir cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the fish sauce and stir cook for another 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in 4 to 6 cups of water, add in the peppercorns bring to boil and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. Then add in the sugar, siling haba and upo, simmer for another 5 to 8 minutes or until upo are just cooked. Correct saltiness if required, add in the baby spinach and cook for another minute. Serve hot with a lot of rice

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Patola at Sardinas with Misua

Patola at Sardinas with Misua. I did not expect that patola is also available in Australia. I bought some at the last Rapid Creek Sunday Market. Now I wanted to cook the patola with canned sardines then add some misua noodles. The combination of canned sardines and misua is a regular fare to most Pinoy, it is cheap very filling and yummy. It has been some time the last time I had one, now it’s time to satisfy that craving.

Here is the recipe on my Patola at Sardinas with Misua.

Ingredients:



3 to 4 medium size patola, skinned, cut crosswise

2 small cans canned sardines in tomato sauce

100 grams of misua noddles

3-4 clove of garlic, peeled, chopped

1 small size onion,peeled, chopped

1 small size tomato, chopped

1-2 pieces chopped chili (optional)

salt and pepper to taste

1 small bundle spring onions, chopped

cooking oil

Cooking procedure:



In a small sauce pan heat some cooking oil until it start to smoke stir in the garlic and stir cook until golden brown add in the onion and tomato and continue to sauté for 1 to 2 minutes. Add in 3 to 4 cups of water bring to a boil then add in the patola and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes or until the patola are nearly cooked. Add in the sardines including sauce, and chili, bring to a boil and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add in the misua noodles and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes, garnish with spring onions and served with piping hot rice.







See other related sardinas recipes:





Sardinas at Misua, Canned Sardines with Misua Noodles

Sardinas, Upo at Sotanghon

Sardinas at Spinach

Sardine in Tomato Sauce Omelet

Sardinas at Sayote

Guinisang Sardinas

Sardinas at Sotanghon

Tortang Sardinas, Sardine Omelet

Bottled Bangus or Tawilis in Oil, Spanish Sardines Style

Spaghetti with Fried Sardines in Hot and Spicy Sauce

Fried Tawilis Sardines in Hot and Spicy Sauce

Sardinas at Pechay

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Adobong Sili

Adobong Sili. I grew up in Vigan, and Adobong Sili is a regular fare in our kitchen. The green long chili in Ilocos is not as hot compare to other places that the reason it can be cooked as is and is not just an ingredient for dishes that needs hotness. Adobong sili is some kind of side dish but most often it becomes the main vegetable dish to most Ilocanos.

There are several ways to cook adobong sili, it really depends every households and available ingredients but to call it adobo it should be cooked with vinegar and some crushed garlic and season with salt at the least.

But for my version I cooked it similar to my vegetable adobo, the only difference is I have to cook it longer until it is wilted.



Here is the recipe of my Adobong Sili.





Ingredients:



1 big bunch on mild green long chili

1 cup pork cut into strips

1/2 head garlic, peeled, crushed

1 small size onion, peeled, chopped

1/4 cup vinegar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/2 tsp. peppercorns, crushed

2-3 pcs. bay leaf

cooking oil

salt

Cooking procedure:



In a pan, place the pork and add 1 cup of water bring to a boil and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until pork are tender and all the liquid has evaporated and start to render fat. Add more water as necessary. Shift pork at one side and stir-fry garlic and onion until fragrant, stir in the pork. Pour 1/2 cup of water and add in bay leaf, peppercorn, soy sauce and vinegar. Bring to boil and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes without stirring. Add in green long chili and add about 2 cups of water, and drizzle with cooking oil, bring to a boil and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until the green long chili are wilted and the liquid has turned to an oily sauce. Correct saltiness if required. Serve with a lot of rice.





See other vegetable adobo;





Adobong Okra

Adobong Asparagus

Adobong Choy Sum

Adobong Bok Choy

Adobong Labong, Bamboo Shoot Adobo

Adobong Kabute

Adobong Sitaw

Adobong Sitaw at Baboy

Adobong Kangkong

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Red Pork Sinigang

Red Pork Sinigang. The addition of tomato sauce to the Pinoy popular soup dish sinigang, has made a lot of Pinoy households trying the sinigang twist for some time. The tomato sauce can of course be used as ingredient to sinigang, traditionally fresh tomatoes are used in most sinigang recipes. In fact there are some Pinoy that uses a lot of tomatoes to their sinigang.

For my version of Red Pork Sinigang I chosen not to use the tomato sauce, instead I used the instant tomato soup that come in cup size sachet and are usually sold in 3 to 4 sachet in a box in most supermarkets.

I thought using the tomato soup instead of tomato sauce, would result a creamier broth similar to a sinigang with gabi and the tomato soup flavour infused to the sinigang broth added another dimension.

Cooking is fairly straight forward, it is basically similar to any one’s sinigang recipe except the addition of the tomato soup ingredients, however please reduce your souring ingredient since the tomato soup is already sour not unless you prefer a very sourly sinigang.



Here is the recipe of my version of Red Pork Sinigang using tomato soup.





Ingredients:



1 kilo pork belly, cut into serving pieces

3 to 4 sachet, instant tomato soup mix

1 bundle kangkong, trimmed, separate the leaves and stalk

1 medium size labanos, skinned, sliced diagonally

2 medium size eggplant, trimmed, sliced diagonally

2 medium size tomato, quartered

1 medium size onion, peeled, quartered

3-4 pcs. red long chili

1-2 tbsp. tamarind sinigang mix

salt





Cooking procedure:



Place the pork in a large pot and add water to about 1 inch above the meat. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 to15 minutes. Scope out all scum that rises to the surface. Add the onion, tomato and instant tomato soup mix diluted in 1- 1 1/2 cups of water, continue to simmer for 30 to 35 minutes or until the pork are tender. Add in the sinigang mix and continue to simmer for 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt to taste. Add in the vegetables except the leaves and continue to cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add in the kangkong leaves and green long chili. Cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked. Serve hot with a dipping sauce of patis, kalamansi and siling labuyo.

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White Chicken Adobo, Adobong Puti

White Chicken Adobo, Adobong Puti is another version of my Adobong Puti. This time I have adopted the recipe from my post, Food SafariChef Ricky Ocampo's Recipe of Chicken Adobo. Cooking method is basically the same, I just omitted the soy sauce.

The resultant dish was as expected very yummy, even without the soy sauce.



Here is the recipe of my White Chicken Adobo, Adobong Puti, enjoy





Ingredients:



1 kilo chicken, cut into large servings

1/2 cup apple cider or white balsamic vinegar

1/2 head garlic, peeled, crushed and chopped

1 tbsp. peppercorns

3-4 pcs. bay leaves

1/4 cup cooking oil

salt

Cooking procedure:



In a large frying pan heat the cooking oil until it start to bubble. Lightly fry the chicken for 10 to 15 minutes on all sides or until golden brown. Add in the garlic and continue to fry for 2 to 3 minutes until the garlic are lightly browned. Add the bay leaves and peppercorns, continue to cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt to taste. Now add in the vinegar, and about 1/2 cup of water bring to a boil and reduce the heat to moderate to low. Cover and let simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until the liquid is reduce to an oily sauce. Serve with a lot of hot rice.





See other adobo recipes:



Adobong Ilocano, Chicken Adobo

Adobong Atay at Balunbalunan ng Manok sa Pinya

Adobong Puti

Adobong Pusit at Baboy, Squid and Pork Adobo

Adobong Manok sa Gata

Adobong Isaw, Adobong Bituka

Adobong Baboy sa Asin

Adobong Baboy sa Gata, Pork Adobo in Coconut Milk

Adobong Baka

Adobong Kambing

Adobong Puti, No Soy Sauce Adobo

Beef Spareribs Adobo with Oyster Sauce

Batangas Adobong Dilaw

Batangas Adobo

Bohol Adobo?

Chicken Adobo, Food Safari Chef Ricky Ocampo's Recipe

Ground Pork Adobo with Quail Eggs

Humba, Adobong Bisaya

Pork Adobo sa Pinakurat

Pork and Chicken Adobo

Pork Adobo with Pineapple

Pork Adobo with Chunky Chicken Liver Sauce

Pork Humba with Pineapple

Duck Breast Adobo, Adobong Pato

Lamb Adobo

Special Adobo

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Fish Head Curry Pinoy Style

Fish Head Curry Pinoy Style. Fish head curry is one of the more popular dish in most of our Asian neighbors. Some of the best I have eaten are the Fish head curry from Singapore and Malaysia. Those fish head curries use the full dose of curry spices which most of the Pinoy will find very strong, hot and spicy. Our versions of curry are super mild and most are even on the sweet side. Never the less Pinoy curries will always be one of my favorite Pinoy dish. Click the link below for recipes of Pinoy curry dishes that we had in the archives.



Pinoy Prawn Curry

Pinoy Pork Curry

Pinoy Beef Curry

Pinoy Fish Curry with Kalabasa

Seafood and Vegetable Green Curry

Thai Green Chicken Curry, Pinoy Style

Chicken Curry with Bamboo Shoots

Pinoy Chicken Curry

Pinoy Chicken & Pork Curry

For our Pinoy version of Fish Head Curry I have adopted the recipe of our Pinoy Pork Curry and Pinoy Chicken Curry. The vegetable ingredients and cooking procedure are basically similar, just note that fish will cook quickly and over cooking will disintegrate the fish of from the bone.

The resultant dish was great, just make sure to use the freshest fish head available. Here is the recipe of my Fish Head Curry Pinoy Style, try it.





Ingredients:



1 medium size maya maya fish head or similar

1/2 head garlic, peeled, crushed, chopped

1 large size onion, peeled, chopped

2-3 thumb size ginger, skinned, cut into thin strips

2 medium size potato, skinned, cut into wedges

1 large size carrot, skinned, cut into wedges

1 small size red or green bell pepper, cut into strips

2 pieces red or green chili sliced

1 big can coconut cream

1 bunch snow peas, trimmed

1 bunch green beans, trimmed

1/4 cup fish sauce

2-3 tbsp. yellow curry powder

1/2 tsp. turmeric powder

1-2 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. ground peppercorns

1-2 tbsp. parsley flakes

1/4 cup cornstrach

salt

cooking oil

Cooking procedure:



In a sauce pan sauté garlic, ginger and onion until fragrant. Stir in the fish head and carefully stir cook the fish head by turning several times to get the aromatics absorbed by the fish. Now remove the fish and keep aside leaving sautéed aromatic ingredient in the sauce pan. Add in the fish sauce, the ground peppercorns and half of the coconut cream, then add about 1 1/2 to 2 cups of water, bring to a boil and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring once in a while. Add in the curry powder, the turmeric powder, the potato, carrot and sugar, continue to simmer for about 8 to 10 minutes or until the potatoes are just cooked. Correct saltines if required. Now add in the fish head, the remaining coconut cream, the green beans, snow peas and chili, continue to cook for about 8 to 10 minutes, turning the fish and stirring occasionally. Add in the bell pepper and cook for another half a minute or so, then thicken the sauce with cornstarch diluted in 1/4 cup of water, continue to cook for about a minute more. Serve immediately with a lot of rice.

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