Champorado de Gata

Champorado is a sweet chocolate rice breakfast meal in the Philippines. This is made by boiling sticky rice with cocoa powder and sugar. This is normally boiled in low heat while continuously stirring to crush the rice grains making the cocoa powder be absorbed by them. Once cooked, it is normally added with milk to add more sweetness to it. Another variant of this meal is the use of coconut milk while cooking; in this case, milk is optional. This can be taken also as snack, others eat dried fish together with this. 

Champorado

Since I ran out of supply of the sticky rice, I only used plain rice instead. I just let the rice boil while stirring and crushing them. Also, I used coconut milk in this one.

Ingredients:

- 1 ½ cup rice

- 5 cups water (or more depending on your preference)

- ½ cup cocoa powder

- ¾ cup coconut milk diluted in water

- 1 cup of sugar

Procedure:

- wash rice twice

- combine rice with water and cook for 15minutes in medium heat

- check if the rice grains are already cooked, lower the heat

- while boiling, stir-crush the rice grains continuously until the desired texture is met

- gradually add cocoa powder and mix thoroughly with the rice mixture

- add sugar and mix well

- add coconut milk and mix well, let boil while stirring for another two minutes

- remove from heat and serve

Stir Fry Chicken & Vegetable

Wikipedia explains Stir frying as a pair of Chinese cooking techniques for preparing food in a wok: chǎo (炒) and bào (爆). The term stir-fry was introduced into the English language by Buwei Yang Chao, in her book How to Cook and Eat in Chinese, to describe the chǎo technique. The two techniques differ in their speed of execution, the amount of heat used, and the amount of tossing done to cook the food in the wok.

This way of cooking enables food to be cooked very quickly. This uses small amount of oil compared to other forms of cooking. In order to have the output the way you really wanted, ingredients must all be prepared prior to heating up the wok so everything will be within reach while cooking.

 Stir-Fry Chicken Vegetables w/ sesame seeds on top of white rice

Stir-Fry Chicken Vegetable

If you want foods to be fully cooked, stir frying is not advisable as it is cooked very fast and one of the objectives is to retain its color and crispness. As vegetables are half-cooked, some people will not enjoy eating it.

Ingredients: 

 

  

- chicken meat, cubed

- 1 medium sized carrot

- baby corn

- green peas

- 1 tbsp cooking oil

- minced Garlic, Onion, Ginger

- 2 tbsp soy sauce

- 1 tbsp oyster sauce

- 1 tsp sesame oil

- 1 tsp sugar

- ½ cup chicken broth

- Salt and pepper

Procedure:

- heat cooking oil in a wok (versatile, round-bottom cooking vessel) or pan

- sauté the ginger, onion, and garlic

- add the chicken, stir-fry until medium brown

- add the soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, chicken broth, and sesame oil

- add the vegetables and stir-fry to cook for about 8 minutes

- add salt and pepper to taste

Serve on top of white rice, sprinkle with sesame seed (optional), and enjoy!

Turkey Ham Carbonara

According to Wikipedia, Carbonara is derived from the Italian word Carbonaro which means charcoal burner which some believe that it was first made as a hearty meal for Italian charcoal workers.

Turkey Ham Carbonara

There are several names given to the same recipe such as spaghetti, fettuccine, rigatoni, or bucatini. There are also several variants for this recipe, with different ingredients as well. Reading through it, I noticed that egg is one of the most common ingredients among them. Meat ingredient differs depending on the variant that the cook will prepare.

I’m not more of a pasta lover but I am craving for different taste that’s why I tried this version of Carbonara. This one's with Turkey Ham instead of other meat.

Ingredients

- 1/8 cup butter

- ½ tsp garlic powder

- 1 small onion

- 1 cup chicken stock

- 1 can nestle cream

- 1 small can mushroom

- 1 egg

- Turkey ham

- Salt and pepper to taste

- Pasta (similar to the one shown above is preferable)

Procedure

Cooking the Pasta

- Put water in a boiling pan and add few drops of oil and about ½ teaspoon of salt

- Add pasta before the boiling point and boil for 10 minutes or until cooked

- Drain and set aside

Preparing the Sauce

- In a separate pan, heat butter on medium heat

- sauté onion

- add turkey ham and garlic powder and cook for 3 minutes

- add chicken stock and let boil

-reduce heat

- add cream and bring to boil

- add egg, salt, and pepper

- remove from heat and set aside

Lastly, put the cooked pasta on a plate and combine the sauce. Enjoy with garlic bread if available.