Pork Menudo Recipe

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)

Pancit Palabok Recipe

Pancit Palabok Ingredients:

For Palabok Noodles & Sauce

• 1/2 kilo miki noodles
• 1/2 kilo small crabs
• 5 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons of atchuete seeds or oil
• 2 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
• 4 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in water
• 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG) (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups of water

Kare-kare Recipe

Kare Kare Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo beef (round or sirloin cut) cut into cubes (for a more traditional kare kare, use cleaned beef tripe instead of beef)
• 1/2 kilo oxtail, cut 2 inch long
• 3 cups of peanut butter
• 1/4 cup grounded toasted rice
• 1/2 cup cooked bagoong alamang (anchovies)
• 2 pieces onions, diced
• 2 heads of garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons atsuete oil
• 4 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick
• 1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
• 1 bundle of sitaw (string beans) cut to 2″ long
• 1 banana bud, cut similar to eggplant slices, blanch in boiling water
• 1/2 cup oil
• 8 cups of water
• Salt to taste

Crispy Pata Recipe

Crispy Pata Ingredients:

• 1 whole Pata (pig’s leg) about 2 kilos, cleaned and knuckles removed
• 1 Can Sprite or 7UP (or 12 oz size)
• 7 pieces dried bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons whole peppercorn
• 5  pcs star anise (optional)
• 6 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 whole Garlic
• 10 to 12 cups water
• 12 cups cooking oil

Bicol Express Recipe

Estimated preparation time: 30 minutes
Estimated cooking time: 30 minutes

Bicol Express Ingredients:

• 1/4 kilo pork, thinly sliced
• 1 cup Baguio beans
• 3 cups long chili or jalapeno peppers
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 head of garlic, minced
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup coconut cream
• 2 tablespoons of cooking oil
• Salt to taste