Cooking Pinoy atbp.

How to Make Cake Pops without a mold Ingredients: 1 box of Duncan Hines cake mix of your flavor. (Follow box recipe) 1 Tub of Vanilla frosting 1 package of semi sweet chocolate chips Vegetable oil to thin out chocolate if needed Cake Pop sticks that you can buy at the craft store Directions: Bake your favorite cake flavor and follow instructions on the box. Do not overbake, finish 5 min earlier. Put cooled cake in the blender or break into pieces by hand. In a large bowl, Add 1 tub of frosting cake icing of your choice and mix until moist. Shape into balls (1 inch) Freeze with Lollipop Sticks in the middle, recommended the night before. The next day, using a bowl, microwave the chocolate chips for about 30 seconds each time (90 seconds total) until smooth and fully melted.  Add a tablespoon of Vegetable oil to thin out. Twirl the frozen cake pops until fully covered. Let the chocolate dry and stick cake pops on a foam board to drip Or you may let it d...

Hmmm.  I went to Jollibee in Jersey city, NJ to get one of the peach mango pies.  Unfortunately they were out, so I got the banana langka instead. Then I had one of those light bulb moments to make my own Peach mango pie.  Crazy huh?  The important thing was the filling.  The filling would be a little bit hard if the yellow ripe mangoes were out of season.  Luckily Del Monte now sells them in the little plastic cups.  Filling: 1 C of yellow sliced and cubed mangoes, ripe and peaches  or Del Monte cubed mangoes and peaches with syrup 2 T peach jam preserves 1T white sugar In a little saucepan, cook the mangoes in sugar for 1 minute in medium heat until mangoes soften.  Add the peach jam and mix. Simmer for another 1 minutes.   Transfer to a bowl and cool in refrigerator. Crust: Buy the PUFF pastry crust from the supermarket.  Lay out and cut in squares.   Add the mango peach filling.  Top with ...

Nothing like a good comfort food than taho. It consists of extra soft tofu curd layered with tapioca pearls and brown syrup. You can buy this on the streets of the Philippines or Chinatown here in the US.  Here is my own version of this recipe: You'll need: 1 cup medium size Tapioca pearls, boiled 40-60 min in water until it is transparent. Drain and add cold water. 1 box of HOUSE Tofu mix (available at most Asian grocery or Amazon) 3 cups of dark brown and 4 cups  water, boiled 15 minutes until formed into a watery syrup but not sticky. To make the tofu mix: Boil 6 1/2 cups of water mixed with a packed of soybean milk powder. After 4 minutes, remove from heat and add coagulant. Cover. This will make the tofu  firm but soft, and you should be able to scoop it out in layers. Layer tofu, brown syrup, then tapioca until it reaches the top of the glass.  Serve best warm. In addition to brown syrup, you can also use strawberry flavored syrup as i...

Ingredients: 2 cups Glutinous Rice (grains) 1 3/4 cup Water 4 cups Coconut Milk (So Delicious, unsweetened) or dilute 1 can of coconut cream in 3 cups water 1 2/3 cup White or light brown sugar Directions: Cook Rice and water in Rice cooker. While rice is cooking, Mix the rest of the ingredients in a big wok or POT and boil. Reduce heat and wait till liquid thickens, while stirring occasionaly to about 3 cups. When rice is cooked, stir into the coconut milk mixtures and stir with a big wooden spoon, every 5-10 minutes to prevent from scorching. Mixture will be done after 20-30 minutes or when most of the milk has evaporated and you can see more of the rice and not of a soupy consistency. Prepare a 9x9 greased Pyrex pan and pour and flatten the rice mixture into it. Preheat oven to 400 F while you prepare the topping. LATIK: In a double boiler Mix 1 can condensed milk 1 can coconut cream 2 T dark brown sugar 2 T flour Let boil then simmer in medium he...

Ingredients: 4 cups of Thin Coconut Milk (or So Delicious unsweetened coconut milk beverage) 2 plantain bananas ripe and sliced 1 can of jackfruit, drained and cut in pieces 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed 1 ube cubed if available 2 cups of Gluntinous Rice balls (glutinous flour mixed with water and shaped into balls) 1 cup cooked Tapioca pearls (regular size) soaked in different food coloring 1 cup small uncooked Tapioca minis 2 cup white sugar 1 T dark brown sugar for coloring 1 tsp Vanilla essence To Cook: Boil Sweet potatoes and bananas in coconut milk about 5 min, then add jackfruit and mini tapioca pearls.  Also add rice balls and simmer covered in medium heat until rice balls float or done. Add white and brown sugar to taste. Simmer until slightly thickened, then add the cooked tapioca pearls (regular sized). You may add vanilla for flavoring. The coconut milk will thicken when it gets room temperature, so do not let it thicken too much or the sweet p...

Ingredients: 1 whole boneless chicken breast (large) cut in 1 inch pcs 1-2 c shrimp cleaned and deveined (no shell) 5 Tablespoon low sodium soy sauce 2 Tablespoon msg free Oyster sauce 1/2 c frozen green peas, thawed chopped yellow onion, medium ground pepper for seasoning 1/2 Tablespoon sesame oil 1 cup Water 1 Tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 1/2 cup water Directions: 1. Marinate chicken in soy sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil for about 30 minutes in a bowl. Refrigerate. 2. In a large wok or deep frying pan, add 1 Tablespoon of olive oil and fry onions until soft and then add the chicken pieces. Save the marinade for later. Once chicken pieces are brown but not burnt about 5 minutes, add the shrimp and cook until pink (about 5 minutes) or less if using pre-cooked frozen shrimp. 3. Add 1 cup of water, and the marinade and let boil then cover and simmer for another 10 minutes. 4. Add thawed green peas, and stir in the dissolved corn starch mixture. 5. L...

hmm yummy steaks.  Easy and quick lunch or dinner that equals to about 400 calories per serving with sides. 1.5 lb Sirloin steak season with salt and pepper. Grill on pan with olive oil, medium high 4 minutes on each side for medium. Serve on a plate. Serves 4 people. On a small pan, heat up 2 sliced yellow onions in olive oil or low fat butter. add Salt and 1 tsp minced garlic. Mix until onions start turning brown, add 1Tablespoon balsamic vinegar. Add to steaks.