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Chopseuy is a filipino food that is cooked with a mixture of vegetables. The delicious thick sauce will make your mouth water for more. Here is the way I cook Chopsuey.

Cooking Information:

  • Estimated Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 kilo pork, sliced into 1 inch strips
  • 1/4 kilo shrimps, shelled and halved
  • 1/4 kilo chicken liver and gizzard, sliced into small pieces
  • 1/4 kilo cauliflower
  • 1/4 kilo string beans
  • 1/4 kilo snow peas
  • 1/4 kilo cabbage, squares
  • 2 stalks of leeks, cut into 2″ long pieces
  • 3 stalks celery, cut into 2″ long pieces
  • 5 cloves of garlic, diced
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 1 carrot, sliced thinly
  • 1 piece red bell pepper, strips
  • 1 piece green bell pepper, strips
  • 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in 1/4 cup of water
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 3 tablespoons of sesame oil
  • 3 tablespoons of fish sauce
  • 4 tablespoons of corn oil or vegetable oil
  • salt

Procedure:

  • Sauté garlic, onions and pork in a big pan.
  • Add chicken liver and gizzard.
  • Add 1 cup of stock, pinch of salt and simmer for 15 minutes or until the pork and chickens are cooked.
  • Mix in the shrimp and vegetables. Add the remaining 1 cup of stock, fish sauce and the dissolved cornstarch.
  • Cook for about 10 minutes or until the vegetables are done. Add the sesame oil.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Laing is one fo Bicol’s trademark delicacy aside from the well-known Bicol Express. It’s main ingredient is dried taro root or what we call “dahon ng gabi” mixed with coconut milk plus some spices that made it truly from the heart of the Bicol region. Though this dish may not be for the vegetarian because of its shrimp paste ingredient, still it is one of the health conscious people can eat. It is easy to perpare and very practical.

Cooking Information:

  • Estimated Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz laing (taro leaves)
  • 3/4 cup powdered coconut cream diluted in 1/8 cup water (gata)
  • 1/8 cup shrimps, shelled
  • 1/4 cup porkloin, sliced
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1/4 tablespoon ginger, minced
  • 1/4 tablespoon garlic, minced
  • 1/2 tablespoon patis (fish sauce)
  • 1 piece bird’s eye chilies, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon oil

Procedure:

  • Sauté garlic, onion, ginger porkloin and shrimp in oil
  • Stir for a few minutes then add the coco cream (gata)
  • Add the taro leaves.
  • Season with salt and fish sauce.
  • Add the bird’s eye chili (siling labuyo)
  • Cook for 15-20 minutes over medium flame.

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