Thai Thin Noodles with Eggs

Sunday, Jeff and Abby came over for lunch. Abby is now several months pregnant. We talked about pregnancy and baby stuff the whole time. We had thin noodles, grilled chicken, boiled plantain, watermelon and cantaloupe for lunch. We then watched The Pacifier, while talking more about baby stuff. Actually, Abby and Maris did most of the talking. Jeff and I fell asleep. Isa played and sometimes watched TV. It was a good lunch.

thai thin noodles with eggs
ingredients:
6 small bundles of thin rice or sotanghon noodles
7 tablespoon regular sugar
½ cup Kikkoman soy sauce
7 pieces large eggs
½ cup green peas
cooking oil

procedure:
In a medium pot, fill with water up to ½ height in reference to the pot. Heat water until boiling and add the noodles. Boil the noodles for 10 minutes. Strain the water from the noodles and put it on the side. In a bowl, crack open and beat eggs for 30 seconds. In a hot wok, add cooking oil and fry the eggs scrambled style until brown. Add the noodles, soy sauce and sugar. Stir for 5 minutes. Add green peas and stir for 1 minute. Add soy sauce when necessary.

Sinangag (Fried Rice)

Everyone woke up late on Sunday. We went to Manasquan beach the day before, and all of us were exhausted. We all had a great time. Isa missed all her naps because she was busy playing with her cousins. Mahal, on the other hand, stayed in the shade of umbrellas and did not want to get wet. Why bother going to the beach? I did not want to go, initially, because I was tired from martial arts, but Mahal convinced me, nevertheless. I'm glad that I came. Mahal's parents and all fo her brothers and sisters and their families were all present, which I think was amazing. We used up three family vans going to the beach!

So Sunday morning, I thought of cooking sinangag. It's easy and quick to prepare. Actually, the family conversation went something like this:
Sound of Isa's Sesame Street DVD playing in the background.
Mahal: Are we going to eat breakfast, yet?
Me: Okay. What's there to eat?
Mahal: I don't know.
Me: Okay...
Isa busy watching Sesame Street.

sinangag
ingredients:
1 medium bowl leftover rice
5 pieces large eggs
3 clove garlic
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup green peas
Silver Swan or any dark soy sauce for taste
cooking oil

procedure:
In a bowl, crack open and beat eggs for 30 seconds. In a wok, add cooking oil and fry the eggs scrambled style until brown. Take the eggs out of the wok and place them back in the bowl. In the same wok, add cooking oil. Add the leftover rice, garlic and onions. Apply soy sauce around the rice area and stir. After 5 minutes, add green peas and scrambled eggs, and stir. Add soy sauce when necessary.

Apritadang Manok

We just stayed home last weekend. Maris had to work that Saturday. I just did my regular cooking for the week. I cooked Apritadang Manok and Miswa. Wife thought that my Apritada was exceptional. I thought it was burnt a little.

apritadang manok
ingredients:
6 large size chicken drumsticks
3 clove garlic
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
4 medium size potatoes, cubed
1/2 cup green peas
1 large size red bell pepper
patis (fish sauce) or salt to taste
cooking oil

procedure:
In a deep wok, sauté garlic until brown. Add onion and fry until soft and transparent. Add tomatoes and fry for 1 minute. Add chicken, patis, and half cup of water. Simmer for 20 minutes or until chicken is tender. Add potatoes. Simmer for further 10 minutes. Add bell pepper and green peas. Simmer for further 5 minutes. Add patis or salt if necessary. Serve hot with rice or bread.

Grilled Chicken & Tilapia

Last friday night, Tita Lita (Papa Nestor's younger sister) & Tito Arnie arrived all the way from Arizona to visit. To celebrate their arrival, we had a Saturday lunch get-together at Leo & Stel's place. The weather was nice and sunny. Everyone were initially inside the house. Then the kids started going outside the backyard, so the adults followed.

There were lots of food, of course. I prepared the grilled chicken Friday night and the grilled fish (tilapia) Saturday noon. Other foods in the party were pancit (noodles), laswa, kare-kare, egg roll, siopao, cake and coconut fruit salad.

The day after a lot of people got sick from the food, including Tita Lita, Ate Angel and myself. I suspect that it was the kare-kare because it went bad that same day, in the afternoon.

grilled chicken
ingredients:
1 pack chicken thighs (12-14 peices)
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/2 cup Kikkoman soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup oyster sauce

marination:
Put the chicken in a freezer bag and marinate it with pepper, soy sauce, vinegar and oyster sauce. Store in the fridge for 2 days, turning it every day so the marination process is somewhat even.

grilling:
Preheat the grill for 5 minutes. Then lay down the chicken tighs on the grill. Adjust the heat to medium and close the lid. Turn and apply marinated sauce with a clean painter's brush every 5 minutes. Take the chicken out after 30 minutes and serve.

grilled tilapia
ingredients:
2 pieces tilapia
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 piece lemon

marination:
Squeeze lemon to the outside body and inside stomach cavity area of the fish. Then sprinkle the salt in the same manner. Set on the side for 30 minutes.

grilling:
Preheat the grill for 5 minutes. Then lay down the fish on the grill. Adjust the heat to medium and close the lid. Turn and squeeze lemon to the fish every 10 minutes. Take the fish out after 20 minutes and serve.

A Visit to my Parents

Last weekend Maris, Isa and me visited my parents. Maris went for her yoga certification, while me and Isa stayed at my parent's house. Mommy cooked chicken adobo and sotanghon soup with chicken, cabbage and carrots. And Daddy bought daing, laswa and fried fish(pampano) from Fiesta: The Filipino Store. Sunday night, before we left, Mommy cooked sinigang na hipon. Yum! We took half of it home.