Chicken
Chicken Marsala
Chicken…always on everyone’s grocery list and a staple in most households. In fact, chicken is the one thing religions do not single out as unclean and therefore excluded frpm their followers’ diet. Then came the Bird Flu when chicken and all fowls got a bad rap. While the flu hasn’t reached US shores and the [...]
Old-Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie
I felt like celebrating tonight and decided to make us an Old-Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie that didn’t include skimmed milk or skinless, boneless chicken breasts. No siree.. this recipe called for cream…and lotsa butter and I did use butter with a clear conscience. I got a call from my doctor and al my blood work [...]
Chicken and Pork Adobo
Adobo is the acknowledged Philippine national dish. When Eldest Sister went on a diet years ago, you could ask her kids what her favorite dish was and they’d all say, “Adobo Kangkong.” Yup, you can cook vegetables, meats, seafood (mussels adobo is fantastic) and fish using this method. You’ll probably find this dish anywhere you [...]
Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup
Lovely weather we’re having in Colorado…light snow and single-digit cold since yesterday and into the middle of next week! Perfect night for a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup. My recipe is based on Jeff Smith’s Chicken and Noodles from “The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American” cookbook. It’s a lovely, comforting soup with thyme and sage. [...]
Mami: Philippine Chicken Noodle Soup
I finally made a Chicken Mami that satisfied my craving for this very common Filipino dish. The noodles were always the key, for me anyway, and it so happened that I found a good brand of noodles at the Filipino Sari-Sari Store today. Chicken and noodles go so well together every country probably has [...]
Masakan Indonesia: Sate Ayam
Ahhh….the ubiquitous Sate of Indonesia. Different regions in Indonesia have their different versions of sate. Understandably, you will hardly ever get Sate Babi in the Muslim parts of Indonesia. But you’ll get it in Bali, which is in the Hindu part of the country or in the Christian islands like Flores Island. This Sate Ayam [...]
Lasang Pinoy 12, Distinctly Pinoy with a Twang: Italian Adobo
Lasang Pinoy, the Filipino food blogger’s event, has a very interesting theme this month: Distinctly Pinoy with a Twang. Pinoy Fusion. Philippine cuisine, as we know it, is even now a fusion of various influences: Malay, European, American, Chinese and Arab influences….a veritable melting pot of the various cultures that left an impact on [...]
Arroz con Pollo 2: Cuban-Style
Here’s another Cuban-style Arroz con Pollo recipe, second in a series I said in a previous post I would undertake for this blog. Between this recipe and the first one, I prefer this one for flavor. Although, I think I’ll marry the two recipes and come up with a better one that will [...]
Chicken Inasal
This is my first attempt at Chicken Inasal…not so bad but I have a feeling it’s far from the real thing, which I have yet to try. The real thing is found in Bacolod, capital city of Negros Occidental province in the Visayas region of the Philippines. ”Inasal” is actually an Ilonggo word which [...]
Chicken Salsa Pepperoni
Here’s the chicken dish I made using the salsa from yesterday. It’s a cross between a chicken and pepperoni recipe I found in our local newspaper and the chicken salsa recipe a former officemate told me about. It’s pretty simple to make…
Afritada
This Filipino dish was one of the first ones I learned to cook. It’s pretty simple and follows the very basic Philippine saute then braise manner of cooking. This particular recipe uses chicken breasts but you can use pork or a combination of pork and chicken, which is how we always had it [...]
Singapore Chicken Rice
I’ve always, always loved this dish….from the time I first set foot in Singapore on a Christmas Eve years ago.My friends and I promptly went to a hawker center on Scotts Road the next day for my first taste of this Singaporean staple in the Lion City. The origins of Singapore Chicken Rice goes all [...]