Another Stir-fried Vegetable Dish

Ingredients:

1 dozen quail eggs, hardboiled and peeled
6 chinese sausage, cut into 1/4 to 1/2 inch circles
1 small onion, sliced
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 head broccoli, cut into florets
1 cauliflower head, cut into florets
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into squares
baguio pechay, cut into 1 inch length
1 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 tbsp. tapioca starch dissolved in 1/4 c. water
salt
pepper

Saute garlic, onion and sausage. Add in broccoli, cauliflower and bell pepper stir fry for 3 min. Add quail eggs, oyster sauce, dissolved tapioca starch and pechay. Season with salt and pepper. Stir fry for another 3 min.

Nilasing na Hipon at Tortang Talong

Nilasing na Hipon and Baked Tortang Talong

Nilasing na Hipon

1 1/2 lb. shrimps
2 c. beer
1 small can of pineapple chunks, drain and reserve juice
2 tbsp soy sauce
salt
pepper
butter

Mix beer , pineapple juice and soy sauce. Marinate shrimp in beer mixture for 30 min. Place shrimp with marinade in pot. season with salt and pepper. Simmer until shrimps are cooked.
Remove shrimp from pot and transfer to serving dish. Lightly toss with bits of butter.
Make a dipping sauce from the cooking liquid left in the pot (the beer marinade where you cooked the shrimp in ) by adding a slurry (1 tbsp tapioca starch dissolved in 1/4 c. water)


Baked Tortang Talong

6 eggplants , roasted and peeled
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 lb. ground pork
1 onion chopped
2 cloves of garlic minced
salt
pepper
quick melt cheese, sliced
1 c. of spaghetti sauce

Saute garlic, onion and ground pork until cooked. Set aside and let pork cool.
Remove stems of the eggplant. Place in a rectangular baking dish.Lightly smash and spread until bottom of pan is covered.
Mix ground meat and beaten eggs. Pour over eggplants.
Cover with sliced cheese.
Spread spaghetti sauce on top.
Bake for 15 min. at 375 degrees or unti cheese melts.

Stir-fried Vegetables with Bean Sprouts

Bought some fresh mung bean sprouts from the asian store. The mung bean sprouts here are a little longer and has a thicker stalk (stems?) compared to the ones I'm more familiar with in the Philippines. I know it's one of those vegetables that can't be stocked that long in the fridge. They tend to loose their "crispness" and wilt just within days.
Bean sprouts, as I found out, can also be eaten raw like in salads and sandwiches. So I decided that I can prepare it half-cooked and if there would be leftovers it would still be ok to reheat it in the microwave.
If you're patient and with a lot of time at hand (or trip nyo lang pahirapan sarili nyo) it would be best to remove the root of the bean sprout prior to cooking or using in food preparation. Doing this would lessen the pungent smell that people often dislike about this vegie.

Toge Stir Fry

Ingredients:

1/2 lb. pork belly, cut into strips
1 lb. mung bean sprouts, cleaned and washed thoroughly
1 carrot, julienned
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
green beans, cut diagonally into strips
1 onion, sliced
2 cloves garlic, cut into slivers
cooking oil
salt
pepper

Saute garlic, onion and pork. When pork turns slightly brown add in the vegetables. Stir-fry for until bean sprouts turn translucent (about 6-8 min). Season with salt and pepper.