Pork & Mushrooms Dumplings
My obsession with Pork Dumplings which is also known as Pot Stickers came about while watching Food Network’s Throwdown With Bobby Flay. This is where he gets missions to compete with the best connoisseurs cooks in America in their own specialties. That particular episode, Bobby Flay competed to make the best Pork Dumplings. I’ve never made them myself and was actually never interested in learning until that one fine day. Especially after seeing how easy it actually is.
On the show, Bobby and the Asian lady he competed with made their own dough. I’m very capable of making my own but since I’m a very busy Mom, I opted for the good ‘ol convenient wonton wrappers. And so can you 
. Also, they only used pork and some seasoning in their fillings but I decided to experiment, as I’m always doing with a picky eater in the house, so I added chopped button mushrooms. For my first time pork dumplings creation, I’m happy to say that I was successful. I really didn’t follow any recipe. I was working with my memory of the show which has actually been about 3 months or so. Quite impressive if I say so myself. When it comes to food/cooking, my brain is very well intact..LOL.
Anyhoooo, my recipe for pork and mushroom dumplings after the fold…
Chicken Adobo
I love garlic and ginger but I have a son who’s really not into those things so what I do is chop the garlic and ginger very very fine. Too small that he doesn’t recognize ‘em. The taste is there of course. He doesn’t mind it as long as he doesn’t see it. Imagine that.
In a pot, heat a little bit of oil, add the chicken pieces and brown slightly. Add water, enough to cover the chicken, or maybe 3/4. Season with soy sauce, vinegar, black pepper, the chopped garlic and ginger. Cover then simmer until the chicken pieces are tender. Stirring it a few times while simmering. Before the sauce is completely thickened, add the cubed potatoes. Cover and let the potatoes cook. Fight the urge to open the pot. Maybe just once to stir but don’t open it too many times coz this will turn the potatoes into mush. You want to maintain the shape and texture of the potatoes.
Once the potatoes are fork tender then everything is all ready for dining . Perfect with steamed white rice.
BLT W/ Fried Egg Sandwich
This BLT W/ Fried Egg sandwich idea was taken from an Adam Sandler movie, Spanglish. And don’t worry, this is an archived picture. This was made way before the “Attack of the tomatoes” came about . I’m just reminiscing coz I’m craving for a good BLT sandwich but you can’t have BLT without tomatoes. Gosh Darn it.
The purple ice cream
Actually, in the Philippines this is called Ube ice cream. It’s made of sweet purple yam. I bought a half-gallon months ago when I bought my new wok at an Oriental store in Raleigh (NC).
It’s delicious and the whole family loves it .
Hot Chicken Wings
We love our hot chicken wings night. My wings are better than any pizza place’s wings. As I’ve been told many many times, by my husband. He’s pretty much the only one who likes HOT spicy wings as much as I do..
My New Kitchen Aid
I’ve been wanting my own Kitchen Aid for a very long time. So when Hubs asked which would I prefer for our 11th Yr Anniversary, a new set of rings or a Kitchen Aid?, I had a little bit of dilemma. But as you can see, Kitchen Aid won . I love kitchen gadgets more than jewelry..LOL. Well this time anyway. I got my tennis bracelet on my birthday so I didn’t mind getting a Kitchen Aid for our wedding anniversary. NOT At ALL .
Mango Salsa From The Lasang Pinoy Bento
I promised my friend Mai I’d send her my Mango Salsa recipe that was featured on the Bento Box I made for Lasang Pinoy 25 so here it is. It’s quite easy really.
Ingredients :
ripe mango
tomatoes
onions
sprinkle of red pepper flakes
salt & pepper
sprinkle of cilantro
Chop mango, tomatoes, onions and cilantro, finely. Mix everything together, season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes for a little oomph . Voila. Perfect side condiment for grilled seafood.
[tags]Mango Salsa, Salsa, Tomatoes, Mango, Side Item, Grilled Seafood Condiment[/tags]
Sushi Platter
My husband and I love to indulge in our Sushi Platter every weekend. The green stuff by the way is wasabi mayonnaise. We LOVE it. Find it from Oriental Stores. It’s in mayonnaise jar, called, Dynasty Wasabi Mayonnaise. If you don’t find it in the shelves, it might be in the fridge. Yes, Oriental stores usually have a couple of refrigerators in their store to keep frozen Asian goodies .
Hoisin Chicken & Veggies Stir-Fry and Bacon Fried Rice
Pictures for now… Recipe and other details will be posted shortly
FeistyCook Introduction -Again-
Hello once again. Thanks for being patient with me. I apologize for taking such a long time to bring back my foodblog. Let’s just say, I have been fighting with technical problems.
Just for a refresher, I have had my own foodblog the same time I started “journalling” online. Way way back in ’99. Before, my recipes were part of a personal website. I didn’t have my own foodlbog domain until I think 2002? It has been a while, sorry. I was Ilocana Chef. It was a subtitle to my personal blog, Ilocana. A Filipino heritage that I’m really proud of to be one. After a while, I decided to find something that fits me now as a wife, a mom and a woman. Feistymomma.com was born. It just makes sense that I’m also the FeistyCook, no? .
My love for food, cooking and blogging about them lead to a problogging job under Forks.ca which pretty much took all my attention which made me neglect my own foodblog. I’ve left that blogging job to concentrate more on other jobs and life. But I just can’t have an online presence without my own foodblog so I decided to resurrect FeistyCook. Minor glitches later, here it is. Wheww.
Please bear with me while I continue working on it and hope to see you around…
[tags]Feistycook, Foodblog[/tags]
