Filipino

How to Cook Filipino Fish Steak

by Magida | Oct 9, 2021 | Filipino

What is Filipino fish steak? Filipino fish steak, to put it simply, is the fish version of what the Filipinos call bistek (which is a colloquial term for beef steak. I think if you say beef steak repeatedly and faster, you would hear “bistek” from your own...

Nilagang Baka (Beef Nilaga)

by Magida | Apr 5, 2021 | Filipino, Meats, Vegetables

What is nilagang baka? Are you looking for common Filipino recipes? Nilagang baka (beef soup with vegetables) is a common Filipino dish; as common as beef sinigang, chicken adobo and tinola. Nilaga is a term that means boiling or to boil. Chicken nilaga is the same...

How to Make Quick and Easy Chicken Lollipop

by Magida | Sep 26, 2020 | Appetizers, Beef, Filipino, Philippines

How to Make Quick and Easy Chicken Lollipop What are chicken lollipops? Chicken lollipop sounded fancier than I thought. It must be the term lollipop that made it so. Who does not know lollipops to begin with? Add the term chicken to it, and diet goes out of the...

How to Cook Chicken Tinola

by Magida | May 2, 2020 | Chicken, Dinner, Filipino, Lunch, Meats, Soups and Salads

What is chicken tinola? The word tinola literally means stew (noun) or stewed (verb or adjective). If you have been following my posts, you must be wondering how different it is from “nilaga“ which also means stew! For a brief orientation, nilaga is indeed stew (or...

The Best Recipe for Chicken Arroz-Caldo

by Magida | May 2, 2020 | Filipino

This recipe for chicken arroz caldo offers two ways of cooking. The traditional way and what I call the practical way. the latter uses the exact same ingredients and results in the same comforting taste of chicken soup. What is arroz caldo? Arroz caldo is soup made of...

Fried Rice with Left-Over Chicken Nuggets

by Magida | May 2, 2020 | Breakfast, Filipino, Lunch, Meats, Philippines, Rice, Rice/Noodles/Pasta

Fried Rice with Left-Over Chicken Nuggets Did you know that fried rice is best with leftover steamed white rice? A day old, if not a little longer, the one sitting in your refrigerator waiting to be sentenced. I had seen otherwise. A few friends and relatives would...