How to cook Beef Kare kare

Kare-kare  is made from peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, and occasionally offal or tripe.  Meat variants may include goat meat, chicken or rarely fish. It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste), sometimes spiced with chili, and sprinkled with calamansi juice. Traditionally, any Filipino fiesta particularly in the province of Pampanga  is not complete without the kare-kare dish.

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• 1/2 kilo beef shank
• 1 bundle of pechay or bok choy
• 1 bundle of string beans (cut into 2 inch slices)
• 2 pcs eggplants (sliced)
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup shrimp paste (bagoong)
• 1 Liter of water
• 1/2 cup annatto seeds (soaked in a cup of water)
• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

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Many Filipinos celebrate the New Year using  firecrackers in spite of the ban because of blast accidents. The loud noises and sounds of merrymaking are not only meant to celebrate the coming of the New Year but are also cast out malevolent spirits.  Safer methods of merrymaking include banging on pots and pans and blowing on car horns. Folk beliefs also include encouraging children to jump at the stroke of midnight so that they would grow up tall, displaying circular fruit and wearing clothes with dots and other circular designs to symbolize money, eating twelve fruits at 12 midnight for good luck in the twelve months of the year, and opening windows and doors during the first day of the New Year to let in the good luck.

“Media noche”, is a spanish word that means literally, “midnight”.    On December 31, New Year’s Eve (“Bisperas ng Bagong Taon”), Filipino families gather for the Media Noche or midnight meal it is a feast that symbolize to the hopes of Filipinos for a prosperous New Year.

Filipinos believe that we should put as much food on the table for the Media Noche so that next year you will have food all year round.   Pinoy Recipe Portal gather from our database of Filipino recipes our recommended Media Noche Recipes for your family.

Filipino Media Noche Recipes:

Celebrate the New Year with these easy Filipino recipes for the delicious and festive Media Noche.

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How to cook Squid Caldereta

Squid Caldereta Recipe. Kaldereta is a favorite Filipino meal served during parties, festivities and other special occasions in the Philippines. In this Caldereta Recipe version we used Squid, this is not common because most Pinoy’s use Beef, Goat and Chicken for kaldereta dish but this one is my brother’s favorite and we would like to share it to the world.

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• 1/2 kilo Squid (medium sized)
• 500 gm Tomato Sauce
• 1 can of Green Peas
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black peppercorns (lightly cracked)
• 1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 medium onion – chopped
• Canola oil for frying
• 1 85-grams can of Liver Spread
• 2 pcs medium sized Bell Pepper (seeded and sliced)
• 2 pcs long Green or Red chilli
• 1/3 cup bottled olives – drained
• 250 gm Potatoes
• 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
• Hot Chilli Sauce

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Filipino Christmas Recipes

Christmas in the Philippines is the world’s longest Christmas season, with Christmas carols heard as early as September and lasting until Epiphany, the feast of the Black Nazarene on January 9 or the Feast of the Santo Niño de Cebú on the third Sunday of January. The official observance is from 16 December with the beginning of the Simbang Gabi to Epiphany.

Christmas Eve (“Bisperas ng Pasko”) on 24 December is celebrated with the Midnight Mass, and the traditional Noche Buena feast. Family members dine together at around midnight on traditional yuletide fare, which includes: queso de bola (Spanish: “ball of cheese”), which is edam cheese) sealed with red wax; tsokoláte, pasta, fruit salad, pan de sall, relleno and hamón (Christmas ham).

Here are the Filipino Christmas Recipes usually served during the Filipino Noche Buena:

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