Slow Fried Chicken with Mushroom Sauce Recipe

2pcs Chicken Fillet
Salt
Pepper
Paprika
1 can mushroom
1 pack cooking cream
Garlic 
Onion

Dry marinade the chicken with pepper, paprika and garlic for 12 hours. Fry in a low heat. 

Sauté garlic, onion, and sliced mushrooms. Once caramelized, pour in the cooking cream. Let it simmer.

Put the mushroom creme on top and serve with hot rice.

VERDICT
ABBEY: Wilma again waved her magic sandok to come up with this recipe. The food is delicious. The cream really went well with the chicken. The soft texture of button mushroom gave more variation on each bite. Maybe next time she'll perfect the cream to gravy-like viscosity.

Sweet and Sour Fish Fillet

fish fillets
salt
pepper
2 eggs 
1 cup all purpose flour
1 pack Mama Sita’s Sweet and Sour Mix
Onion
Garlic
Ginger

Rinse the fish fillets. Put cracked pepper and leave for 3 hours. Beat egg and put 1 teaspoon salt and marinate the fish for 15 minutes. On separate plate, put a salt and pepper to the flour. Get the fish fillet and cover it with seasoned flour. Deep fry until golden brown. 

in 3/4 water, dissolve the Mama Sita’s Sweet and Sour Mix. Saute the ginger followed by garlic and onion. Pour in the dissolved mix and stir until thickened. Pour over the fried fish fillet. 

VERDICT

ABBEY: Wilma told me that she'll be cooking for our dinner. And she asked me how to cook sweet and sour fish fillet. She did it. As usual she's nervous what would be the taste and how will I react. It turned out to be good; it has less sauce though. The fillet is well coated and tasty. It goes well with the sauce and hot rice.

Saba Con Yelo Recipe

Saba bananas are a rare find in Singapore. So I made sure to make the most out of them when I laid my hands on these tropic treasures.

10 pcs saba bananas

3 cups of water

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Crushed/shaved ice

Evaporated milk

Put the water in a pot and boil it. Upon boiling, put the sugar and stir until diluted.

Next are the bananas then the vanila.

Simmer for a couple of minutes until syrup thickens.

Serve in a bowl topped with ice and milk

VERDICT
WILL: I am fond of ice-shaved desserts. Well, ice-cachang is everywhere but sometimes craving for Filipino dishes kicking my taste buds.

Abbey requested an ice-shaver to my Ate Sol when she visitied us last month and for the second time he used that thing to impress me. Haha.

Our housemate bought saging na saba and hubby bought some of it. He cooked it to sweeten the taste, put the shaved ice, poured some evaporated milk! Tannnann! Instant relief on a very hot day.

Thanks a lot baby, you never fail to amazed me. :)

Buttered Broccoli & Cauliflower Recipe

Broccoli Florets
Cauliflower Florets
Butter
Garlic

Melt 5 tbsp of butter, add garlic and stir until medium brown. Pour the broccoli and cauliflower florets. Cook and stir until the veggies are covered by butter. Serve hot!

VERDICT
ABBEY: This is another variation of how you can cook vegetable. Mix it with hot rice then you're going for a treat. Make sure not to over cook it. Maybe next time will put chicken liver for new taste.

Easy Cheesecake Recipe

2 250g-block Philadelphia cream-cheese
2/3 cup castor sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 cup whipped cream
2-3 tsp vanilla
1-2 tsp lemon juice
5 tsp unflavored gelatin powder
1 200g-pack or graham crackers (preferably crushed)
1/2 block of butter (melted)

In a bowl, mix butter and graham crackers until the texture is like a wet sand. This will serve as your base. Put the mixture in a spring-form cake tin (20cm diameter). Compress it with the bottom of a glass. Place it on a freezer to harden. Then make the cake.

Soften the cheese by putting it out off the fridge until the it has the room temperature. Put it in the bowl and mix it with other ingredients; sour cream, sugar, whipped cream, lemon, vanilla, and gelatin powder. Continue to mix it (not whip) until the consistency is smooth.

Pour in on to the base and cover it with aluminum foil. Place in freezer a minimum of 6 hours (depends upon your freezer's power), preferably overnight.


Put in a cake stand, cut and enjoy with tea.

VERDICT
WILL: I know that Abbey loves me a lot but he never fails to make me feel that every now and then. Making my favorite cake is always on his list.

He made a cheesecake! Gosh! The taste is pretty same with the popular cafes. I talked about it for days how good the cake was and even our housemates confirmed it.

Now, everyone is requesting for it this holiday season. You can order the cake for a minimum fee. Please give Abbey a call, haha!

Fruitty Pork Soup

1 Onion
2 Pears
2 Apples
1/4 kg pork (rib part)
Salt and pepper to taste

Peel and cut tye onion into half. Wash the apples and pears cut into half. Put all the ingredients in the casserole add 5 cups of water. Boil untip the meat is tender. Serve hot. Best with soy sauce with kalamansi for a dip.

VERDICT

ABBEY: I'm telling you this not your ordinary pork nilaga. Apple and pear were along the pork for boiling. It taste sweet and somehow weird as I'm not used to it; but started to like it. A new twist for our pork nilaga.

Sizzling Tokwa Recipe

8 pcs tokwa or tofu (cubed)
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 medium green capsicum (cubed)
2-3 chilies (finely chopped)
1 medium onion (chopped)
3-5 cloves of garlic (chopped)
Soy sauce

Deep fry the tokwa until golden brown and  set aside.
For the mayo sauce, mix mayo, soy sauce and hot water. Chip in a pinch of salt and pepper. Stir well. Add mayo or water for desired thickness.

Sauté onion and garlic and then the capsicum. Put in the tokwa and mayo sauce. Mix it until the mayo spread on the tokwa. Put more mayo as desired. Then mix in the chilies for the spicy kick. Simmer for a couple of minutes. Turn of the heat and cover it.
For serving, heat the sizzling plates. Put rice and tokwa on the plates. Pour mayo sauce for the sizzling effect.

VERDICT

WILL: Jeremiah's tofu recipe got my attention. So I asked my personal chef to do it! 

      He made some "renovations" because he lacked of some ingredients but Abbey's version is amazing too.

      Try this, very delicious and healthy! 

Grilled Lemon Soy Sauce Chicken

1/2kg of chicken wings
White pepper
Salt
2 lemon (juiced)
Soy sauce

To marinade.
Wash chicken. Rub white pepper and salt to the chicken then leave for an hour. Put the lemon juice together with soy sauce and dip each meat into it. Put in the fridge for overnight.

As soon as the charcoal have the perfect heat, grill the chicken and constantly brush the marinade sauce on the chicken to keep the moisture. 

VERDICT

ABBEY: We held a DBA-get-together at our place last week of July. And we committed chicken for our share. Wilma came up with an idea for the marinade; lemon and soy sauce. So simple yet so delicious. 

Sour taste on each bite as well as salty and this combo really get me to go for more. Note: This should be eaten with hot rice for better enjoyment.

Spicy Macaroni Tuna Recipe

Finely chopped onions and garlic 
250g macaroni pasta
1 can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 can of Century Tuna Hot & Spicy
Dried Parsley

Cook macaroni according to its package, add salt and black pepper to taste. Drain the Tuna and set aside the oil. Use the Century Tuna's oil to saute the onion and garlic, add on the drained tuna. while simmering, add the cream of mushroom soup and simmer for 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste, put parsley with your desired amount. 

Add the cooked macaroni, on the pan and mixed it well. Served hot with your choice of bread.

VERDICT
ABBEY: I'm a fan of pasta in red sauce. Occasionally I try carbonara or white sauce. But this dish of Wilma got my craving for a second plate (or I think third). 

The sauce is very delicious. The mushroom sauce blended well with the spicy tuna. She cooked it with macaroni elbows so my friend Mr. Pepper and his horde set it the tubes and gave me surprise chili-kick whenever chew them.

Mango Fridge Cake Recipe

2 packs Graham crackers
3 250ml All-purpose cream
2 250ml condensed milk
Mango (thin slices)
1 rectangular tray

Chill the cream for about 3-5 hours. Once chilled, mix it with condensed milk in a bowl. Stir until mixture has even consistency. Put a thin layer of cream-milk mixture on the tray and then the crackers. Cover the crackers with cream-milk again then the mangoes then cream-milk. Repeat the process until you achieve your desired number of layers. Cover the cake and put in the fridge overnight. Serve in time for dessert.

VERDICT

WILL: Abbey misses a lot the oven in our previous home at Punggol, there he created a lot of sumptuous desserts like my favorite brownies and braso de Mercedes. But not owning an oven will never be a hindrance to fulfill our sweet tooth needs... Say Hello to Mango Fridge Cake!

Abbey carefully lay down all the ingredients and waited of our housemates birthday so we can taste his newest masterpiece.

It tastes great! The mango really hit our taste buds big time! Thanks Baby!

Sautéed Mung Beans (Munggo Guisado) Recipe

1 1/2 cup munggo (mung bean)
3 pcs tinapa
1/4 kilo ground pork - optional
Chicharon - optional
Bitter Gourd - optional
Medium onion
4-5 cloves of garlic

Wash and soak mung beans overnight. I found this new way to soften munggo by using pressure cooker for 15 minutes. Once done set aside.

In a separate pot, sauté onion, garlic and tinapa for 5 minutes. You can also put the ground pork by this time. Mash munggo using a strainer.

Add 1-2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Stir it occasionally so the beans will not stick to the pot.
Season to taste. 

Put out the flame and then add crushed chicharon on top.

VERDICT

WILL: Well, sautéed mung beans is a big no-no in our family. Why? My mom arthritis will surely kick her knees off to night of pain. 

      So when I got married and lived far far away from my mom, once in a month I asked Abbey to cook this for me. 

      The soup this favorite viand of mine somewhat relaxes my brain cells. Haha! Abbey have different variations but nothing beats the sautéed mung beans with half cooked sliced bitter gourd.  

      Thanks baby! 

Fried Garlic-Lemon Double-Stuffed Chicken Recipe

2 boneless and skinless chicken breast 
cream cheese
cheddar cheese
bread crumbs
1/4 butter
1 lemon
minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste
olive oil


1. Cut the chicken horizontally and season it with salt, pepper and minced garlic, set aside. 

2. Melt the butter in a sauce pan, squeeze in half the lemon in the pan. Turn off the heat.

3. Place the seasoned chicken into the pan to absorb the buttered lemon. After 5 minutes, stuffed the meat with desired amount of cheddar and cream cheese.

4. Close the breast then dip it into the bread crumbs.

5. Turn on the heat of the previous pan, put two table spoon olive oil, sprinkle some basil, squeeze in the other half of the lemon and the remaining minced garlic then fry the chicken in a low heat, approximately 10 minutes each side. 

VERDICT
ABBEY: Wilma told me that she'll cook for dinner. Whenever she cooks I know it is special. I was not wrong. 

She cooked chicken breast stuffed with cream cheese and zested with lemon juice. It was delicious. The saltiness of cheese complements well the sourness of lemon. It was crunchy as it was covered with bread crumbs and then fried. 

Even our housemates said it tasted great :) 

Ginisang Ampalaya (Simple Sautéed Bitter Gourd Recipe)

7 small ampalaya

1/4 kilo of pork (cubed)

2 eggs (beaten)

1 medium onion

4 cloves of garlic (minced)

Cut the ampalaya in half, remove the seeds by scraping it with spoon and slice them in 1/8 inch-thickness diagonally.

Saute onion, garlic and pork.

Once the pork is tender, put the ampalaya. Add half cup of water and simmer for 2 minutes.

Add the egg while stirring the vegetable continuously. This will prevent the egg to form in large chunks.

Season to taste and serve with rice. 

VERDICT

WILL: While almost all of the children and even some of the adults I know hate bitter gourd, here I am loving it a lot! I want it almost on every week on our weekly list or at least incorporate it to the other vegetable or viand. 

     When Abbey cooking this viand, we always have a separate food. He wants the bitter gourd to be well-cooked while I want it to be stir-fry.. As in I want it raw! haha! 

     Love this meal! Healthy and yummy. 

Chicken Broccoli

Ingredients:

1 medium-sized broccoli

1/2 kilo of boneless chicken leg or chicken breast

1 egg

Flour or fried chicken mix

1 medium-sized onion

3 cloves of garlic (minced)

1-2 teaspoon of cornstarch (dissolved in 1/2 cup if water)

Soy sauce

Cut the chicken into 1-inch size.

Soak them in beaten egg, roll over into the flour or chicken mix. And then deep fry until golden brown. Set aside.

Cut the broccoli flowerets into bite-size.

Saute onion and garlic. Then stir fry the broccoli.

Add the chicken.

Mix soy sauce and cornstarch and pour it in the pan.

Season to taste.

You can alternatively use oyster sauce.

Serve with hot rice.

VERDICT

WILL: Abbey's mentor in cooking is the Panlasang Pinoy videos, I "like" also their facebook page to be more updated. Last month, I saw a new recipe was published and immediately my cook to do that for me. ;) 

      Of course, my personal chef knew what are things I don't want in my food so he took out the oyster sauce out of the recipe. Maybe some we'll think what will be its taste, well, it is still yummy. 

      A nutritional/delicious meal. As usual, double thumbs up Baby Abbey! 

Cereal Prawns Recipe

1/2 kilo of large tiger prawns (cleaned and deveined)
1 stalk of curry leaves
1 salted egg (yolk only)
1 egg (beaten)
Flour
1-2 tablespoon butter
1 pack of ready mix cereal
1-2 chili slices

Put the prawns in the egg and roll them over to the flour. Fry it until the shell becomes orange. Set aside.

Melt the butter in a pan, then mash the salted egg yolk.
Put in the curry leaves follow by the cereal mix and chili.
Once the cereal absorbed the butter, throw in the prawns. Mix well until the prawns are covered with cereal.

VERDICT

WILL: This is one of the most famous must-eat here in Singapore, but due to seafood allergies of my Abbey, I also prefer not to eat anything that can activate the allergens. 

      One Monday, he told me that he will be cooking something special, so that day I am just looking forward only for our dinner. After workout with my friend Chat, we were all surprised that cereal prawn is the viand in front of me and Chattie. 

      Pity to Abbey he can't taste his own masterpiece! Oh darl, it is really good. How tasty it is? While I am writing this blog, I keep on swallowing the cravings of the memories created in my mind.  

      Thanks baby, you always have surprises up on your sleeves. Love you so much... my personal chef! 

Sizzling Liempo Recipe

3-4 pieces pork belly slices
McCormick ready-mix gravy
Sizzling plate (available at Katipunan pinoy store in Lau Pa Sat)
Java rice

Dry marinate the pork belly slices with salt, pepper. (Or you can use Maggi Magic Sarap). Let it settle for at least an hour.
For Java rice, melt margarine and add half tablespoon of annato powder and a bit of turmeric powder. Pour it on newly-cooked rice and mix it well.

For gravy, follow the instruction on the pack. Put it in a sauce pan and add 1 tablespoon of flour. Stir in low heat until its thick.

Fry the belly slices then set aside. Put the plate at the stove. A couple of minutes later, put the rice on top and the pork. Then pour the gravy. Serve and enjoy.

VERDICT:
WILL: While browsing Panlasang Pinoy website, I stumbled upon a mouth watery photo of sizzling pork chop. To inform you guys, that's one of my favorite dish to order whenever it is available. 

      I don't asked Abbey, I forced him to cook it for me. Well, he done it perfectly. The buttery taste of  java rice exploding in every munch with with a slice of fried liempo swam on beef gravy. Shocks, I have three cups of rice that night. Now all my new housemates knew why I am fat now!

Tacos Recipe

This recipe is long due so here it is:

1/2 kilo of ground beef
1 medium-large onion (diced)
4 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 pack of McCormick taco mix
Taco shells
Grated cheddar cheese
Lettuce

Prepare the mix as instructed in the pack. Saute onion, garlic and beef. Once the meat turned brown add the taco mix and stir until it is well distributed. Heat the taco shells in an oven toaster. Place the shell in a plate, put in lettuce and ground beef and top it with cheese. Serve with ice-cold juice or soda.

VERDICT

WILL: When cleaning out cabinets at the kitchen I saw some ingredients that was bought since last year and some packets were already expired and before the best before of this taco mix meets its end I asked Abbey to use it. 

      Then the whole house was filled by the aroma of tacos. Spicy and delicious! This made as our dinner that night. We have one more pack, maybe this week, that will be one our dinner again. 

Chicken Wrap Recipe

This is quick-fix recipe to satisfy hunger.

Ingredients:
Ready made wrap
Chicken fillet
Lettuce

For chicken preparation, you can either dry marinate the chicken with turmeric powder, salt and pepper; or coat it ready-mix fry coating.
Fry the chicken until golden brown and set aside.
Toast the wrap in a pan. In a plate, put the wrap and then the lettuce and chicken. You can put ketchup, mustard or mayo as well.

VERDICT
WILL: I love shawarma and I asked Abbey to do it for me. In cooking, nothing is impossible with him. ;p  I'm the one who scheduled our weekly "to eat" and he is the one to execute the plan. ;) 
      He do this chicken wrap and at no fail, the taste hit my high standard. I love the mayonnaise and ketchup matched with the wrap. Every time that we need a substitute for a rice on our dinner, we immediately put this on our list. Thanks Babe, you are awesome. 

Cheese Sticks Recipe

Spring roll wrapper

Cheese (not quick melt)

Cut the cheese into stick and wrapped it just like a spring roll.

Heat oil and deep fry the cheese stick until golden brown.

VERDICT

WILL: Cheese sticks are very popular in Philippines in every party, so popular that the many people now selling this for an afternoon delight together with their gulaman refreshments.

Of course who will not miss this kind of food on your native land, so Abbey, to surprise me, he cooked this. 

      Well, his effort was not wasted, I am so happy to see that cheesesticks on our table. After my dinner I immediately those and delight my taste buds to the salty taste of cheese combined with the sweet 100 island dip. Abbey really knew what I like. Haha!