Bulalo Filipino Recipe (Beef Marrow Stew)

Bulalo is famous here in the Philippines. Even restaurants, 5 star hotels, fast foods and nearby carinderias offers Bulalo as their best selling dish or recipe.

For those people who still don't know what Bulalo is, Bulalo is a BEEF SOUP comprised of shank with bone marrow still inside the bone. Bone marrow is preserved inside the bone so people who orders the dish can eat it afterwards. Bulalo is pretty basic and easy Filipino recipe but time and patience is required for this dish to make it perfect.

Bulalo Image Credit - Lahat Sarap

Filipino Style Sopas - Chicken Sopas

Chicken Sopas (chicken macaroni soup) is a very well known soup dish here in the Philippines. It is quite popular that you can cook it anytime you want (cook it the traditional way or buy an instant sopas in a pack) and eat it anywhere you go (from turo turo to 5 star restaurants). I can say that this dish is one of the best selling dish or recipe of Filipino people. As generation and time passes by, new twist and tweak is created to make Filipino sopas recipe even more yummier. Below, you will read and find the very basic and most common Filipino chicken sopas recipe (you may find other variation of this recipe online).

Filipino Sopas Image By gojackiego.com

Filipino Chicken Sopas Ingredients:

* half a kilo of chicken cut in smaller portions

* 5 pieces of hotdog cut in about 2cm thick

* 2 cloves of garlic

* 1 onion sliced

* 1 carrot cut in julienne strips

* 1 cup of cabbage

* 1/4 cup of evaporated milk

* half a kilo of macaroni noodles

* 1 liter of water

* 1 chicken bouillon cube

* salt, pepper

Filipino Chicken Sopas Cooking Procedure:

1). In a casserole put some cooking oil.

2). Sauté your garlic, onion and carrots. Add your chicken and continue mixing.

3). Put the hotdog and cook for about two more minutes. Pour your water with the chicken bouillon cube dissolved in it.

4). Cover and let it boil. After the first boil add your macaroni noodles and continue cooking for another ten minutes. Then add up your cabbage, milk, salt and pepper.

5). Turn of the fire, the warm liquid will continue cooking the rest of the ingredients. You can also add some chicken liver and gizzards in this soup if you want.

Note: Image may vary with the end result of this recipe.

Filipino Exotic Foods

There are so many Filipino exotic foods that are truly unique and delicious. Some of them really looks weird and some people find it not acceptable or not appropriate to eat. But let me tell you this, if you believe in the saying "don't judge the book by its cover", then you will able to eat it without any hassle. This saying really applies to exotic and unique Filipino recipes because their looks might not be that good but the taste, oh my, so delicious and sumptuous.

Below you will find some of the many Filipino exotic foods. Some of them are linked into their corresponding recipes and how-to-cook pages in case you want to try them at home.

Balut

A balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell.

Balut eggs are believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack. Baluts are mostly sold by street vendors in the regions where they are available.

Soup #5

Soup Number Five, is a soup made from bull's testes or organ. Like balut, it is believed to have aphrodisiac that makes people to say it is better to eat this soup than spending money into some sexual performance enhancing drugs.

Ginataang Kuhol

The French call "kuhol" as "escargot". Kuhol or escargot is an edible snail. Guinataang Kuhol is a favorite appetizer in Filipino restaurants. It is also a popular pica-pica (finger food) that goes well with cold beer. Ginataang kuhol is a spicy dish.

Dinuguan

Dinuguan is a Filipino savory stew of blood and meat (typically stomach, intestines, ears, heart and snout) simmered in a rich, spicy dark gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili , and vinegar.

More exotic foods can be found at this Filipino street foods blog post.

How about you? Any more exotic foods to add?

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).

Chicken Asparagus Soup

Chicken Asparagus Soup is quite a very easy to do soup recipe. It's healthy and it really tastes so good. Chicken & Asparagus Soup is an easy yet delicious Filipino appetizer recipe as well. Try below my basic soup recipe for Chicken Asparagus.

Chicken Asparagus Soup Image Credit : casaveneracion.com

Chicken Asparagus Soup Ingredients:

* 5 cups chicken broth
* 3 tablespoons cornstarch
* 2 tablespoons minced cooked ham
* salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
* 1/2 cup water
* one 16-ounce can asparagus spears
* 1 chicken breast, boned and sliced, shredded just before cooking

Chicken Asparagus Soup Cooking Procedure:

1). In a medium pot, combine chicken broth, salt and pepper.

2). Add the liquid from the can of asparagus.

3). Thicken the broth with cornstarch.

4). Slice the asparagus spears into 1-inch lengths and add them to the broth.

5). Add 1/2 cup water. Bring the whole mixture to a boil, then remove from heat.

6). Add the chicken to the broth and bring back to a boil, stirring briskly.

7). Cook until chicken is tender.

Sprinkle your soup with ham bits and serve it while its hot. Enjoy!

Note: Image may vary with the actual result of this recipe.

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.

Hototay Soup

Hototay soup is a common dish for Filipinos. Hototay soup, originally, is a Chinese soup. But now, expect to see it on the menu list of some Filipino restaurants and eateries.

Hototay soup is a combination of meat-and-vegetables with slivers of pork meat, pork liver, chicken gizzards, dumplings, mushrooms and vegetables in a clear broth garnished with raw eggs. Some find it exotic, but I said; its authentic.!

Hototay requires a lot of time in terms of preparation. The ingredients will undergo the cutting, chopping, slicing and mincing efforts. But the cooking it self, its pretty basic and simple.

Hototay Soup Image Via foodrecipesfilipinoandinternational.blogspot.com

Hototay Soup Recipe Ingredients:

* 1 onion, chopped
* 4 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 cup sliced pechay Baguio
* 1 cup sliced carrot
* 1 cup sliced celery
* 1 cup pork, cut into strips
* 1 cup chicken meat, cut into strips
* 1 cup liver, cut into strips
* 1/2 cup shrimps, shelled
* 10cups broth
* 1/2 cup chopped green onions
* salt and pepper to taste
* oil for sauteing
* egg

Hototay Soup Cooking Instructions:

1). In a saucepan, saute garlic and onion.

2). Add chicken, pork, liver and 3 cups of water.

3). Boil the meat until tender.

4). Add the remaining ingredients except the egg and seasonings.

5). Sprinkle the salt and pepper until the desired taste.

6). Put soup in a large bowl. Break an egg over it before serving.

Serve it while its hot.