Fish Fillet ala Bicol Express

I know this is not a new recipe for you because you've heard about FISH BICOL EXPRESS.  But I'm sure that this recipe is very different to what you usually think.

FISH FILLET ala BICOL EXPRESS is a different recipe from the one you've encounter with other Bicol Express Filipino recipes.

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 Meat Bariles, slice slant about vertically

1 cup flour

1/2 cup cassava flour

2 tbsp cornstarch

4 cloves of garlic,chopped

1/2 tbsp ginger

black pepper

3 green siling haba(finger Chili's)

onion

sea salt

2 tbsp oil

1 cup of water

Magic Sarap(optional)

1 egg(batter)

PREPARATION:

1. Marinate the fish with salt and pepper for 20 minutes.
2. After 20 minutes, get a bowl and mix the marinated fish together with the flour, cassava flour and cornstarch.

PROCEDURE:

1. In a large skillet heat oil over medium heat.
2. Saute the garlic, ginger and onions and add the mixtures(Prep.2). 
3. You can sprinkle Magic Sarap for more appetizing taste.
4. When fish is half-cooked, add the batter egg.
5. Simmer till cooked.  And mix siling haba.

This is good for 1 serving only.

Eat it.  I can't even pronounced it!  BURP!

    

MARINATED OLIVES

Olive oils usually used in cooking food.  Considered to be sacred in anointing Kings in Ancient Greece.  

Mistaken to be called as vegetables but actually they are fruits.  Often to be served in a party as a starter or appetizers or sprinkled over food.

Olives are a party staple and guests will appreciate having to keep on hand for entertaining.

Today I will teach you on how to MARINATE OLIVES:

3 cups mixed olives, rinsed and drained well
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
4 sprigs fresh thyme
3 sprigs fresh rosemary
1 1/2 tsp. whole fennel seeds
2 strips orange zest
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
1 clove garlic, slivered
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

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1. Put the olives in a 1-quarter, in a small saucepan, combine the oil, thyme, rosemary, fennel seeds, zest, red pepper flakes, bay leaf and garlic.  
2. Heat on very low for 10 minutes.
3. Pour the oil and seasonings over the olives.
4. Add the lemon juice and close the jar.
5. Turn a few times to distribute the seasonings;let cool to room temperature.
6. Store in the refrigerator for no longer than 4 days.
7. Before serving, bring the olives to room temperature and drain off most of the oil.
8. Yield 3 cups.

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PURPLE FRIED CHICKEN RECIPE

Do you like to eat a PURPLE CHICKEN?  I know it sound weird but it's true, there is a recipe that I've just encountered during ELECTION here in the Philippines.  

One of my COMELEC-BEI colleagues bring here lunch to our polling precinct, as she opens her Tupperware I saw her chicken in a different color, a purple color chicken.

It looks like this.

Photo credit to INSTRUCTABLES

And because I am curious what happened to her FRIED CHICKEN I ask her.  And she told me she marinated the chicken with DRY RED WINE.  WHAT???  Hahahaha...it turns out purple because of the red wine?

Okay, I am convinced.  How does it taste?  Hmmmm..it does taste weird too?  Have a try. Here are the recipes and procedures.  You will be to judge.

INGREDIENTS for the PURPLE MARINADE:


1 1/2 cup dry red wine
1 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
3-4 cloves garlic, minced and chopped
1/2 medium onion, small dice
1 tsp red chili powder or cayenne powder
1 tsp ground black pepper
2 tbsp oil

FOR FRIED CHICKEN

1 kilo breast or drumstick chicken
bread crumbs or flour
black pepper
cayenne
salt
paprika(optional)
oil for frying   

PROCEDURE:

1. Mix the purple marinade ingredients to a a mixing bowl.  Let them sit for a couple of minutes.
2. Take three large boneless chicken breast or drums and chop them into a bite size.
3. Put the chicken together with the marinated mixture into a bowl until the chicken is uniformly coated and has begun to turn into a purple color.
4. Put into the fridge for half hour in order to soak up the purple marinaded goodness.
5. Do not over marinated the chicken since you already chop into a bite size.
6. After half hour, get your mix and marinated purple chicken and batter it with bread crumbs or flour.
7. Heat up a large skillet, put oil and lightly dredge the pieces to the hot oil.
8. Brown your purple chicken bits in all sides then turn the heat to medium to low.  Cook until done.
9. Serve with salad tops with vinegar and oil.

Make your own PURPLE FRIED CHICKEN now and tell me how does it taste.

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PANEER SANDWICH

Last week I had a great time talking with my friend from India who happened to be a FOOD BLOG ADDICT READER.  She sends me an email asking if I have an Indian Food Recipe on my blog.

My blog, It's All About Food, tackled different kinds of recipes from all over the world.  She ask me if I can post PANEER Recipe on my blog.  I ask her, what's PANEER?

And she replied: PANEER or a COTTAGE CHEESE is an integral part of South Asian cooking.  A versatile dairy products used in desserts, snacks or a main dish.

SOURCE

Sounds new recipe to me.  She emailed me again the PANEER RECIPE her family used to cook traditionally.

Wow! what a great pleasure to know this recipe.  With this recipe I decided to make my own PANEER SANDWICH.

INGREDIENTS:

One loaf bread
1/2 cup grated PANEER(cottage cheese)
1 tomatoes
1 onions
2 Green Chilies
1/4 tsp red chili powder
salt to taste
butter(optional)

PROCEDURE:

1. Chop onion, chilies and tomatoes
2. Mix the grated paneer with chop vegetables, salt,red chili powder, and keep aside.
3. Take two slices (and butter them), put some paneer mixture on one slice and cover it with other bread slice.
4. Put this on a sandwich toaster and wait to turn into crispy brown.
5. Serve with ketchup.  You can add more vege like carrots and cucumber.

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HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER RECIPE

Who doesn't love to eat PEANUT BUTTER?  It really tastes great and I love to eat this together with the rice.  

My mother is the best one to make peanut butter, and I have her copy of the recipe and procedure on how to make SPECIAL PEANUT BUTTER.  This will help you if you want to do business with this recipe. Truly inexpensive and very easy to prepare, you can do this right in your kitchen in just 10 minutes.

You need:

2 cups of roasted peanut

225g DariCreme Unsalted Butter

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 cup of Brown Sugar or Honey

PROCEDURE

If you already have a roasted peanut you only have to pre-heat again by putting it in a pan and for 2-3 minutes just shake/stir them constantly to ensure that they don't burn.  Then remove the peanuts and allow them to cool.

Pour the 2 cups of roasted peanuts into a food processor or a blender, allow it to grind the peanuts for 2-3 minutes until the peanut are totally fined crushed.  But in our case we don't have a blender, we pay PHp25 just to grind our peanuts in the market.

We put the grind peanuts on a mixing bowl.  Melt the 225g butter and add it on the crushed peanuts and continuously mixed them together.

For a taste, add the brown sugar or you can add honey(optional).  And add a dash of salt to taste, but if you used salted butter, there's no need for you to add salt.

     

Put peanut butter into an airtight container.  Store in a refrigerator for a day so it can set in to a lovely peanut butter paste.

Then after that you can put the peanut butter to a container for packaging, ready for retailing.

Make your relatives or friends be your first prospect as buyers.

HAPPY BUSINESS!!