Filipino Picadillo

Picadillo consists mainly of ground beef. Picadillo is mostly seen and served at countries like Cuba, Mexico, and other Latin American countries. Picadillo comes from the Spanish word, “picar” which means “to mince” or “to chop”.

Picadillo here in the Philippines (Filipino Picadillo) is made with beef and either potatoes or chayote (with other vegetables).

Lomi (Pancit Lomi)

Lomi or Pancit Lomi is a Chinese-Filipino dish made with a variety of thick fresh egg noodles.

Lomi is best eaten while steaming hot. Depending on one's preference, a mixture of soy sauce, kalamansi juice and crushed fresh red chilli peppers can be added to the dish as a condiment. The same soy sauce mixture can also be used as a dipping sauce for the meatballs, kikiam and pieces of meat.

Lomi Recipe Ingredients:

* 1/4 kilo flat lomi noodles
* 1/2 cup pork, sliced into strips
* 1/2 cup shrimps, shelled
* 1/4 cup chopped ham
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 3-4 cloves garlic, crushed
* 1 cup shredded cabbage
* 1 tbsp. chopped carrots
* 6-7 cups chicken or meat broth
* 2 tbsp. cooking oil
* 1 tbsp. cornstarch.dissolved in water
* 2 raw eggs
* 2 tbsp. patis
* salt to taste

Lomi Cooking Instructions:

1). Saute garlic and onion.

2). When garlic and onion are in golden brown, you may add pork, shrimps, and ham.

3). Add patis; stir for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup water, cover and simmer until water is almost dry.

4). Add broth. Cover and let boil for 10 minutes.

5). Drop in noodles, carrots, and shredded cabbage. Let boil for 3 minutes and thicken with dissolved cornstarch.

6). Put off the heat.

7). Beat eggs and stir in. Do not boil.

Best serve immediately after cooking.

Lomi Noodles Image: Some rights reserved by whologwhy

Pancit Molo Soup

Pancit Molo Soup is one of the simplest and popular authentic Filipino soups. Pancit molo soup don't have pancit on it. Confusing, I know. This dish is made with dumplings and meat broth. Similar to siomai soup, except that the dumplings in pancit molo are not steamed but cooked in the broth itself.

Pancit Molo Image By AngSarap.Net

Pancit Molo Soup Recipe Ingredients :

* 400 g. of ground lean pork
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* 1 carrot, grated
* 1/8 c. of finely chopped onion leaves
* 1/4 tsp. of finely grated ginger
* 1/2 tsp. of soy sauce
* 1 tsp. of salt
* 1/2 tsp. of pepper
* 1 egg, beaten
* 6-8 c. of meat or chicken broth
* 1 tbsp. of cooking oil
* 1 tbsp. of minced garlic
* 1 onion, sliced
* chopped onion leaves for garnishing
* salt and pepper to taste
* 50-60 pcs. of wonton (siomai) wrapper (sizes vary)

Pancit Molo Soup Cooking Instruction:

1). Mix together the first nine ingredients (from ground lean pork up to the beaten egg).

2). Put a teaspoonful of the mixture at the center of each wonton (siomai) wrapper, wet the edges with a little water and gather them to form parcels. Make sure that the edges are well sealed.

3). Heat the cooking oil in a large saucepan or casserole.

4). Saute the garlic until golden. Add the sliced onion and continue sauteing until soft.

5). Pour in the broth and bring to a boil. Drop the dumplings, one at a time. When the broth starts to boil again, lower the heat, cover and simmer for 12 minutes.

6). Turn off the heat and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a soup tureen and sprinkle the chopped onion leaves on top.

Serve while its hot.

Important Reminder:

* Season the broth after the dumplings are cooked.

* Do not simmer the dumplings for longer than 12 minutes.