Main Course

Slow cooker beef brisket BBQ

Texas-style beef brisket is traditionally slow cooked in a smoker. Ten to fourteen hours. We don’t have a smoker but we have a slow cooker and a bottle of liquid smoke. They did the trick.

Cook time: 7 50

Servings: 6 people

A variant of the iconic Filipino sour soup, sinigang na buntot ng baka, or oxtail sinigang, is not as common as its pork tail sibling. It takes much longer to tenderize oxtail but waiting is worth it.

Cook time: 8 30

Servings: 4 people

Cranberry and pistachio pilaf

Long-grain rice is cooked in bone broth with dried cranberries, toasted pistachio nuts and golden raisins. A squeeze of lemon juice gives the dish just the right balance.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 4 people

Crispy fried whole fish with lemon sauce

Think lemon chicken. Substitute a whole fish fried to a crisp, lay it on a platter and pour the sticky chili-spiked sweet sour lemon sauce over it. Delicious!

Cook time: 20

Servings: 3 people

Steamed whole pompano with lemon and olive oil

Whole fish is rubbed with salt and spices, steamed on a bed of blanched spinach then drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice before serving.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 2 people