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Hot cocoa

agiyiga — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:33:23 +0000

1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cup water
4 ½ cups milk

Mix sugar, cocoa and salt in 2-quart saucepan and add water. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Stir in milk, heat just until hot (do not boil). Stir in ¼ tsp vanilla if desired. Beat with hand beater until foamy or stir until smooth. Serve immediately. 9 serving (about 2/3cup each).

Green bean casserole

agiyiga — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:41:48 +0000

One of the dishes my mother-in-law prepared when I first came here was green bean casserole. I was curious then on how she made it. So I looked for the recipe and I found it, online, at myrecipes.com. While reading the recipe, I was so excited to try it myself because it is just quick and easy to prepare. If you are looking for any kind of recipes for different occasions, I highly recommend you go to myrecipes.com because it is a very good site providing thousands of recipes and also advices, tips and even cooking videos we can watch and learn cooking techniques of the experts. So this time it is I who will be serving green bean casserole, for my mother-in-law, for I know it is her favorite too. For the recipe, please go to myrecipes.com.

Bihon Guisado recipe

agiyiga — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:16:49 +0000

Rice stick/s are noodles made from rice flour and water. They are eaten as part of a stir fry, soup dish, or salad in Asian cuisines. They are sold in different widths and under different names in various Asian countries and Asian stores here in the United States.

Pancit bihon guisado or Sauted Rice Stick is quick and easy to cook. And more importantly, hubby loves it, so I have been cooking it quiet a lot now. I am positive you will like it too, so I am sharing this easy recipe:

Ingredients

1 pack or 227 gms. Rice stick noddles
1 tbsp. cooking oil
1 medium-sized onion
1 cup pork or chicken meat
3 tbsp. shelled shrimp
1/2 cup carrots
1 cup shredded cabbage
5 tbsp. soy sauce
2 1/2 cups soup stock
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
2 tsps. oyster sauce
1/2 cup sweet peas
slices of lime for garnishing

Procedure

1. Saute garlic and onion until golden brown in a frying pan.
2. Add meat and shrimp. Season with oyster sauce, pepper, salt and soy sauce.
3. Add vegetable and soup stock. Bring to a boil.
4. Remove meat and vegetable from the mixture.
5. Cook noodles (which has been pre-soaked in cold water) in sauce for 3-5 minutes.
6. Remove cooked noodles from the frying pan and arrange it on a platter.
7. Sprinkle meat and vegetable on top of noodles.
Garnish with kalamansi (Philippine lemon) if desired.

Chicken a la king

agiyiga — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:13:01 +0000

There are many recipes available about making chicken a la king. All of them are good. But here is one simple but delicious variation you can try.

Ingredients:
1 can (8 fl. Oz.) nestle table cream
1 can (10 ¾ oz.) condensed cream of mushroom soup
½ cup nestle carnation evaporated milk
¾ cup chicken broth
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
2 tbsp butter or margarine
1 medium onion, chopped
1 lb. Boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into bite size pieces
6 oz. sliced mushroom
Cooked egg noodles

Procedure:
Combine first five ingredients in medium bowl, set aside.
Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook, stirring frequently for 3-4 minutes. Add chicken; cook, stirring frequently, until chicken is cooked through. Add mushrooms; cook until mushrooms have softened. Stir in nestle table cream mixture. Cook until heated through and thickened. Serve immediately over egg noodles. Serves 6.