Wednesday, January 30, 2013

HOW TO COOK ADOBONG SITAW


How To Cook Adobong Sitaw –This dish is not your fancy stir-fry thing but I can tell, there are many fancy hotels serve this dish. There are many ways to cook Adobong Sitaw and I am sure you can make your very own version too. You can do experiments by using many ingredients like Tocino, Longanisa, Tinapa, Daing na Isda and infact I know a friend back in Chicago who cooks Adobong Sitaw with a beef jerky. Can you imagine that? When did you hear that somebody cooks Adobong Sitaw using a beef jerky as Sahog? Weird isn’t it? But hey, when I tasted it, all I could say was “holy crap! His one is delicious!” But I tell you, he didn’t put much effort on cooking it. It is not tricky at all and it does not require advance knowledge in culinary to cook a very delicious Adobong Sitaw. This recipe I am going to share with you is another version of it so instead of using beef jerky, we are going to use the canned meatloaf. Here is how to cook Adobong Sitaw:



Ingredients
3 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp garlic (minced or crushed)
1 small onion (thinly sliced)
½ cup of low sodium barbecue marinade
4 cups of string bean or Sitaw (cut into 2 ½ sticks)
1 small can of meatloaf (diced)
1 tsp vinegar
Salt to taste

Cooking Procedure
  1. In a pot, bring water to a boil.
  2. Add the stringbean and simmer until almost cooked.
  3. Remove from the pot, use a colander to drain and set aside.
  4. In a pan, heat the oil and saute garlic and onion until golden brown.
  5. Add the meatloaf and stir-fry for half a minute.
  6. Add the marinade and stringbean, stir-fry for 5 minutes.
  7. Add a pinch or two of salt.
  8. Put in a serving plate and serve with hot rice.



How To Cook Adobong Sitaw