GARLIC BUTTER SHRIMPS :
Ingredients:
2 lbs shrimp
2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons garlic, minced
2 cups lemon soda
Procedure:
1. Marinade the shrimp in lemon soda for about 10 minutes
2. Melt the butter in a pan and heat it up until hot enough to cook the garlic
3. Add the garlic and cook until the color turns golden brown
4. Put-in the shrimp (including the liquid marinade) and let cook until the liquid
completely evaporates
5. Sprinkle the parsley, ground black pepper, and salt
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CHILLI CRAB :
Ingredients:
2 lbs crab, cut in half
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 tablespoons garlic, minced
3 tablespoons ginger, minced
1 tablespoons crushed red pepper or 3 pieces sliced red chili
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1/2 cup tomato catsup or tomato sauce
1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1/2 tablespoons sesame oil
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons green onions or scallions, thinly sliced crosswise
Procedure:
1. Heat a cooking pot and pour the cooking oil
2. Sauté the garlic, ginger, and crushed red pepper
3. Add the crab and cook for 3 to 4 minutes
4. Put-in the hoisin sauce, tomato ketchup, sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, and sesame
oil then mix with the other ingredients
5. Pour-in the water and bring to a boil then simmer for 10 minutes or until the sauce
thickens.
6. Garnish with green onions on top
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SWEET AND SOUR FISH
Ingredients:
1 whole Tilapia, cleaned and scales removed
1 tablespoon garlic
1/2 cup vinegar
1 cup bell pepper (red and green)
1 cup cooking oil
1 medium sized onion, chopped
1 thumbs ginger, cut into strips
2 cups water
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 small carrot, cut into strips
Procedure:
1. Place the cooking oil in the pan and apply heat.
2. When the oil is hot enough, put the fish in the pan.
3. When the immersed side of the fish is brown and crispy, flip the fish to let the other
side cook.
4. Once the fish is fully cooked, remove from pan and set aside.
5. In a clean pan, sauté the garlic, onion, carrots, ginger, and bell pepper (red and
green)
6. Add 2 cups of water and simmer for 5 minutes
7. Put-in the tomato paste, sugar, and vinegar then mix thoroughly
8. Add-in the cornstarch to thicken the sauce (make sure to dilute the cornstarch in
1/2 cup water before adding it in)
9. Pour the sauce on top of the Tilapia.
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Ginisang Sardinas Recipe
Ingredients
· 11 ounces sardines in tomato sauce (about 2 small cans)
· 1 medium red onion, sliced lengthwise
· 3 cloves garlic, crushed
· 1 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped
· 1 medium ripe tomato, chopped
· 2 teaspoons lemon or calamansi juice
· 2 pieces birds eye chili (siling labuyo) *Optional
· 1 teaspoon fish sauce or salt
· 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
· 2 tablespoons cooking oil
Cooking Procedure
Heat the oil in a pan.
Sauté the garlic and onion
When the onion becomes soft, add the tomato and cook for 3 minutes.
Pour-in the sardines in tomato sauce and chili. Stir and let boil.
Cook for 5 minutes in low to medium heat. You may add a little water if needed.
Add-in the lemon juice, ground black pepper, and salt or fish sauce. Stir and cook for a minute more.
Turn off heat and then transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with chopped flat leaf parsley.
Serve with steamed rice.
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