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A hearty beef caldereta recipe that you will absolutely love! With meltingly tender beef and rich and cheesy sauce–it’s a perfect dish you can make for special occasions, weekly family gatherings, or for days when you just want to indulge. Simmer slowly on the stove or oven, use your pressure cooker to shorten the cooking…
Chicken Arroz Caldo! Garlicky, gingery, filling, and savory–all the things you love about your favorite Filipino merienda is here! This one is so easy to make and requires just one pot to cook. Simmer slowly on the stove-top or use Instant Pot to shorten the cooking time. Directions and tips are all here! What is…
This is the easiest leche flan you’ll ever make! Creamy, smooth flan made with whole eggs baked in an oven from start to finish including the caramel. A beginner-friendly recipe with lots of tips, step-by-step photos, and a video recipe. Whole Eggs Leche Flan Recipe Your favorite Filipino dessert made easy! Here’s why you’ll love it:…
Make tres leches cake with this recipe! Moist and not too sweet sponge cake soaked in delicious milk syrup. Topped with slightly stabilized whipped cream that doesn’t easily melt or deflate. Perfect for summer gatherings and barbecue parties. Tres Leches Cake “Tres Leches” is a popular dessert in Latin America that means, “three milk” cake…
Chicken Tocino! Tender, juicy, and sweet. Everything you love about tocino is here and it almost tastes like pork. Made of chicken thighs cured in an all-natural sweet and fruity marinade. Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner served TOCILOG style! Chicken Tocino Filipino tocino is traditionally made of cured sweetened pork. Much like longganisa, it…
Learn how to make chicken inasal–Bacolod’s famous chargrilled chicken marinated in sinamak, garlic, lemongrass, calamansi, and ginger. You can make this with any cut of chicken, and it can be cooked in the oven, stove, or BBQ. What is Chicken Inasal? The word inasal is an Ilonggo term that basically means “chargrilled” or “roasted meat”….
No cornmeal cornbread muffins! Moist, soft, and fluffy muffins that are just as good as the traditional cornbread recipes. It’s buttery with a nice corn flavor and slightly savory with the addition of shredded cheese. No Cornmeal Cornbread Muffins Craving for cornbread muffins but can’t find cornmeal? Fret not. In this recipe, I will show…
Easy pork ribs adobo recipe that is ready in less than an hour using a stove-top pressure cooker or an instant pot! The pork is meltingly tender and falls off the bones. The sauce is tangy, slightly sweet with an Asian twist. For a pop of color and delicious aroma, bell peppers are added at…
Learn how to make baked pork buns in your own kitchen. These baked buns are light, soft and tender. And the pork filling is sweet-salty and packed with Asian flavors. Lay it on bread crumbs to turn it into Filipino asado bread roll or brush it with egg wash to make it an Asian bakery-style bun….
This pork bun filling is made with succulently tender bits of pork slowly braised in classic Chinese pork BBQ ingredients. It is rich, thick and has a good balance of sweet and salty. A perfect filling for steamed buns (pao/bao/ Filipino siopao/ cuapao) and baked buns. Pork bun filling Ahh…I’ve dreamt of making this for the longest…
This is the easiest bibimbap recipe you’ll ever make. Perfect for sudden Korean food cravings! It involves minimal preparation and uses just a handful of ingredients. Customize it based on whatever vegetables or meat you have–thinly sliced meat, ground pork or beef; use spam and other deli meats for convenience. You can even make it…
Make your own soft, buttery, and chewy Filipino pandesal at home! This is your ultimate guide to making your favorite breakfast rolls. A beginner-friendly pandesal recipe with lots of tips and step-by-step photos on how to make pandesal. Soft Pandesal Ingredients Yeast The key to successfully making pandesal or any yeast bread for that matter…
This easiest banana bread you’ll ever make! Moist, rich, and made of simple ingredients. Easy Moist Banana Bread Reasons why I love this banana bread recipe: Moist and tender but not crumbly or dense. Not too sweet compared to other banana bread recipes. Made in one bowl without an electric mixer; literally, all you need…
Sinigang na Hipon is a Filipino seafood soup made of whole shrimps and vegetables simmered in sour-based broth. It’s light, refreshing, and so easy to make. Here you will learn how to buy and choose shrimp for sinigang, how to cook it the right way and how to make a flavorful broth without the fishy…
All the things you love about Filipino pork humba are in this recipe. Meltingly tender pork belly slowly cooked in an adobo-like sauce that is rich, sweet, salty, glossy, and tangy. This Filipino dish is characterized by the spices derived from Chinese braised pork belly–banana blossoms, star anise, and salted black beans. It is truly…
This is an easy vegetable dish made of stir-fried chayote, pork, and shrimp. It’s light, nutritious, and savory at the same time. Make it soupy or saucy, all up to you! Chayote (sayote in Filipino) is another favorite vegetable in the Philippines. I grew up eating it with soups like Tinola and Nilaga and stir-fry…
Sweet and sour chicken! Tender-crisp chicken breasts tossed in the most delicious homemade sweet and sour sauce that is not too sweet and not too sour. Chunks of pineapple give it a nice touch of fruity flavor. This definitely better than takeout, you guys! I hope you enjoy making and eating this as much as…
A classic binagoongan recipe made of pork belly slowly stewed in bagoong sauce made of tomatoes, garlic, onions, and chilies. The pork is tender yet firm; the sauce is rich, and savory with a perfect balance of sweetness and saltiness. This binagoongang baboy will definitely make you come back for a second cup of rice….
A lechon pork belly recipe for all you home cooks out there! This homemade lechon is slow-cooked until succulently tender. The skin is roasted until crispy, crackling, and bubbly. This is a beginner-friendly recipe with lots of tips step-by-step photos and a video on how to make the best homemade lechon. Moist and Juicy Lechon…
The simplest and easiest oven-roasted chicken ever! Juicy, tender and made of the simplest ingredients. Add carrots, potatoes, and celery on the side if you’re feeling fancy. Super easy and delicious Roasted Chicken Here are the reasons why you’ll love this roasted chicken recipe. This recipe requires minimal preparation and you don’t need any special…
This butter puto cheese is soft, fluffy, and milky. The brown butter gives a nice nutty buttery flavor while the cheddar makes it rich and cheesy. Once you bite into these Filipino steamed cakes you’ll surely be asking for more! Soft and Fluffy Puto Cheese Finally! A puto cheese recipe for keeps. I’ve made a…
Cheesy Baked Macaroni with Meat Sauce! It’s the easiest macaroni casserole you’ll ever make. The pasta and the meat sauce are cooked in one pot then baked with creamy cheese sauce on top. So EASY, so good! Baked Macaroni with Meat Sauce A picky eater’s favorite, grown-up’s comfort food. My sweet toddler (bless her Asian…
This fruit salad is made of fresh and canned fruits bathed in sweet and creamy dressing. It is an actual dessert treat rather than a salad. Best served chilled or frozen!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas with this homemade puto bumbong! It’s naturally sweet and naturally purple made with white glutinous rice and purple sweet potato cooked in a regular steamer. This is not the traditional way of making but it’s definitely the easiest recipe! No bamboo steamer needed and no food coloring….