Ano ang Panko

Ang Panko ay isang uri ng Japanese breadcrumbs, binibigkas ito bilang "pangko" maputi at malalaki ang butil nito. Kapag ito ang ginamit na coating sa mga piniritong karne, lamang dagat at kahit gulay ay napapaganda nito ang  texture ng mga pinirito, mas maganda ito kaysa harina lang na coating. Malutong at hindi masyadong sumisipsip ng mantika.

Kahit sa Japan nag originate ang Panko, maiiconsider na rin itong common na sangkap sa mga lutong Pinoy na ulam lalo na kapag mga pinirito. Madaling mabili sa mga supermarkets. Isa ako sa mga humahanga sa Panko, kaya dito sa blog ko marami akong recipe na ginamitan ng Panko, sana magustuhan nyo.

Mga potahe na may Panko

How To Cook Pork Steak Easily

This recipe is enough for a big family :-) like mine. If Kikkoman soy sauce is not available just replace it with the common soy sauce in the kitchen but reduce it to 50ml. Start cooking now and let me know if your loved ones gave you thumbs up.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 kilo pork ( sliced flat and thin)
1  cup soy sauce (common kitchen soy sauce)
80 ml  Kikkoman soy sauce
80 ml lime or lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
5 onion (sliced into rings)

Procedure:
1. Marinate the sliced pork with lemon juice, soy sauces and ground pepper.Let stand for 30 minutes.

2. Saute the onion and remove some for the toppings later. Remove the pork from the marinating sauce, and stir in with the onion and stir until the pinkish color is gone, then add the marinating sauce then simmer while stirring occasionally until done. Add salt if needed.

3. When done, put the sauteed onion that you reserved earlier then serve with love :-).

How To Make Nutella

While eating Nutella, I read the ingredients at the label then I became curious and tried making it. Here is the result of my curiosity.

Ingredients:
1 cup hazelnuts (toasted)
1/2 cup sweetened cocoa powder
1 cup skim milk powder
30 ml  vegetable oil
120 ml fresh milk
pinch of salt



Procedure:
1. Put the hazelnuts in a blender then blend until it is powder, add all the ingredients and continue blending until you reached the consistency of  a good spread texture, just like Nutella.
2. Now get a bread and taste the nutella that you make :-).


Frankly speaking I have a hard time making this it took me almost and hour, it's difficult because it stuck in the blade of the blender that's why I need to mix it a lot of time with a spoon. After making this I shouted whew!! I will just buy Nutella next time I will not do this again, it's not worth it then I grabbed a slice of bread and put some of the homemade nutella and it put a smile on my face :-). It tastes so good but still, the original Nutella is the best.

I will not do this again 

How To Make Crouton

A crouton is a piece of a sauteed or rebaked bread often cubed and seasoned, that is used to add texture and flavor to salads notably the Caesar salad, as an accompaniment to soups or as a snack food.
Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients:
6 slices bread
1 tablespoons olive oil
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Remove the sides of the bread, then slice it into cubes.

2. Put in a baking tray then sprinkle with olive oil and salt.Pre-heat the oven to 200C then bake it for 4 minutes or until done.
3. You can store it in a jar and use as salad or soup toppings or as a crispy snack anytime you want it. :-)

I love it on salad :-)

How To Make Farfalle Appetizer

Farfalle or bow tie pasta originated in Italy, date back 16th century in the region of  Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy. It comes in different sizes, the kids will surely love this cute bow-tie like pasta.

Ingredients:
250 grams farfalle
1 cup diced ham
1 cup all purpose cream
1 1/2 cups mayonaise
salt and pepper to taste
spring onion
raisins according to your taste

Procedure:
1. Cook the farfalle according to its packaging procedure, when done, was in running water to remove extra starch then drain it.

2. Combine all the ingredients until fully mixed, chill then serve.

How To Cook Chicken Teriyaki

Wanna share this simple and easy way of making chicken teriyaki, since I had my teriyaki sauce (the one I posted yesterday). You will be surprised that it is very easy to make.

You can click the link for the teriyaki sauce recipe
How To Make Teriyaki Sauce

Ingredients for 3 servings:
3 deboned chicken thigh
1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
chopped spring onion
oil- just enough for pan frying
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper then heat the oil and pan fry the chicken until fully cooked.

2. Slice to  your desired size, then arrange in a serving platter.

3. Pour the teriyaki sauce, sprinkle with sesame seeds and spring onion, serve with love and enjoy. :-)

How To Make Teriyaki Sauce

This teriyaki sauce is very easy to make and I am sure that you will be happy with the result if you will try this :).

Ingredients for 3-4 kilos meat:

1  cup soy sauce
1 cup water
1 cup rice wine (saque)
1/2 cup sugar or honey
2 tablespoons ginger juice ( grate a ginger to extract the juice)
1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons water

Grate the ginger to extract the juice

Procedure:
1. Caramelize the sugar then add  the soy sauce, water, rice wine and ginger juice, bring to simmer over medium heat. Let simmer for few minutes to infuse the flavor  then add the dissolved cornstarch and simmer until a little thicken then turn off the heat.

Caramelizing the sugar

2. Once done allow to cool and keep in a jar to use it anytime. You can use this for chicken, pork, fish and beef, try it now.

Ready to use

Chicken Teriyaki

pork Teriyaki

How to Prepare a Simple Appetizer

Surprise your loved ones with this simple appetizer that perfectly goes well with any dishes. It will surely boost your appetite.

Ingredients for 6 servings:
1 head broccoli big ( cleaned)
2 ripe mangoes (sliced)
200 grams strawberries (cleaned and sliced)


Procedure:
1. Boil the broccoli for 2 minutes then drain and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients making sure that it is evenly mix.
3. Serve with your favorite salad dressing or just simply sprinkle with  a little salt, olive oil and lime juice. Enjoy!

How To Make Kutsinta Perfectly

I used medium size molder for this recipe and I was able to made around 30 pieces of delicious Kutsinta.  I used food coloring instead of annatto because it's not available. I made this as simple as it can be so that every body can try making kutsinta in a very easy way. I hope you will try this and let me know.

Ingredients for 2 dozens:
1  1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2  cup  sugar
1/2 teaspoon orange food coloring
1 1/2 cups water
1 teaspoon lye water


Procedure:
1. Sift all the dry ingredients then combine everything until fully mixed. Pour into molders about 3/4 full and steam for 15 minutes or until done.

2. Remove from steamer then allow few minutes to cool before removing from the molders then serve with or without grated coconut.

How To Make Halo-halo

 What is Halo-halo?

"Halo-halo (Tagalog: [haˈlo-haˈlo], "mixed together") is a popular Filipino dessert with mixtures of shaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans, jello and fruits. It is served in a tall glass or bowl". Read more about halo-halo by clicking the link below.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo-halo

Halo-halo is very easy to prepare and you can make it as simple as you want or as special as you want it to be. You can use different ingredients for this, and this is mine.

Ingredients:
Shaved ice
Pinipig
Corn Kernel
Cooked Sago
Sweetened banana ( minatamis  na saging)
Sweetened red beans
Leche flan
ube jam
Ice Cream
Evaporated Milk
White sugar

How to prepare the halo-halo?
In the serving bowl or halo-halo glass arrange all the ingredients by filling it first with shaved ice then the rest of the ingredients according to your desired measurement. I put mine with at least a teaspoon of each ingredients then I put sugar and milk according to my taste. The Ube ice cream blended so well with the rest of the ingredients.
I really enjoyed it with my friends, so refreshing. 


We went out today ( September 7,2014) we ordered this at our favorite halo-halo place.

How To Make Homemade Tocino

Try this recipe and let me know.

Ingredients:
1 kilo either pork, beef or chicken ( just choose the part that you like to use)
2 cups sprite
1/2 cup ketchup ( to add color)
3 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup pineapple juice
3 tablespoons calamansi or lemon Juice
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 tablespoon Lea and Perrins
3 teaspoon soy sauce
 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste


Procedure:
1. Slice the pork and marinate with all the ingredients, overnight or at least 4 hours.

2. In a pan or wok put the meat and the marinating sauce then cook over medium heat, continue to simmer until the sauce dries out.
3. When the sauce dries out put an oil that is enough to fry the meat.

 4. After frying serve it with rice, or a combination of fried rice and fried egg for a delicious TOSILOG :-)

How to Cook Hotdog Perfectly

 I am not encouraging anybody to eat hotdog, ( we rarely have this.) I just wanna show how to cook it to reply to an email asking me how to cook it, because she said, everytime she fried hotdog it shrinks and hardened when its not hot anymore.Here are simple steps of cooking your hotdogs perfectly.

1. Put slits on hotdogs then add 1/4 cup water for 1/2 kilo hotdog then bring to a boil.

2. When boiling stir every now and then and simmer until water is almost dry then put 1 or 2 tablespoons oil.

3. Continue cooking until done.

4. Serve hot and enjoy.

How To make a Perfect Suman

Suman is a  delicious Filipino Dainty that is very popular in the Philippines, there are different types of suman and the ingredients varies from each type. When I met Ate Pabling and tasted her "Suman" I said "wow this is so yummy" that's why I let her teach me how to cook a perfet suman because I want to share it to everybody and here is her secret and the suman she made.

Ingredients:
4 cups glutinous rice
4 cups coconut milk
1/4 kilo white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
thumb size ginger ( grated) optional
wilted banana leaves
water ( enough to cook the suman)

Procedure:
1. Soak the glutinous rice in a water for at least 20 minutes or until bloated then drained.
2. In a pot put the coconut milk, sugar, ginger and salt then bring to a boil, when boiling,  add the soaked glutinous rice, give a good stir, cover and cook it like a normal rice (sinaing) but do not cook thoroughly, when it is almost done (medyo bigas pa pero malapit ng maluto) turn off the heat.
3. Get the wilted banana leaves, spoon a portion of the rice then wrap in the banana leaves, do this until all the rice will be wrapped.
4. Put in the pot, add the water and boil the suman until fully cooked. ( around 45 minutes or more).

How To Cook Spam

 Here is my simple way of preparing a spam.

1.Slice the spam into your desired thickness.

2. Dip each slice in a beaten egg until well coated.

3. Fried until cooked. Rest in a paper towel to remove excess oil before serving.