cooking spree

i did nothing but cook at home last weekend. i got to prepare 3 that saturday: pork steak for lunch, banana bread for merienda, and embutido for dinner.


photo source: google images


all recipes from panlasang pinoy. easy peasy! :) note: i did tweak the recipes a bit.

PORK STEAK

Ingredients:
6 pieces pork chops
5 tablespoons soy sauce
6 pieces calamansi
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 medium onions, sliced
1 1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon granulated white sugar
Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking procedure:
1. Combine pork chops, soy sauce, and calamansi juice in a large bowl or container. Marinate for at least 1 hour.
2. Heat a pan then pour-in cooking oil.
3. Pan-fry the marinated pork chops in medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes per side.
4. Remove excess oil. Pour-in the remaining marinade and water and let boil. Simmer for 45 minutes or until the pork is tender. Note: I added water as it tends to dry out.
5. Add-in the sugar, salt, and pepper then stir.
6. Put-in the onions and cook for 3 minutes more.
7. Turn-off heat and transfer to a serving plate.
8. Serve.

BANANA BREAD

Ingredients:
1 cup banana, mashed
1 cup sugar
2 pieces raw eggs
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 tsp teaspoon salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda

Cooking procedure:
1. Combine all the dry ingredients starting with the flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda.
2. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly until everything is evenly distributed.
3. Add the other ingredients (eggs, mashed bananas, cooking oil, vanilla essence) then mix well with the dry ingredients until a batter is formed.
4. Grease the loaf pan and pour-in the mixture.
5. Preheat oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit then bake the mixture for about 45 minutes.
6. Remove from loaf pan from the oven then allow to cool down for a few minutes. Transfer the banana bread on a serving plate.
7. You may put the bread in the fridge to cool or serve immediately.

EMBUTIDO
(i halved all proportions just in case magkamali ako. it turned out delish!)

Ingredients:
2 lbs ground pork
12 pcs vienna sausage or 6 pcs hotdogs, cut in half lengthwise
3 pcs hard boiled eggs, sliced
1/2 cup sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup tomato sauce
2 pcs raw eggs
2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
1 cup red bell pepper, minced
1 cup green bell pepper, minced
1 1/2 cup raisins
1 cup carrots, minced
1 cup onion, minced
salt and pepper
2 cups bread crumbs (since i don't have a food processor, i just tore the bread)

Cooking Procedures:
1. Place the ground pork in a large container
2. Add the bread crumbs then break the raw eggs and add it in. Mix well
3. Put-in the carrots, bell pepper (red and green), onion, pickle relish, and cheddar cheese. Mix thouroughly
4. Add the raisins, tomato sauce, salt, and pepper then mix well.
5. Place the meat mixture in an aluminum foil and flatten it.
6. Put in the sliced vienna sausage and sliced boiled eggs alternately on the middle of the flat meat mixture.
7. Roll the foil to form a cylinderlocking the sausage and egg in the middle if the meat mixture. Once done, lock the edges of the foil.
8. Place in a steamer and let cook for 1 hour.
9. Place inside the refrigerator until temperature turns cold
10. Slice and serve.