Kitchen Adventure

Genghis Grill is one of our favorite place to eat. It is fun as you will build your own bowl from different selections of meat, vegetables, spices and sauces.

In the picture, is Max restaurant Chopsuey. As you can see, it looks a lot different from the homemade Chopsuey.

After looking at this picture, I remember those time I eat there in Max with my mother, sister and friends during our gala gala in Sm Mall of Asia. This picture also make me crave for Chopsuey right now. I might be cooking on for myself depending on the availability of all the ingredients… hope I have it all in the fridge…

Chopsuey is composed of mix vegetables. It is very easy to cook yet requires time for chopping different types of veggies lol…

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo pork, sliced into small pieces
1/4 kilo shrimps, shelled, deveined and halved
1/4 kilo chicken liver and gizzard, sliced to small pieces
1/4 kilo cauliflower, broken to bite size
1/4 kilo string beans
1/4 kilo snow peas (sitsaro)
1/4 kilo cabbage, cut into squares
10 to 15 boiled quail eggs
2 stalks of leeks, cut into 2″ long pieces
3 stalks celery, cut into 2″ long pieces
5 cloves garlic, diced
2 onions, diced
1 carrot, sliced thinly
1 piece red bell pepper, cut in strips
1 piece green bell pepper. cut in strips
2 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in 1/4 cup of water
2 cups chicken stock (broth)
3 tablespoons of sesame oil
3 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
4 tablespoons of corn oil or vegetable oil
Salt to taste

How To:

In a big pan or wok, sauté garlic, onions then add in the pork. chicken liver and gizzard. Add 1 cup of stock, pinch of salt and simmer for 15 minutes or until pork and chicken giblets are cooked.

Mix in the shrimp then all the vegetables. Add the remaining 1 cup of stock, patis and the dissolved cornstarch. Cook for about 10 minutes or until the vegetables are done. Add the sesame oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot with rice.

Ampalaya with Pork and Egg

Ingredients:

Pork
Amplaya or Bitter Lemon
Egg
Water
Onion
Garlic
Knor Cubes
Salt and Pepper

How to:

1. Slice the pork thinly or cubes, put it in a plate and add soy sauce. Then slice other ingredients.

2. Heat small amount of oil in the skillet. Sautee onion and garlic and then add pork and knor cubes, mix it and then add a little bit of water and let is simmer until pork is almost done but check it regularly. After that, you can now add the Ampalaya, mix it and then let it simmer for few minutes then add egg, a little bit of salt and pepper.

Another menu added to my recipe collections, this is one of the experiment I did during free time. I actually make this one last week, on hubby’s bday. I posted everything in here and ate Maureen wants to know the recipes. This is just a very simple menu I made. Here’s the ingredients below..

Ingredients:

1/2pound Beef
frozen slice green beans or you can use fresh
5 garlic
1 onion
1 cup of water
2 tbsp of oil
1 small can of pineapple (Optional)
1/2 knor cubes
salt and pepper

How To:
Heat oil in the skillet and sautée onions and garlic. Then add ground pork and mix it occasionally for few minutes then add water, green beans,knor cubes then mix it. Cover the skillet and check it after few minutes. Then add pineapple or raisins if you like and let is stand for few minutes.

Every one knows that sweet potatoes are good for you for the antioxidants that help your immune system. But if you combine a serving of pecans with the sweet potato the monounsaturated in the pecans help your body absorb the beta carotene. Other foods you can combine for a power boost are: tomatoes and olive oil; papaya and walnuts.

This is the first time I ever tried to make Achara. I am glad I still remember the procedure my mama used to do when I was a kid.

Ingredients:

1 Shredded Papaya
2 carrots
3 cups Vinegar
2 Gingers
1 Red bell pepper
1 Green bell pepper
3 Onions
1 tsp Freshly ground pepper
1 cup Sugar
1 tsp Salt

How To:

1. On a big deep skillet, boil a vinegar then add sugar, salt, and ginger. After few minutes, add the carrots, onion and let it simmer for at least 3 minutes.

2. Add the shredded papaya and let it simmer again for another few minutes then add the bell pepper. Add Freshly ground pepper, taste it and add sugar if you think it’s needed.

This is another experiment of mine that turns out really good.

Ingredients:

Pork
Amplaya or Bitter Lemon
Eggplant
Salted Shimp (Bagoong)
Water
Onion
Garlic
Knor Cubes
Powder Black Pepper

How to:

1. Slice the pork thinly or cubes, put it in a plate and add soy sauce. Then slice other ingredients.

2. Heat small amount of oil in the skillet. Sautee onion and garlic and then add pork and knor cubes, mix it and then add a little bit of water and let is simmer until pork is almost done but check it regularly. Then add the salted shrimp (bagoong). After that, you can now add the eggplant and then Ampalaya, mix it good and then let it simmer for few minutes then add egg and black pepper.

Serve with or without Rice

This past few weeks, my husband have been craving for some donuts. One night, he got home from work with this Krispy Kreme donuts. He told me that krispy kreme was his dad’s favorite and that he loves it a lot too. We split the whole box and I agree it taste good as like every donuts I have tasted lol!

I have been here in the United States for three years now and it was just during my pregnancy when I start liking the Mexican food. I remember during my first few days here when hubby tried to bring me to Mexican restaurant and all I ate was chicken tenders lol! He has been thinking of me loving Mexican food as he said it is almost identical to Filipino food. Oh boy he was shocked when I didn’t like any of them especially the chilli…

Ingredients:

1/2 to 1 kilo pork with fat pwede rin tainga
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup Vinegar
2 medium onions, chopped
1 small ginger, chopped
4 cups of water
1 teaspoon salt

How To:

In a casserole, put pork in water and some salt. Bring to boil and simmer for 20 minutes or until the pork is tender and the skin is soft. Then remove pork from water. After that, slice the pork into bite sized pieces while still hot and then place in a bowl and add vinegar, soy sauce, ginger and onions.