Pork and Shrimp Siomai Recipe - The All Time Favorite

Sharing your favorite Dimsum choices at a Chinese restaurant during a date is so much fun. From ordering it, to teasing your partner for his choices and then finally enjoying it together while talking about anything in the world. Then the relationship grew, and you found yourself married to that guy who got 3 orders of Pork Siomai instead of the choosing 3 different varieties, which you found funny but endearing. Now, you want to impress him and redo your first date. This comes the recipe that you would want to do to your husband who loves a good Siomai. This is my Pork and Shrimp Siomai recipe. Let's begin !

Pork and Shrimp Siomai Recipe !

Siomai Ingredients:

• 500g Ground Pork
• 500g Shrimp chopped into chunks ( we want it chunky )
• 5pcs Shitake mushrooms ( blanched in hot water then sliced into bits)
• 5pcs grated Garlic
• 2inches grated Ginger
• 1 big grated Onion
• 3 tbsp sliced leeks
• 5tbsp Sesame oil
• 2tbsp Oyster sauce
• 1tbsp Japanese soysauce or any soysauce
• 1 tbsp rice vinegar or chinese wine
• 1 tbsp liquid seasoning
• 1 tbsp chicken powder
• 1 tsp salt 
• 1 tsp ground pepper
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4c cornstarch

Siomai wrapper

ebiko or tobiko and leeks for garnish 

Start with the filling, do it with feelings:

Just mix all the filling ingredients on bowl large enough for this recipe. You may use your clean hands to do this. The feeling will start loose at first, but what you want is a mixture that resembles a paste. Just continue mixing until the texture is like a thick paste. Aside from premium ingredients, the way you mix the filling, is the secret to a good Dimsum. Then cover with cling wrap and start with wrapping. 

Wrap it like a rockstar:

The next step is very easy. Place the Siomai wrapper on your palm, put a tablespoon full of the pork and shrimp mixture in the middle then spread it a little. The mixture should not reach the edge of the wrapper, just the middle part. Then with the wrapper still on your palm, try to make a fist while letting the middle part slide down your hands a bit. Squeeze your hand gently to lock in the mixture to the Siomai wrapper, then finish with a little tap at the bottom and the top carefully flatten it. What we want is to wrap it firmly like a ball. Then do the rest of your Siomai. 

Let is steam baby:

Steam all the finished siomai using a steamer for about 8 to 10 minutes. You may serve immediately or let it cool to be stored in an airtight container and then freeze for later use. You can also top this with ebiko and leeks for garnish. Best served with soy sauce, calamansi and chilli garlic! So yummy!

Enjoy!

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Yangnyeom Korean Fried Chicken

 Fried Chicken is at the top of our list when it comes to dishes that we normally order outside or cooked at home. Filipino style recipe is really good and feels like home, but the Korean Style Fried Chicken takes it to another level. It's something that you would want to cook when it's a special occasion or you want to wow your guests with your food. 

Koreans are known for their Fried Chicken, and I get it now. Theirs are so good! I cannot get over it ! I love how its so crunchy, even with their special sauce covering the entire chicken. If you are going to begin cooking Korean Chicken or any of their popular dishes, you have got to start with this Yangnyeom Chicken Recipe. It's very easy, that you will get it on the first try for sure. The taste is so delicious. You will want to try other Korean dishes because of this recipe. Let's begin !

Yangnyeom Fried Chicken

Flavor and prepare your Chicken !

Put 1kg Chicken, cut into 3 inch pieces, onto a bowl, and flavor it with 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. Add 2 eggs, 1/4 cup all purpose flour, 1/2 cup potato starch and 1/2 tsp baking soda. Mix well using your hands until everything is fully incorporated and your chicken pieces are fully covered. Set Aside, and prepare to fry.

Fry on high heat !

Pre heat your cooking pan and put your stove on a high heat. When your pan is hot enough, you may start frying. Put enough oil to cover the chicken as this is deep fried. When the oil is searing hot, at around 330 degrees Fahrenheit if using a thermometer. Drop your marinated chicken onto the oil one by one. Make sure that your chicken is not touching each other. Just continue stirring while it cooks. Toss and turn your chicken once in a while. The first fry with take about 8 to 12 minutes depending on the size of your chicken. When done, drain and set aside. Do not turn off your stove because we are doing a second fry. This process will give your chicken that Korean style fried chicken crunch. Fry the already cooked chicken onto your pan for another 8 to 12 minutes. Same process, you have to stir the chicken to ensure that all sides are cooked. Remove from the oil, and drain. Set Aside.

Start that super delicious Yangnyeom Sauce Recipe !

Put your sauce pan on a medium heat stove. Put 2 tbsp oil, then add 3pcs minced garlic. Saute a bit then add 1/3 cup tomato ketchup, 1/3 cup honey or corn syrup, whichever is available, 2 tsp apple cider vinegar ( you may use regular white vinegar too), 2 tbsp gochujang paste and 2 tbsp samjang paste. Gochujang will make it spicy.  Let it simmer. And this is the time that you would want to add the Crispy fried chicken. Toss and mix until all are covered with the sauce.  Transfer it onto your serving plate and sprinkle with roasted sesame seeds on top! 

Serve and enjoy!

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My favorite Japanese Restaurant - Must Try !

Sushi Master Caloocan & Malabon !!!

Most Japanese restaurants create dishes that are high quality, has authentic Japanese flavors and awesome presentation is a must. Those are the traits I noticed and love whenever we go to Japanese restaurants around our place. Now, Sushi Master in Caloocan city got all that! It's just a small local restaurant, which is why it's a bit surprising. The food quality is on point. It's like eating at a high end restaurant, but the best thing is, since its a small restaurant, the prices are way cheaper than those that are considered bigger companies. The owner is a Filipino, from Malabon city who worked and lived in Japan years ago. That should explain the authenticity of the dishes they serve. And I think he is talented enough to bring those flavors here, and recreate them through his dishes. 

My personal favorites on their menu, that you should also try is the Chashu Ramen, Pork Gyoza, Beef Gyudon rice topping, Beef Pepper Rice Bento, Ebi Tempura ( omg their sauce is the best one I tried !) , Laksa and of course their sushi !! Even those regular maki are really good and so affordable too !  There a lot on the menu, and everything is delicious. I have tried them all since Sushi Master is my favorite go to restaurant whenever I crave for awesome Japanese dishes. YOU HAVE TO GO HERE! See you :)

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Easy Creamy Beef and Mushrooms Steak Recipe

Having to cook so much in a day, one must know recipes that are easy to make and require less effort without compromising the quality of the dishes you will serve. The goal is to make everyone happy, as much as you can. Being a mom, I think we already got that. Since it's a Saturday and the whole family is present, this easy, creamy Beef and Mushrooms Steak recipe is in order. Its delicious, everyone loves it and its super easy recipe to make ! Let's begin !

Easy Creamy Beef and Mushrooms Steak Recipe

Marinate your Beef !

Using a shallow bowl, marinate your 1kg Beef, cut into strips. Add 1/4 cup oyster sauce, 1/4 cup soy sauce , 1tsp ground pepper and 1 tbsp garlic powder. Mix thoroughly using your hands. Cover it with cling wrap and set aside to marinate for a minimum of 30. minutes.

Start Cooking !

Put your non stick pan, on a high heat stove. When your pan is hot enough, you may add in the beef and 2 tbsp butter. The beef will release its own water. Cover with lid. Stir until water is gone. Then you can add 10pcs crushed garlic , 1 can mushrooms and 1 pork cube. Stir until golden brown. Add 1 cup of all purpose cream and 1/4 cup water and 1 tbsp Liquid seasoning. Cover your pan and let it simmer until the water is reduced. Stir and turn off your heat. Transfer to a serving plate and top with fried garlic. 

Serve and enjoy!

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Easy Cheesy No Bake Macaroni Filipino Style

 While doing my groceries, I noticed that a lot are instant noodles, instant snack and the likes. One of the main reasons is that my kids love to eat, they want it fast and with minimal effort. Of course like most kids, they love pasta noodle dishes! So, I decided that I want to lessen instant ones.  But swore that I would have different kinds of pasta sauces for them to reheat whenever they're hungry or they just want to eat (which is always the case lol ). For a longer shelf life, you can just put the sauces in the freezer, and cook the fresh pasta. That way, everyone's happy! So, here is the first pasta dish recipes that you can expect in my fridge from now on.  Let's begin!

Easy Cheesy No Bake Macaroni Filipino Style

Cook your pasta !

Once the water is boiling, put the macaroni pasta, add some salt and oil. Once cooked, drain and set aside.

Start with your Red Spaghetti Sauce !

Using a non stick sauce pan, saute your ground beef or ground pork together with 2 tbsp butter. Let the meat release its oil a bit, then you can add 10pcs of crush garlic and 2 medium sized diced onions. Saute until the onions are translucent. Add your choice of hotdogs, sliced into pieces, sliced button mushrooms and a medium sized, diced bell pepper. Saute until hotdogs are cooked. Next one to add onto the pan is your choice of tomato sauce. I used the ones with flavor, since the plan is to make the process easier and faster. For more flavor, I added pork bouillon or pork cube, as we call it here in the Philippines. For a sweeter flavor, I added 1/4c of condensed milk. Let it simmer for about 5 to 10 minutes. This is the time to adjust the flavor based on your preference. Then, set aside !

The White Sauce on Top !

Using another non stick pan, on a medium heat, add 2tbsp butter and 1/4 cup flour. Cook the flour, then little by little add 1 cup of milk. You may see the butter and flour solidify a bit, but don't worry, it happens. Just continue mixing until it becomes smooth. Add another cup of milk, grated cheddar cheese and any cheese you would want to add. Mix and let it simmer. Consistency should be almost runny. Set Aside. 

Assemble !

For presentation, we want to layer all the elements we did. Using a shallow serving bowl, put your cooked pasta, then the red sauce and then the white sauce on top. Sprinkle with dried parsley, and you are done !

Serve and enjoy your Filipino Style Easy Cheesy Macaroni ! 

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Papa's Easy Filipino Style Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

Writing this on All Soul's day 2023 is a sweet and sour coincidence. Before my papa died, I wrote several of his recipes on my diary but I never got the chance or the gut to do it. I was craving for sweet and sour pork this week, so I decided to cook his Filipino style Sweet and Sour Pork for the first time. I was surprised that it came out just the way he cooked it. It's a dish that I would surely cook regularly for our "ulam" list. Let me show you how I cooked it. And I am so glad that I was able to document it through my vlogs. In a way it's  a tribute to a great man who loves to cook for his family and friends because he knew it will instantly become a hit! This is my papa's Pinoy Style Sweet and Sour Pork recipe. It is so easy, but the taste is so surprisingly good ! Restaurant level recipes. Let's begin !

 Papa's Easy Filipino Style Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

Prep your meat :

500g Pork Belly Liempo sliced into strips

Wash and drain

Put your pork in a bowl and start adding your seasoning

Add flavors to your Pork

In a bowl, add the pork and all the ingredients listed below:

1 tsp salt

1 tsp ground pepper

1/4 cup cornstarch

Set aside

Start Frying !

On a medium heat pan

add enough oil to cover the meat, pre heat

In another bowl, beat 3 eggs with a pinch of salt 

Dip one strip pork in the egg mixture

drop onto the preheated oil repeat until there's no more room for another.

Flip the other side until its golden brown 

once everything is finished, drain the oil and set aside

Cook your Sweet and sour sauce

Saute in oil on the same pan, reduce the oil to 2 tbsp:

 7pcs crushed garlic

1 tbsp sliced ginger

simmer a bit

1tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper

2 medium sized onion, quartered

2 medium size tomatoes, quartered

simmer a bit

add 1 cup Banana Ketchup

1/4 c water

1 medium sized, bell pepper, cubed

2 tbsp sugar

Simmer for 5 minutes

You are done.

Serve and enjoy!

Transfer your fried pork on a serving plate and pour the sauce on top ! 

It's that easy !

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Shawarma Inspired - Pinoy Shawarma Rice Recipe

 Shawarma rice became a popular dish in the Philippines because there are a lot of pop up stores that sell them for a very low cost. Since then it also became a popular recipe on Tiktok coz a lot of content creators are remaking their own version of the Shawarma rice dish. We've been craving for this too, but the truth is, the taste from the stores nearby, is not the way we like it, which is why we came up with our own recipe. Here is our take on the Pinoy version Shawarma rice recipe, and I think this is way closer to those we can call "authentic" . Let's begin !

Shawarma Inspired - Pinoy Shawarma Rice Recipe 

The Rice:

Cook your rice the normal way you do it, but add a tsp of turmeric powder before cooking. 

Set aside.

 Flavor your Beef: 

In a bowl, add everything together:

500g ground beef 

1/2 tsp cumin powder

1tsp curry powder

2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground pepper

2 tsp mustard

2 tsp onion powder

Hand mix for about 7mins, and make sure that everything is mixed thoroughly. 

This will ensure that each flavors are incorporated.

Cook your flavored Beef:

Saute your first beef on a non stick pan, medium heat. What we want here is to encourage the oil out of the beef, then we can add the minced garlic and minced onion. You may add more oil if necessary. Saute until the beef is golden brown. Set Aside.

Do the white sauce:

In a shallow bowl, add 1-2 pcs grated garlic or 2 tbsp garlic powder ( you may adjust this based on your taste ) , add 220g All purpose cream and 2 tbsp mayo. Stir, until there's no more lumps. The mixture should be runny. You may use a wire whisk if you have it, for an easier process. Then you may transfer to a squeeze bottle. You can skip this process, but its just more fun when you serve it like the ones from the pop up stores, right? Set aside. 

Assemble Shawarma rice:

Put your cooked turmeric rice on a serving bowl. Then add some sliced cucumber, sliced onion and sliced tomatoes on the side. Put your cooked beef on top of the rice. Drizzle with the white sauce, and generously. Serve and enjoy ! 

YUMMY!

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Shrimp Hakaw Recipe

 On my very first dates with Chef Nolz, one of our favorite places to eat is a Chinese restaurant located in Banawe, Quezon city. My good friend would always recommend a Shrimp Hakaw. We loved it the first try!  It became one of our favorite Dimsum in an instant. As years go by, our taste changed and we crave for premium and authentic taste. Places serving authentic Chinese dimsum are mostly outdside our city, so to cut the story short, Nolz came up with his own recipe that we do at home. Here is our Shrimp Hakaw Recipe . This is our personal recipe , needless to say , this Dimsum recipe should be your favorite too !

Shrimp Hakaw Recipe

Prepare the Major Ingredients , put your heart into it :

1 kg Fresh shrimp - pound or slice into tiniest pieces that you can do. 

5pcs of medium sizes Dried Shitake Mushrooms - soak it first in boiling water to soften, drain and cut into tiny pieces

Do the Shrimp Filling with feelings !

In a shallow bowl, put everything together :

Prepared Shrimp and mushrooms

1tsp rock salt

1 tsp Chicken powder

1/2 tsp ground pepper

1tbsp potato starch or tapioca starch

1 tbsp Sesame oil

2tbsp grated ginger

Hand mix everything until it becomes a thick paste. 

Cover with cling wrap and set aside for 30mins. 

Do the wrapper like a lover:

In another bowl, 

add 1 cup of potato starch or tapioca starch whichever you have,

1 cup of cornstarch 

and add 1 1/4 cup of hot water. Mix with a spatula or your hands. Its hot ! 

Knead for about 6-7mins until it becomes a dough ball.

Roll into a long log for about 2 inches thick 

Then Cut into 2 inches balls

Press one ball to flatten it, you can also use your hands or a dough cutter or

 a knife cleaver to press and flatten it

this should be as thin as you can. if you have a rolling pin, you can use it too !

There are no rules on this one, just do what you must.

small circle wrapper, as thin as possible :)

Combine perfectly imperfect

With the wrapper in your hands, scoop out 1 tbsp of the shrimp Hakaw filling onto the wrapper

do fold and press, until the filling is locked inside the wrapper. press any hole that may appear. 

Very easy to do, just follow what i did on the video :)

Steam it baby !

Steam for 15 - 20 mins !

dont worry if it over cooks for a bit, this Shrimp Hakaw recipe would still be deliciuos !

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