Sinangag (Fried Ric)
Ingredients:
- 5 to 6 cups of “cold” steamed rice
- 1 head garlic, crushed then minced
- 1 fried scrambled egg, chopped
- 1/2 cup of any cooked meat: ham, sausage, bacon, shredded fried chicken, beef, etc., cut into small pieces or slices
- 1/4 cup, cooking oil
- Salt to taste
Cooking Instructions:
Estimated preparation & cooking time: 30 minutes
- On a big wok or frying pan, heat cooking oil
- Fry minced garlic until golden brown, set aside
- Add rice and continue mixing for 5 minutes
- Add the scrambled egg and meat
- Season with salt, mix well
- Serve on a big platter while hot
- Top fried rice with the fried garlic
Tips:
You may add any or all or the following to fried rice:
- 1/4 cup of cooked green peas
- 2 tablespoons of sesame oil or peanut oil for flavour
- chopped spring onions
- Leftover steamed rice kept in the refrigerator for a couple or hours or overnight is best used for fried rice.
Ingredients:
- Palabok Noodles / Sauce
- 1/2 kilo miki noodles
- 1/2 kilo small crabs
- 5 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons of atchuete seeds or oil
- 2 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
- 4 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in water
- 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- Palabok Toppings
- Tinapa flakes (smoked fish)
- Cooked shrimps, shelled
- Squid adobo, sliced into rings
- Pork chicharon, grounded
- Spring onions, chopped
- Hard boiled eggs, shelled, sliced
- Fried garlic, minced
- Fresh calamansi (lemon), sliced
Cooking Instructions:
Estimated preparation for toppings: 1 1/2 hours
- Estimated cooking time for sauce & noodles: 40 minutes
- Extract fat and meat from clean crabs, set aside.
- Pound crab and extract juice on 1 1/2 cups of water
- On a pan, sauté garlic and onions until golden brown then add crab fat, crab meat, 1 1/2 cups of crab wash, patis and MSG. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add corn starch and continue to simmer while constantly stirring until thick.
- Put miki noodles in a strainer and dip in boiling water for 5 minutes or until cooked.
- Lay drained noodles on a platter and pour the palabok sauce. Garnish with toppings and serve.
Ingredients:
- 12 ounces pansit canton noodles
- 1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
- 4 cups chicken broth (from boiled breast)
- 1/2 pound pork, sliced in small pieces
- 1/2 pound shrimps, shelled and deveined
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup Chinese sausages, sliced
- cauliflower, cut to bit size
- 2 cups snow peas (sitsaro)
- 2 cups cabbage, sliced into strips
- 1 cup celery, sliced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1/4 cup scallions, diced
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Instructions:
Estimated cooking & preparation time: 1 hour
- In a big pan or wok, sauté in oil the garlic and onions. Then add sliced pork until cooked.
- Add 2 cups of chicken broth and add the shredded chicken, sliced Chinese sausages, shrimps, snow peas, cabbage, celery and diced carrot. Simmer for about 10 minutes or until cooked.
- Add the remaining 2 cups of chicken broth and the pansit canton noodles. Let simmer until noodles are soft.
- Add the scallions, sesame oil then salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve hot
Ingredients:
- 1 8 oz. pack pancit bihon noodles
- 1 cooked chicken breast, shredded
- 2 cups of chicken broth or 2 chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 2 cups of water
- 1/4 cabbage, sliced into strips
- 1 onion, pealed and sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic, crushed and minced
- 1/3 cup scallions, cut into pieces
- 1 carrot, sliced into strips
- 2 tablespoons of cooking oil
- 3/4 cup diced celery
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 5 pieces of calamansi or 1 lemon, sliced
Cooking Instructions:
Estimated cooking & preparation time: 45 minutes
- Soak the pancit bihon noodles to soften for 10 minutes
- Grease a large pan or wok with oil. Sauté garlic and onions.
- Add the chicken broth, the shredded chicken breast and all the vegetables until cooked.
- Mix in the pancit bihon noodles and add the soy sauce, cook for about 5 minutes or until the noodles are soft.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve hot with sliced calamansi on the side.
Notes: Calamansi or lemon is to be squeezed into the pancit bihon before eating.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg. spaghetti noodles
- 1/2 kg. ground beef
- 1/2 kg. ground pork
- 1/4 kg. hotdogs, diagonally sliced
- 1 kg. tomato sauce
- 3 pieces laurel leaves (bay leaves)
- 1/4 cup brown or white sugar
- 2 green bell peppers, diced
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1 head garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons of cooking oil
- 1 cup of water
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup grated cheese
Cooking Instructions:
Estimated & preparation & cooking time: 40 minutes.
- Cook spaghetti noodles according to package instructions.
- In a sauce pan or wok, sauté garlic and onions in cooking oil.
- Add ground beef, ground pork, laurel leaves, bell pepper and a cup of water. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste then let simmer for another 10 minutes
- Add brown sugar and hotdogs. Continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
- Serve with the cooked spaghetti noodles and grated cheese on top.

