LUTONG PINOY RECIPE

Fish Steak Ingredients

1 medium-sized lapu-lapu or labahita fillet
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/3 cup flour
2 tsp calamansi juice
1/4 cup water
salt and pepper to taste
oil for frying

Fish balls Ingredients

2 cups flaked fish
4 tbsp flour
fresh or evaporated milk
2 tbsp kinchay or spring onion stalks, finely chopped
oil for sauteing
sugar
soy sauce
vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

Escabeche Ingredients

1 large fish (lapu-lapu, talakitok or apahap), cleaned
1 medium-sized green papaya, grated (juice squeezed out, flesh washed in salt-and-water mixture)
1 large onion, sliced
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp cornstarch dissolve in water (optional)
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp ginger strips
3 tbsp sugar
1 cup vinegar
a pinch of salt
oil for frying and sauteing

Dinengdeng Ingredients
2 tbsp bagoong alamang
1/2 cup tomatoes, sliced
3 cups rice washing
1 cup sitaw (string beans), cut into 2-inch lengths
1 medium-sized bangus, broiled
2 cups squash tops
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp salt

Camaron Rebosado Ingredients

16 shrimps
3-4 eggs, beaten
3 tbsp flour
6 tbsp calamansi juice
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Camaron Rebosado
1. Remove the shrimps’ shell but not the head and tail.
2. Trim the pointed part of the head. Devein by cutting part of the back.
3. Add salt, then soak shrimps in calamansi juice for about 15minutes.
4. Roll shrimps in flour, then drop each one in beaten eggs.
5. Deep fry over high heat. Serve warm and crispy.

Calamares Ingredients

1 kilo squid, cleaned and cut into rings
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup flour
3 tbsp water
1 small onion, chopped finely
1 clove garlic, chopped finely
salt and pepper
oil for frying

Tinola Ingredients
1/2 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
1 green papaya, quartered
4-5 cups rice water (2nd washing)
1/2 cup young sili leaves
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp ginger strips
2 tbsp patis

Sinigang na Baboy Ingredient

1 kilo pork riblets, cut into pieces (other parts may be added)
12 pcs tamarind (sampalok)
3-4 medium tomatoes, sliced
1-2 pcs Jalapeno peppers
1 big onion, sliced
6-9 cups water
1 eggplant, sliced 1-inch thick and quartered
2 pcs radish, sliced
1 bunch string beans, cut into shorter pieces (optional)
salt and patis to taste

Pork Bulanglang Ingredients
3/4 cup sliced pork
1/2 cup banana heart, cut into cubes
1/2 cup malunggay leaves
1 one-inch piece ginger, minced
1 eggplant
1/3 cup squash leaves
1 1/2 tbsp fish bagoong
3 cloves garlic
1/2 onion, sliced
water for boiling

Lumpia Shanghai Ingredients
1/2 kilo ground pork
1/4 kilo chopped shrimps
1/4 cup green peas
1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
2 stalks spring onion, chopped
1 onion, chopped finely
8-10 lumpia wrappers
salt to taste
oil for sautéing and frying