http://unofficialcook.com/general/guisado/ Cooking, Eating and Living with a Filipino Flavor Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:03:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://unofficialcook.com/general/guisado/comment-page-1/#comment-149 The Unofficial Cook » Blog Archive » Guinisang Sitaw (Sauteed Asian Long Beans) Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:37:27 +0000 http://unofficialcook.com/?p=8#comment-149 [...] This is a sauteed, all-in-one dish of Asian long beans, what we Filipinos call sitaw.? Sauteeing (guisado) a little meat with vegetables is a standard way of cooking everyday Filipino foods.? You start with a hot wok, a little oil then throw in the mashed garlic and cook till they’re almost brown; follow with?the onions till they’re translucent; the pre-boiled meat which is usually pork and/or shrimps; fish sauce;? tomatoes, if?the dish requires it; the broth or shrimp juice then finally, whatever vegetable you have on hand that day.? It’s a quick and healthy way to prepare a meal and is also the basic way to start a variety of dishes including the popular?pancit and vegetable lumpia. [...] [...] This is a sauteed, all-in-one dish of Asian long beans, what we Filipinos call sitaw.? Sauteeing (guisado) a little meat with vegetables is a standard way of cooking everyday Filipino foods.? You start with a hot wok, a little oil then throw in the mashed garlic and cook till they’re almost brown; follow with?the onions till they’re translucent; the pre-boiled meat which is usually pork and/or shrimps; fish sauce;? tomatoes, if?the dish requires it; the broth or shrimp juice then finally, whatever vegetable you have on hand that day.? It’s a quick and healthy way to prepare a meal and is also the basic way to start a variety of dishes including the popular?pancit and vegetable lumpia. [...]

]]> http://unofficialcook.com/general/guisado/comment-page-1/#comment-54 mitams Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:09:17 +0000 http://unofficialcook.com/?p=8#comment-54 stef, yes we do. even with all the conveniences we now have that our mothers didn't have.. stef, yes we do. even with all the conveniences we now have that our mothers didn’t have..

]]> http://unofficialcook.com/general/guisado/comment-page-1/#comment-51 stef Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:42:00 +0000 http://unofficialcook.com/?p=8#comment-51 oh, mita, you can bet we still make our own shrimp juice, my 15-yo is my shrimp peeler so she knows to keep the shells and heads until we have enough to make sauce for palabok or malabon. but we do need to keep the tradition alive, don't we? oh, mita, you can bet we still make our own shrimp juice, my 15-yo is my shrimp peeler so she knows to keep the shells and heads until we have enough to make sauce for palabok or malabon. but we do need to keep the tradition alive, don’t we?

]]> http://unofficialcook.com/general/guisado/comment-page-1/#comment-47 The Unofficial Cook » Mini Morcon Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:57:07 +0000 http://unofficialcook.com/?p=8#comment-47 [...] I’ve written a few pieces on this blog about my memories of learning from these women.? You’ll find them here, here and here.? [...] [...] I’ve written a few pieces on this blog about my memories of learning from these women.? You’ll find them here, here and here.? [...]

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