This is another common Filipino dish usually using annatto seeds to liven up the color. This particular one didn’t have the coloring because I always like the colors of the vegetables in pancit to show as naturally as possible. I wrote about it in an earlier post on pancit.
Chicken and Bottle Gourd Soup
April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I looked around for the English translation of this commonly used vegetable in the Philippines which we call “upo” and almost identified it as winter melon. Apparently, the winter melon is “kundol” back home. This vegetable pictured above is a bottle gourd. It’s a light and delicately flavored vegetable we often use sauted… [Continue Reading]
Lentil, Chorizo and Spinach Soup
April 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
It’s getting cooler in Colorado! Autumn officially arrives tonight (as of this writing), the 22nd of September. But we’ve been getting some cool days for quite a few weeks now. Today was a particularly cold and wet one. A thick soup sounded perfect for lunch so I scrounged around my pantry and freezer to see what I could put together. … [Continue Reading]
Mami: Philippine Chicken Noodle Soup
March 31, 2012 By 11 Comments
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… [Continue Reading]
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