HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN TOCINO (TOCINONG MANOK)

Chicken Tocino or Tocinong Manok is another dish that kids would love. Most of us barely like the processed food so I am going to share with you this recipe.

My Chicken Tocino recipe is not a recipe used by the meat processing plant in the Philippines. It is a very home-made-recipe. I have no idea how the processing plants make it. This dish is easy but the process takes a little bit longer than the other dish. Chicken Tocino is very popular in the Philippines but I don’t know if this dish originated here in the Philippines. There are many ways how to make Tocinong Manok. I got my recipe from my relative somewhere in Bulacan. I just made a little change to it to suit my taste. Tocino is one of the kiddos favorite dishes so if you are one of those trying hard mums to convince their kids to eat, well this is the one for you. Here is how to make Chicken Tocino:

Recipe: Chicken Tocino

Ingredients

5 lbs of deboned chicken

2 tsp of phospate

3 tsp curing salt

1 ½ cup of sugar

1 head of garlic (crushed)

3 tbsp Vodka or Gin

½ cup of water

1 ascorbic acid tablet or the vitamin C tablet (crushed)

Procedure

1. Thinly slice the chicken and put in the fridge.
2. In a glass bowl, add all the remaining ingredients, mix well.
3. Add the sliced chciekn and soak up for one day.
4. Put in a packing bag and put in a freezer for 2 days.
5. And it is now ready for frying.

HOW TO COOK PORK AFRITADA (AFRITADANG BABOY)

I have shared with you my Afritadang Manok already and now in this recipe, I am going to share with you another Afritada recipe- my Afritadang Baboy.

Pork Afritada is a Philippine traditional dish that originated in Spain. It is a pork dish combined with tomato sauce and some vegetables like carrots and green peas. I did not know how to cook it before until my ex-girlfriend told me that Afritada is one of her favorite dishes when we were still dating. My mom taught me how to cook it different from the traditional Afritada that the Filipinos and Spanish cook. There are many versions of this dish that I believe was originated in the Philippines. I know how to cook versions of Afritada and I find Afritadang baboy more appealing. I gathered recipes from my mom and granny and I am going to share with you the best of them. Here is the recipe:

PORK AFRITADA RECIPE:

INGREDIENTS

2 lbs pork (cut into serving sizes)

6 pcs of potatoes, (cut into serving sizes)

6 cloves garlic, minced

1 medium size onion, minced

1 red bell pepper, cut into strips

1 green bell pepper, cut into strips

1 pc instant pork broth cube (dissolved in 2 cups of water)

1 cup tomato sauce

3 tbps vegetable or cooking oil

Salt to taste

COOKING PROCEDURE:

1. Heat the oil in a pot.

2. Saute garlic until brown then add onion.

3. Add the pork and stir fry until chicken is light brown.

4. Pour in the tomato sauce and dissolved broth cube and stir.

5. Boil and simmer until the pork is half-cooked.

6. Add the potatoes. Simmer until the potatoes are cooked.

7. Add the bell peppers and simmer until peppers are cooked.

8. Add salt according to your taste.

9. And serve.

HOW TO COOK DINAKDAKAN (A VERSION OF SISIG)

Here is how to cook Dinakdakan. It is a pork and authentic Filipino dish that has become very popular in the Philippines. Dinakdakan is another way how to cook Sisig with a twist and there is an ingredient that you may want to replace- the pig’s brain. Most of us would agree that pig’s brain disgusts us but the fact is pig’s brain is the authentic ingredient for Dinakdakan and using pig’s brain is the original way how to cook Dinakdakan. You may use plain pork tenderloin in this dish but if you want to make your Dinakdakan more original, I suggest that you use pig’s ear and face meat. I have seen many variations of Dinakdakan. There is nothing wrong with it because me, as well do the same thing. I am always looking for another way how to cook a dish and it feels good when you discover another way how to cook a dish. In this recipe I am going to share with you is the easy version of Dinakdakan and actually it is the traditional one. So prepare all the ingredients and let’s get to work.

Recipe: Dinakdakan (A Version of Sisig)

Ingredients

1 Kilogram of pork (combination of ear, face and nape), diced

2 medium size onions (minced)

1 thumb-size ginger (minced)

¾ cup of Pig’s brain (you may replace it with mayonaise)

½ cup of Calamansi Extract (lemon will do)

1 cup of vinegar

Salt to taste

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pot, boil the pig’s brain in vinegar for 15 minutes.
2. In another pot, boil the meat until cooked.
3. Grill the meat and cut into dice.
4. Mince the brain in a small bowl. Combine with Calamansi extract.
5. In a bowl, combine all the Ingredients.
6. Have a taste to make sure the salt and calamansi are balanced.
7. And serve with gin, tequila or your favorite alcohol beverage.