Let me paint you a picture– a plate of crisp, golden brown chicken sits in front of you with an irresistible aroma of pure savor and meatiness. Despite how good it looks and smells, you might find yourself turning your head to the side and looking for its most delicious sidekick. Now where is that…
Sauces Recipes
Filipino Vinegar Dipping Sauce
There is a wide range of fried dishes to choose from in Filipino cuisine. Note the nation’s love for fried street foods, and coating meat with some of the crispiest, juiciest breading. But aside from this, we have our more than fair share of grilled recipes. Seafood, chicken, vegetables– we’ve placed those above fiery charcoal…
Lechon Manok Sauce Recipe
Even the best lechon manok won’t be complete without lechon manok sauce. This is a simple recipe for lechon manok sauce that you can have with your homemade rotisserie chicken. It is simple and has that yummy taste of traditional pinoy lechon sauce. Before we start, you will need a blender or food processor for…
Easy Sweet and Sour Sauce
Sweet and Sour Sauce is staple in Asian Cuisine. There are many ways to make this sauce and it also has many uses. This Easy Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe will give you a basic delicious sauce that you can use to make fried dishes taste better. Moving forward, you will see a lot of…
How to Make Carbonara Sauce
Carbonara sauce is used in pasta dishes and is creamy, thick and somewhat meaty. When added to any kind of pasta, that dish is called carbonara pasta. The recipe for this winning sauce is surprisingly simple, which means anyone can learn how to make carbonara sauce at home. Although the authentic version is made using…
Recipe for Barbecue Chicken Marinade
There is no doubt that chicken barbecue is really delicious. The secret to a yummy chicken barbecue is not only in the sauce, but also in the marinade. I have a good recipe for barbecue chicken marinade that I have been using for a while. This recipe for barbecue chicken marinade has always produced great…
Tartar Sauce Recipe
Tartar sauce is a rich and creamy sauce. It is usually used for deep fried coated fish and seafood dishes. Did you know that Tartar sauce is made from mayonnaise? It is basically 90% mayonnaise plus other ingredients. Preparing tartar sauce has never been easier. All you have to do is combine all the ingredients…
Basic Teriyaki Sauce
You can use this basic Teriyaki sauce to make delicious Teriyaki dishes and sauces. This recipe is so quick to prepare. You can make one in 10 minutes. What’s nice about this Teriyaki sauce is that you can use this as a marinade to make chicken teriyaki or any teriyaki dishes. You can also transform…
Basil Pesto
Basil pesto is a fresh tasting sauce made from fresh basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, olive oil, and cheese. This sauce is best for pasta, bread, and it even makes a good topping for chicken and pork dishes. This Basil Pesto recipe is really good; it makes use of ingredients that are readily available in…
Tonkatsu Sauce
As we know by now, Tonkatsu is a popular Asian breaded fried pork dish. Making it is simple, so is its taste. The secret to a good tasting Tonkatsu lies in the Tonkatsu Sauce. If you are always on the go and don’t have time preparing your own sauce, there are commercial sauces available in…
Quick and Easy Turkey Gravy Recipe
Roast turkey tastes better with some turkey gravy. This quick and easy turkey gravy recipe will show you how to make your own turkey gravy faster. This turkey gravy recipe leverages on the natural turkey flavor coming from the pan drippings of your roast turkey. We will also be using chicken broth, butter, and some…
Easy Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Roast turkey always go well with cranberry sauce. They make a good pair during thanksgiving dinner. Are you thinking of making your own cranberry sauce from scratch? We have an easy recipe that you might be interested in. The simplest cranberry sauce recipe is composed of fresh cranberries, water, and sugar. We modified the recipe…
Marinara Sauce Recipe
Marinara Sauce is a type of red sauce made with tomatoes, herbs, and spices. Although it might sound like an ordinary spaghetti sauce, Marinara sauce tend to be more spicy than ordinary tomato based sauces,
Aside from being a popular sauce for pasta, Marinara sauce is also a good dipping sauce for mozzarella cheese sticks and soft breads.
This sauce got its name from its inventors: the cooks aboard Napolitan ships (these ships come from the city of Naples or Napoli). Some say that “Marinara” came from the Italian word for sea, “Marinaro”.
How to Make Sinamak
Sinamak is Iloilo’s version of spiced vinegar. This condiment derives its appeal and zest from several spices that were combined and soaked in vinegar for several days to several weeks.
This spiced vinegar is a good condiment for grilled and fried foods. Chicken Inasal, one of Iloilo’s famous chicken dishes, is best eaten with Sinamak. Some dishes in our recipe roster can be more enjoyed if eaten with this spiced vinegar too. Here are a few of them:
Pritong Bangus, Pritong Tilapia, Inihaw na Liempo, Grilled Isaw, Pinoy Fried Chicken, Ukoy, Lechon Kawali, Tokwa’t Baboy, Chicharon Bituka, and Inihaw na Pusit.
Asian Dipping Sauce Recipe
A dipping sauce is a common condiment that is used to add and enhance the flavor of a dish. In the Philippines, Toyomansi (soy sauce and calamondin) and Patismansi (fish sauce and calamondin) are among the favorite dipping sauces for fried and grilled foods.
There are preferred dipping sauces per food category in each Asian country; however, there is one dip that can be considered as the most common and widely used: the basic Asian dipping sauce.
Basic Asian Dipping Sauce is a simple dip that is made from soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil. Since Asians like some heat in their food, chilies are sometimes added to it.
This oriental tasting dip is perfect for steamed or fried dimsum; you may also use this in grilled meat, seafood, and vegetables.
KFC Style Gravy Recipe
Positive feedbacks keep coming-in as a result of the different fried chicken recipes that we featured to date. Along with it are requests for a good gravy recipe to compliment the fried chicken. There isn’t any good gravy recipe that I can think of other than KFC’s so I tried whipping-up some ingredients to arrive at the closest copycat recipe (in my opinion) using basic ingredients that should be available in your local supermarket.
While trying to browse the internet on this topic, I discovered several KFC gravy recipes that claim to be the closest. Though it might be true, these recipes require the use of canned beef gravy plus many other ingredients which I think is not practical at all. I find it unreasonable to use ready mix or canned gravy to arrive at another gravy variation, don’t you? Saving money is also an important factor; if there is a recipe that will cost less and still give me the taste that I’m looking for – why wouldn’t I go for it?
This gravy recipe that we have here works well with fried chicken and mashed potatoes. If you are one of those who think that gravy is some kind of soup, slurping this or mixing it with rice will work too.
Try this KFC Style Gravy recipe and let me know what you think.
Lechon Sauce Recipe
I was able to take some Lechon leftovers from the birthday party that we’ve been to last night and I plan to make some Lechon Paksiw out of it. The most important ingredient in making Lechon Paksiw other than the Lechon itself or the Lechon kawali is the Lechon Sauce (which is also called Sarsa ng Lechon).
I can easily get some commercialized bottled Lechon sauce from the Asian grocery but I thought that I can save some money if I just make it myself.
Making Lechon sauce is not as complicated as most of you might be thinking. With the complete ingredients and proper kitchen equipment on hand, you will find this procedure to be a piece of cake.
Try this recipe and let me know what you think.
Special Siopao Sauce Recipe
Ever since we featured Siopao Asado here in our Filipino Food Blog, we have been receiving a lot of inquiries and requests for the Special Siopao Sauce that should go with it. Based on my replies on your comments, this Siopao sauce recipe should be released along with the Siopao Bola-Bola video (which I plan to feature soon) – but I’ve decided to publish this recipe ahead because more requests on this are coming in on a regular basis.
Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
Sweet and Sour Sauce is a sauce made by combing a sweet component and a sour component with cornstarch as the thickening agent. Some of the common sweet components are brown sugar, granulated white sugar, and honey. Rice vinegar, white vinegar, apple-cider vinegar, and pineapple juice are some of the common ingredients used as sour component.
This sweet and sour recipe will give you a good sauce with the right balance of flavors.
Banana Ketchup Recipe
Being away from the Philippines means missing most of its bounty; particularly Filipino food and authentic Filipino condiments. Most of our kababayans overseas can attest to what I’m saying. I’m quite lucky here in Illinois because there are Filipino stores and Asian stores around that sell Filipino food products. I can go any day to grab my favorite banana catsup and some Boy bawang as well.