Pinoy Food 201

Hello Filipinos around the world! Our kababayan Mart Lester uploaded a 7:16 video presentation in YouTube on how to cook Paella. If you're looking on video tutorials on how to cook Paella, you may want to follow the instructions uploaded by Mart. The title of the video “Paella Pinoy Style”. Even though he doesn't speak in the video, the cooking instructions and the ingredients needed in cooking the recipe is clear. Paella usually takes 20 to 30 minutes to prepare, but the presentation took only 7:16. Obviously to save time there were cuts. The first thing that he did was heat the cooking oil in the Paellera . He put the garlic and then the onion. He then added the meats pork and chicken. Added some pepper. Stir it and then cover it for a while. Stir it again and then added chopped ham. Cover it again until it boils a bit. Stir it again occasionally. He then added the atsuete or Annatto as coloring. He then added the seafood “Halaan” or clams. He covered it until it boi...

Here’s another tutorial on how to cook Filipino style Paella by Malou Perez- Nievera. In this video, you'll be able to learn and cook your own Paella for your family. It is very nice choice of dish to prepare during occasion or ever a regular day because we love rice. We Filipinos can’t eat without rice. The basic ingredients in the video are rice ( arroz ), ham, green peas, chicken, chorizo, clams, mussel, shrimp, chicken stock, carrots celery, salt and pepper and green beans. So it’s basically mixed type of Paella. It will be very tasteful because the meat and seafood combination is the best for Filipino style Paella. The pan used in the video is the Paellera . Basically, the pan is big and flat, ideally for cooking Paella. The first procedure they done is to cook the meat by searing . Then they add potato garlic and onion. After a few minutes, they add tomato sauce, then the bell peppers. And then they added the washed rice in the Paellera. They add the chicken stock from ...

Paella Marinera is basically a Seafood type of Paella. In this recipe I found one great Paella Marinera from Panlasang Pinoy. The ingredients and procedure is a bit similar to the first Seafood Paella that I posted here in Pinoy Food 201. The difference I found is the rice used. In this recipe the rice in the ingredients is seasoned yellow rice or Arroz Amarillo. Here’s the recipe for the Paella Marinera . Here’s what you'll want to have after cooking this great recipe: Below is a video of Paella Marinera presented by Chef Garcia.

In this Paella Recipe, Arroz Valenciana is the topic. According to Panlasang Pinoy, Arroz Valenciana is a dish similar to Paella. The difference is that this recipe uses coconut milk and malagkit or glutinous or sweet rice. The ingredients on this recipe are also easy to find in the market. This recipe uses chicken as meat, chorizo de bilbao, malagkit or glutinous white rice, jasmine rice, vegetable to taste, Spanish and Filipino spices to taste. Here is the recipe: Arroz Valenciana Here’s a video tutorial on how to cook Arroz Valenciana.

Below is the recipe for the Pinoy Food Sinangag: Cook time with prep: 30 minutes Filipino Fried Rice Ingredients: 6 cups of cold (leftover) steamed rice 5 cloves crushed minced garlic 1 fried and scrambled egg chopped 2/3 cup of any cooked meat such as: ham, sausage, bacon, shredded fried chicken or beef sliced or chopped in small pieces 1/4 cup cooked peas, or other crunchy vegetable (optional) 1/4 cup cooking oil Chili pepper to taste Salt to taste Chopped spring onions for garnish Fried Rice Cooking Instructions: In a big frying pan or large wok heat cooking oil Add minced garlic and fry until golden brown, set aside Add rice to wok and mix for about 5 minutes (to release the starch) Add meat and scrambled egg and peas Season with salt and pepper – mix thoroughly Serve on a big platter while hot and top with fried garlic Top fried rice with the fried garlic and garnish with chopped spring onion Fried Rice Options and Tips: You may add or subtract followin...

Pork Chow fan is one of the dishes that I used to eat in a fast food restaurant here in the Philippines during after working in Makati City few months ago. Pork Chow fan is a dish which the main ingredient is rice. It is fried rice with pork included in the ingredients. Usually the pork is sliced vertically or diced. Filipinos love eating rice, we can’t eat any dish without them. Dishes should always partner with rice. If you served food without rice to us, we’ll not be satisfied. Here’s the Pinoy Food recipe for Pork Sinangag Recipe. Ingredients: 5 Cups of cooked long grain rice 1 Cup of diced pork barbecue 1 Cup of diced Ham 1 Small onion diced ½ Cup of diced carrots ½ Cup of frozen green peas 2 Eggs scrambled and sliced into small pieces 1 Tbs. Oyster sauce 2 Tbs. Soy sauce ½ Tsp. Ground black pepper ½ Tsp. MSG (vetsin) optional ½ Tsp. Salt 2 Tbs. Corn oil 8 Stalks of green onions Procedure: Prepare the rice by breaking it apart compl...