Egg in the basket
Also known as egg in the hole, egg in the basket is cooked by cutting a hole at the center of a bread slice, cracking an egg into the hole and cooking them in fat.
Cook time: 12 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Garlic spinach
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Filipino sweet sour roast chicken stew (paksiw na lechon manok)
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Bok choy and shiitake in oyster sauce
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Air fried crispy pork hock
Cook time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Servings: 3 people
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Meaty with a dash of veggies
Vietnamese caramelized pork and eggs
Cook time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Chinese red-braised pork belly (hong shao rou)
Cook time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings: 3 people
20-minute shrimp curry rice bowl
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Chicken, mushrooms and rice casserole
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Beef budbod
A rice bowl meal that’s been around for decades in the province of Rizal, beef budbod (literally, sprinkle) consists of garlic fried rice, chopped beef, scrambled egg, tomatoes and scallions.
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Kimchi soup with fish cake (odeng) and sweet potato
A dish cooked during the COVID lockdown, the seasoning powder from a pack of instant ramen (which we often discard) was used to make the broth.
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Arugula and mushroom salad
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1 person
Lychee and mango salad
Cook time: 2 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Pan-grilled eggplant with sweet chili sauce
Cook time: 7 minutes
Servings: 1 person
Honey Balsamic chicken skewers
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Browned sausage pasta with cream and cheese sauce
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Spaghetti carbonara
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Boiled beef shank, marrow and vegetable soup (bulalo)
Cook time: 6 hours
Servings: 4 people
Pork ribs and vegetable soup (nilagang tadyang ng baboy)
Cook time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Pork udon with chili peanut sauce
Udon and thin slices of pork are tossed with peanut sauce flavored with chili, garlic, ginger, five-spice powder, soy sauce and sugar. Salty, sweet, spicy, nutty and creamy.
Cook time: 45 minutes
Servings: 3 people