Pork Embutido (With Special Sauce) Recipe

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Embutido is principally a type of meatloaf prepared in Filipino style. Embutido can be enjoyed every day without any hassle, though it is a well-known dish for the holidays. Perhaps, there are meat processing companies nowadays that produce this meatloaf for commercial selling. You just need to grab one from your favorite grocery store. Still, making yourself embutido at your own kitchen is always better as you can enjoy it without preservatives. The origin of this Filipino style embutido can be traced when Spain colonized the Philippines for three and a half centuries. Continue reading

Beef Tapa Recipe

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This recipe has been made popular by the Filipino breakfast TAPSILOG – a combination plate of TAPa, SInangag(Fried Rice) and ItLOG(Egg). It is commonly served with sliced tomato or a spicy vinegar dipping sauce. In the Philippine cuisine, tapa is the term used to refer to salted, then dried meat that may either be cured or uncured. The cured tapa uses salitre or saltpeter that gives the meat it’s red color. However, this recipe don’t use it, but rather choose to add soy sauce for the color. Aside from these, ingredients like garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns, vinegar and salt are used to make it flavorful and tasty. You should give this beef tapa recipe a try to experience a delicious and palatable breakfast meal.

 

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Chicken Caldereta Recipe

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Caldereta or Kaldereta is one of the most popular dishes in the Philippines. In fact, when you go to any Filipino restaurant or even in the carinderias, I’m sure you’ll find the Caldereta.

Caldereta is basically a tomato based stew that originally started with goat meat as the main ingredient. Later on, variations in meats where made like Beef Caldereta, Pork Caldereta, and for this recipe, we have Chicken Caldereta. Continue reading