Balotinto Pasta

Okay, okay.  The dish sounds horrible, but I guarantee you that it tastes good and quick to prepare!  I can't think of any other name.  So I shortened the ingredients of this dish to balotinto, which means bacon-longganisa-tinapa-tomato.

Ingredients:
*Feel free to play with the measurements of the main ingredients.  If you want to have more tomatoes, then please add more, etc.  

Sliced tomatoes (I used cherry tomatoes here)
1 fried longganisa, chopped
3 pcs tinapang Salinas, flaked
2 slices of bacon

2 tbsps olive oil
pinch of thyme
salt and pepper to taste

cooked penne pasta good for one serving

- Cook penne pasta according to package instructions.  Wash, drain, and set aside.

- Prepare ingredients indicated above.

- Heat pan.  Render bacon on heated pan until it produces oil.  Set aside bacon.  Chop it to pieces.

- Add olive oil on the heated pan.

- Saute sliced tomatoes.  Rub thyme onto palms on top of the pan where you are sauteing tomatoes.  Add flakes of tinapang Salinas and chopped longganisa.  Saute.

- Toss in cooked penne.

- Serve with your choice of cheese and sprinkle some chopped basil or parsley if available.



Happy Cooking! :)

Wan-Soy Chicken

Here’s my Wan-Soy Chicken recipe that I recently had one night in December. I needed a quick fix and had been craving for something salty (adobo is too common), so I thought of coming up with this instead.

Detailed measurements in cooking are not necessary as you can adjust its taste. Experiment! There are no rules when it comes to the flavor you want to produce on your dish. Be bold. Be daring. Don’t forget to smile or play some tunes when cooking as it will add more oomph to your dish. ;)

WAN-SOY CHICKEN

Ingredients:

Chicken thighs

1/2 cup Soy Sauce

1-2 tbsps Garlic Granulated

chopped wansoy (coriander)

*chili flakes / cayenne / paprika

1-3 tbsps Oil

1/4 cup water

Procedure:

- Rub coarse salt onto chicken and rinse it with water.

- Place chicken onto a saucepan and pour in 1/2 cup of soy sauce.

- Sprinkle garlic granulated and spice of your choice.

- Add 1/4 cup water.

- Spread chopped coriander.

- Cover
- Simmer (medium heat) for 10 minutes on both sides.

- Preheat toaster/oven under 200 F.

- Brush tray with olive oil (or any type of oil you have in the kitchen).

- Place chicken onto tray, and let it broil in the oven for 20 minutes.

Just so you know, my tray didn't fit into the oven so I placed my chicken pieces on a foil, unwrapped.

- Garnish it with fresh coriander and goes best with steamed brown rice.  :)

Enjoy!