Easy Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

This easy Sweet and sour pork recipe is one of the most well-known Chinese dishes outside of China.

Easy Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

This easy Sweet and sour pork recipe is one of the most well-known Chinese dishes outside of China. It is believed to be a Cantonese dish, known as gú lóuh yuhk, which roughly translates to “ancient pork”.

Sweet and sour pork is simple, straightforward, and easy to follow. The result is delicious. You should try it for yourself.

This dish is best eaten with rice. To make it special, pair it with Chowking-Style Chao Fan (fried rice). The recipe may be found HERE.


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Recipe for Sweet and Sour Pork:

Easy Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: MainCuisine: ChineseDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

30

minutes
Calories

490

kcal
Total time

1

hour 

This easy Sweet and sour pork recipe is one of the most well-known Chinese dishes outside of China.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kilo pork loin, sliced into pieces

  • 1 small can pineapple chunks

  • 1 large onion, quartered

  • 1 red & 1 green bell peppers, sliced into strips

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce

  • 3 tablespoons peanut oil

  • 4 tablespoons cornstarch

  • 3 tablespoons ketchup

  • 1 tablespoon sugar

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 3 cloves garlic, minced

Directions

  • In a pot, boil pork in 2 cups of water with 1/2 teaspoon of salt until tender, then drain (keep the pork stock for later).
  • Mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and soy sauce then coat the pork with the cornstarch mixture.
  • Fry the pork in a skillet until golden brown, set aside.
  • Dissolve the remaining 2 tablespoons of cornstarch on 1/2 cup of pork stock – set aside.
  • Sauté garlic and onions on oil, then add the bell peppers, pineapple chunks (including the syrup), ketchup, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the dissolved cornstarch. Stir until sauce thickens.
  • Pour over fried pork then serve with rice.

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Easy Tinolang Manok (Chicken Ginger Stew) Recipe

Tinolang Manok (Chicken Tinola or Chicken Ginger Stew) is a healthy and delicious Filipino dish.

Easy Tinolang Manok (Chicken Ginger Stew) Recipe

Tinolang Manok (Chicken Tinola or Chicken Ginger Stew) is a healthy and delicious Filipino dish. Tinolang Manok can be traced back to the Spanish colonial period. This dish is a very common entrée in  Filipino dining. Chicken, papaya, chili leaves, and spices, are sautéed and boiled until tender.

Tinolang Manok, a classic Filipino dish, is very easy to cook. Start by preparing the ingredients, then sauteeing ginger, onions, garlic, chicken, and papaya. Add water, boil and simmer until the chicken and papaya are tender. Add chili leaves right before the dish cooks.

Dark meat cuts of chicken, when used, make a tastier Tinolang Manok. They add more chicken flavor to the dish. Dark meat comes from the thigh and drumstick (the legs of the bird).

Sayote can be used instead of Green papaya. Malunggay leaves may be used instead of “dahon ng sili”. Some people combine both leaves too!


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Recipe for Tinolang Manok (Chicken Ginger Stew):

Easy Tinolang Manok (Chicken Ginger Stew) Recipe

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: MainDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

30

minutes
Total time

45

minutes

Tinolang Manok (Chicken Tinola or Chicken Ginger Stew) is a healthy and delicious Filipino dish.

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo whole chicken, cut into pieces.

  • 1 small young papaya or sayote, cut into small pieces.

  • 2 tablespoons ginger, crushed and slliced into strips

  • 1/2 cup dahon ng sili (chili leaves) or malunggay leaves

  • 1 liter of water

  • 5 garlic cloves, minced

  • 1 red onion, diced

  • 4 tablespoons oil

  • 2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)

  • 2 to 3 pieces siling haba (optional)

Directions

  • In a stock pot, heat oil and sauté garlic, onion, and ginger.
  • Add water and the chicken.
  • Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the chicken is almost done.
  • Season with patis.
  • Add papaya and continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes or until papaya softens but is not overcooked.
  • Add sili leaves (and/or malunggay leaves) then turn off the heat.
  • Add siling haba prior to serving.
  • Serve steaming hot in a bowl with plain rice on the side.

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Easy Filipino Chicken Curry Recipe

This Filipino Chicken Curry is stewed in coconut milk and curry. It is a good and delicious dish the entire family will cherish. Simple to make and cooks in a single pan!

Easy Filipino Chicken Curry Recipe

This Filipino Chicken Curry is stewed in coconut milk and curry. It is a good and delicious dish the entire family will cherish. Simple to make and cooks in a single pan! It requires only a handful of ingredients and is cooked for 1 hour. The perfect dish for feeding a large crowd!

This Filipino Chicken Curry Recipe is a variant of Ginataang Manok. In this recipe, the chicken is cooked in coconut milk. Another difference is we have added the curry powder. Vegetables and different spices help build the flavor.

The terms “chicken curry” and “curry chicken” are generally interchangeable. But there is a difference between the two terms in some Asian countries. And that is even though both dishes include curry and chicken. Different variants render their distinct taste and presentation. The flavors of chicken curry are pretty much the same. It is spicy, rich, aromatic, and addictive.


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Recipe for Filipino Chicken Curry:

Easy Filipino Chicken Curry Recipe

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: MainDifficulty: Medium
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

45

minutes
Total time

1

hour 

This Filipino Chicken Curry is stewed in coconut milk and curry. It is a good and delicious dish the entire family will cherish. Simple to make and cooks in a single pan!

Ingredients

  • 1 Kilo chicken cut to pieces

  • 2 to 3 pieces of potatoes, quartered

  • 2 to 3 pieces of carrots, cut into pieces

  • 1 big red bell pepper cut into 1″x1″ squares

  • 1 big green bell pepper cut into 1″x1″ squares

  • 2 mid-sized onions, chopped

  • 1 bulb of garlic, minced

  • 1 thumb-sized ginger, pounded then sliced

  • 2 cups coconut milk

  • 2 to 3 tablespoons of curry powder

  • 1 teaspoon chili powder or minced chili (optional)

  • 4 tablespoons cooking oil

  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  • In a frying pan or wok, fry the cut chicken until light brown. Next, fry potatoes and carrots, and set them aside.
  • In a saucepan, sauté garlic, onions, and ginger in cooking oil for 2 minutes.
  • Add the chicken, coconut milk, curry powder, and chili powder. Simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Add potatoes and carrots and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes or until tender.
  • Add red and green bell pepper, salt (about 1 tablespoon), and pepper to taste.
  • Serve hot with steamed rice.

Notes

  • Coconut milk may be canned from the grocery store. When using fresh coconut, milk grated coconut meat with 1/2 cup of water, then set aside. Again, milk the grated coconut milk for the second time using 1 1/2 cups of water. While cooking, use the 2nd milking first, then add the first coconut milk near the end of cooking, just after putting the potatoes and carrots.
  • Use fish sauce (patis) instead of salt when available.

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Easy Beef Salpicao Recipe

Beef salpicao is very delicious.  It is salty and sweet with the smell and taste of garlic.

Easy Beef Salpicao Recipe

This easy Beef Salpicao recipe is basically a Filipino dish.  Even with the foreign-sounding name, many will think that this must be Portuguese cuisine introduced during the times when the Philippines was a colony of Spain.  According to the sausage wiki, salpicao is a traditional Portuguese sausage which by the way the dish is not. The Filipino Beef Salpicao is a garlicky stir-fried dish.

Salpicao (Portuguese) is a beef or pork sausage flavored with garlic and paprika.  Salpicado (salpicar), on the other hand, is a Spanish word that means splatter, sprinkle, dabble, or pepper.  Since the dish is splattered with lots of garlic, could salpicao be just a derivative of salpicado?

Beef salpicao is very delicious.  It is salty and sweet with the smell and taste of garlic.  It is as if the flavor was produced by too many spices although salpicao has very few ingredients that are readily available anywhere. It is a quick stir-fry dish with a very simple and uncomplicated cooking process.  It is a perfect main dish but is also good as cocktail food, what we call in the Philippines as “pulutan” (appetizer taken with alcohol, like beer).

As a main dish, Beef Salpicao could be paired with Buttered Corn and Carrots.


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Recipe for Easy Beef Salpicao:

Easy Beef Salpicao Recipe

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: Main, AppetizersCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

10

minutes
Total time

40

minutes

Beef salpicao is very delicious.  It is salty and sweet with the smell and taste of garlic.

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo beef sirloin, cut into 1-inch cubes

  • 1/4 cup Worchestershire sauce

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce

  • 1 tsp brown sugar

  • 1/4 tsp red chili pepper flakes

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 head garlic, peeled and minced

  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  • Combine beef, salt, and pepper. Marinate for about 10 minutes.
  • Combine Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, and red chili pepper flakes. Whisk until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
  • In a cast-iron wok over medium heat, add butter and oil. When butter begins to melt, add garlic. Cook, stirring regularly, for about 1 minute or until garlic lightly browns.
  • Increase heat to high and stir garlic continuously to prevent it from burning. Add beef and spread it across wok when the wok is very hot. Allow to sear for about 1 to 2 minutes and then turn to sear on other side.
  • Add Worcestershire-soy sauce mixture and continue to cook, stirring regularly, for about 3 to 5 minutes. Serve hot.

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Easy Barbecue Sauce Recipe

This Easy Barbecue Sauce Recipe is great for basting, as a dipping sauce and as a marinade too!

Easy Barbecue Sauce Recipe

This Easy Barbecue Sauce Recipe is yummy! This Easy Barbecue Sauce Recipe is great for basting, as a dipping sauce and as a marinade too!

The ingredients listed for this Easy Barbecue Sauce Recipe will produce about 1 cup. This is ideal if you want to make a dipping sauce. If you need a barbecue marinade for about 1 kilo of meat, just multiply the ingredients by four (4) to yield 4 cups.


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Recipe for Barbecue Sauce:

Easy Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: Sauce, DipDifficulty: Easy

This Easy Barbecue Sauce Recipe is great for basting, as a dipping sauce and as a marinade too!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of tomato ketchup

  • 1/3 cup of brown sugar

  • 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar

  • 2 tsp of soy sauce

  • 2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce

Directions

  • In a bowl, mix and stir all of the above ingredients until well incorporated.
  • Serve.

Notes

  • For barbecue marinade, multiply the ingredients by 4 for 1 kilo of meat.
  • The recipe could also be used for basting and the remainder may be used as dipping sauce.


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Easy Ampalaya Con Carne Recipe

This easy Ampalaya Con Carne recipe is a basic stir-fry dish using beef and ampalaya (bitter melon, bitter gourd) as the main ingredients.

Easy Ampalaya Con Carne Recipe

This easy Ampalaya Con Carne recipe is a basic stir-fry dish using beef and ampalaya (bitter melon, bitter gourd) as the main ingredients. This dish is quick and easy to make.

This is a good starter dish for beginner cooks as it only takes 30 minutes to come up with a delicious and tasty meal.

Cooking this easy ampalaya con carne recipe is as easy as marinating the beef and stir-frying it later followed by adding the ampalaya.


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Recipe for Ampalaya Con Carne:

Easy Ampalaya Con Carne Recipe

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: MainCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

15

minutes
Total time

30

minutes

This easy Ampalaya Con Carne recipe is a basic stir-fry dish using beef and ampalaya (bitter melon, bitter gourd) as the main ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 1 large ampalaya, cleaned and sliced

  • 250 g beef sirloin, thinly sliced

  • 1 tbsp cornstarch

  • 1/2 cup soy sauce

  • 1 tbsp sesame oil

  • 1 medium onion, thinly sliced (lengthwise)

  • 1 small thumb ginger, julienned

  • 6 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1/4 tsp salt

  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

  • 1 cup water (more if necessary)

  • 5 tbsp cooking oil

Directions

  • In a bowl, combine the beef strips, soy sauce, salt, ground black pepper, cornstarch, and sesame oil.
  • Mix all the ingredients until evenly distributed and marinade for at least 1 hour.
  • Heat a frying pan or wok and pour 3 tbsp of the cooking oil.
  • When the oil is hot enough, stir fry the marinated beef, in medium heat, for about 3 to 5 minutes per side or until the outer part turns medium to dark brown.
  • Add water and simmer until the beef is tender.
  • Heat a separate pan or cooking pot then pour in the remaining 2 tbsp of cooking oil.
  • When the oil is hot enough, sauté the garlic, onion, and ginger.
  • Add- in the sliced ampalaya then stir fry for about 5 to 8 minutes.
  • Turn off the heat and transfer to the pan with the beef.
  • Stir and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and transfer to a serving plate. Enjoy!

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Easy Almondigas Recipe

This easy Almondigas recipe is a misua soup common in the Philippines with pork meatballs (called bola-bola) and patola.

Easy Almondigas Recipe

This easy Almondigas recipe is a misua soup common in the Philippines with pork meatballs (called bola-bola) and patola.


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Recipe for Almondigas:

Easy Almondigas Recipe

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: Main, SoupsCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy

This easy Almondigas recipe is a misua soup common in the Philippines with pork meatballs (called bola-bola) and patola.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kilo ground pork

  • 150 grams misua (wheat vermicelli)

  • 1 medium-sized patola, sliced

  • 1 pc raw egg

  • 1/8 cup all-purpose flour

  • 1 pc beef cube

  • 5 cups water

  • 1 small onion, minced

  • 6 cloves garlic, crushed

  • 3 tbsp fish sauce

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

  • 3 tbsp cooking oil

Directions

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground pork, half of the onion, raw egg, salt, ground black pepper, and flour.
  • Mix thoroughly until all the ingredients are well incorporated then set aside.
  • In a cooking pot, add the cooking oil and turn on the heat.
  • When the oil is hot enough, sauté the garlic and remaining onions.
  • Add the beef cube and fish sauce and cook for 1 minute.
  • Add water and let it boil.
  • Scoop about a tablespoon of the meat mixture and form it into a ball shape.
  • Drop meatballs in the boiling soup, one after the other.
  • Cook for 10 minutes.
  • Add the patola and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Add the misua and cook for 1 to 2 minutes while gently stirring.
  • Turn off the heat and transfer to a serving bowl. Enjoy!

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Easy Beef Pares Mami

This easy Beef Pares Mami is a variation of the Beef Pares Recipe. Instead of rice, the beef pares is served with miki noodles.

Easy Beef Pares Mami

This easy Beef Pares Mami is a variation of the Beef Pares Recipe. Instead of rice, the beef pares is served with miki noodles.


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Recipe for Beef Pares Mami:

Easy Beef Pares Mami

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: Main, SnacksCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy

This easy Beef Pares Mami is a variation of the Beef Pares Recipe. Instead of rice, the beef pares is served with miki noodles.

Ingredients

Directions

  • Make sure you have enough soup from the Beef Pares.
  • In a bowl, add the miki noodles.
  • Add beef pares meat.
  • Top with scallions, toasted garlic and hard boiled egg.
  • Pour the soup (broth) from the beef pares.
  • Serve and enjoy!

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Easy Beef Pares Recipe

Beef Pares is a serving of braised beef stew with garlic fried rice (or plain rice topped with garlic), and a bowl of clear soup.

Easy Beef Pares Recipe

This Easy Beef Pares Recipe is the same recipe used for the popular street food in the Philippines. Usually seen in food carts on street corners, beef pares serves as a quick meal. It is also served in carinderias or karinderyas.

Beef Pares is a serving of braised beef stew with garlic fried rice (or plain rice topped with garlic), and a bowl of clear soup.

This beef pares recipe is somewhat similar to asado as the beef is stewed in sweet soy sauce. Some people refer to it as sweet adobo.

Another way to eat beef pares is as pares mami. It is like a soup with the addition of noodles and is similar to the Vietnamese pho.


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Beef Pares Recipe

Easy Beef Pares Recipe

Recipe by Yummy Food
Recipe rating: N/A
Course: MainCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy

Beef Pares is a serving of braised beef stew with garlic fried rice (or plain rice topped with garlic), and a bowl of clear soup.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg beef sirloin cubes or beef kenchi

  • 1 onion, minced

  • 2 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1 pc 1-inch ginger, julienned

  • ¼ cup soy sauce

  • 1 cup beef broth

  • 1 pc star anise

  • 1 chicken cube

  • 2 tablespoons sugar

  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  • Boil the beef cubes until they are tender.
  • Set aside the beef and reserve the broth.
  • In a pan, sauté the ginger, onion, and garlic.
  • Add the boiled beef cubes and cook for around 2-3 minutes.
  • Add 1 cup of the beef broth, chicken cube, and star anise, let boil.
  • Add soy sauce.
  • Add sugar and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Mix well and let simmer until the sauce thickens.
  • Serve with plain rice or garlic fried rice with a bowl of the beef broth.

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