"chicken" "macaroni" soup

okay, that's too much quotation marks in one title, hahaha. but, for the curious, it's a soup out of a chicken macaroni soup recipe but, instead, using bacon and rotini. so, technically, this should be called bacon rotini soup :D

anyway, formalities with the name aside, the very simple recipe is as follows:

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups elbow macaroni → like i said, i used rotini
• 1/2 can evaporated milk
• 1 small can mushrooms, sliced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 2 cups chicken broth
• chicken/bacon/ham
• 1/2 white onion, diced
• butter
• salt & pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions

• Cook meat beforehand and shred.
• Heat butter and saute onions and carrots.
• Add mushrooms and cook for 5 min.
• Add meat and cook for a few minutes.
• Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
• Add pasta and cook for 15 minutes.
• Add milk, cook until it has boiled.
• Season with salt and pepper as needed (mine tasted fine during this step, i think because of the chicken broth, so i didn't have to season further)
• Enjoy!

tastes like heaven, pwomise.

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burrito

welcome to my current obsessions: eskrima and burritos! :D i was out walking in rabot the other day and bought a whole bunch of stuff to make burritos for less than 5 euros! here's how i make my happy food for the week:

Ingredients

• burrito dough

• eggs

• salami and any meat

• salad cabbage

• onion

• cheese

Cooking Instructions

• beat eggs and cook in microwave on high for 30 seconds. after 30 secs, beat again and cook for 15-30 seconds each time until cooked.

• slice meat and onion and microwave on high for 1 minute.

• in a plate, place a large napkin and put your burrito dough on top. microwave for 10 seconds to soften.

• combine everything (meat, onions, greens, eggs and cheese) in the middle of your dough and roll!

i actually also bought a whole lechon manok while i was out that day because i was hungry, so now here's what my refrigerator looks like inside:

yes, i have black socks in my freezer hahahaha. what can i say, i'm excited to take my first picture of a snowflake :P

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pork and tofu in oyster sauce

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lb pork, cubed

• 4 pieces extra firm tofu, fried and cubed

• 1/4 cup parsley, chopped 

• 1/4 cup soy sauce

• 3 tablespoons oyster sauce

• 1 medium onion, minced

• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced

• 2 tablespoons salted black beans

• 1 cup water

• 1 tablespoon granulated white sugar

• 2 tablespoons cooking oil

• Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions

• Saute garlic and onion.

• Put-in the pork and cook for 5 minutes.

• Add parsley, soy sauce, and oyster sauce then stir.

• Pour-in water and let boil. Simmer for 30 minutes or until the pork becomes tender.

• Put-in the salted black beans and fried tofu and cook for 5 to 8 minutes.

• Add sugar, salt, and ground black pepper then stir. Cook for a minute more

• Turn-off heat then transfer to a serving bowl.

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pork menudo

ahh, classic filipino dish yet it's the first time i've ever tried to make one, haha.

Ingredients

• 1/2 kilo pork (cut into small chunks)

• 1/4 kilo pork liver (cut into small cubes)

• 5 pieces chorizo Bilbao (also cut in small pieces)

• 4 potatoes (peeled, cut in small cubes, fried)

• 1 green and 1 red bell pepper (diced)

• 1 cup chickpeas

• 1/4 cup raisins

• 1/2 teaspoon paprika

• 1 cup pork or chicken stock (i used 1/2 pork cube dissolved in 1 cup water)

• 2 teaspoons of patis (fish sauce)

• 3 tablespoons oil

• 1 tablespoon atsuete oil (optional)

• 3 tomatoes (diced)

• 1 small head of garlic (minced)

• 1 medium size onion (diced)

Cooking Instructions

• In a pan or wok, heat cooking oil and atsuete oil.

• Saute garlic, onion. Then add the pork, liver, chorizo de Bilabo, tomatoes, bell pepper, paprika, patis and the stock.

• Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the pork is tender.

• Add the chickpeas, potatoes and raisins. Boil of another 2 minutes.

• Salt and pepper to taste.

• Serve hot with white rice