Aloha Friday # 2 « Inside Suburb

Aloha Friday # 2

This ALoha Friday edition no. 2 deals with one of the recipes I do on Sundays. I’m not a good cook but as long as my husband and my children enjoy, nilaga (Pork, or Beef stew), tinola (chicken stew) and sinigang (pork, or beef in tamarind soup/broth ), then i can consider myself an excellent cook. Good thing about these dishes is that soup, vegetables and meat are served in one dish only, completing the food pyramid with rice. I think that’s the beauty in my cooking, the main idea is to serve what my family enjoys, afterall, I am not cooking for the world’s taste buds but for them.

Once in a while, I try something new and last Sunday, I have tried this Braised Pork Leg and they loved it!

My ingredients :

1 large sliced pork leg
2 cups vinegar
½ cup sugar
sprigs of dried oregano leaves,
salt to taste
2 cups water
1 head garlic (minced)
1 piece laurel leaf,
14 whole peppercorn,

PROCEDURE :

1. Place the pork leg pieces in a casserole together with the vinegar, water, garlic,
peppercorns, laurel and oregano
2. Place casserole over medium heat and simmer for 1 hour or until tender.
3. Add the soy sauce, sugar and continue simmering until the sweet-sour broth thickens.
4. Add salt
5. Serve hot with rice.

Now the question is

What is your family’s favorite dish ?

Rules: Post any question on your blog on a Friday, share your answer and sign Kailani’s Mr. Linky. Then have fun answering the questions of fellow participants by visiting their blogs.

Posted on September 19th, 2008 under Aloha Friday, celebration, home, people, pinoy ako • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback

Tara:
September 19th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Oh your dish looks so yummy!! Looks like Pork Adobo!!! I grew up in the Philippines as a missionary kid and one of our favorite dishes until this day is Chicken/Pork Adobo!!!! Of course my Italian husband loves anything Italian lol

Thanks for visiting my blog as well. It’s nice to know I am not the only one dealing with kids and what they say. Terribly frustrating but I suppose it will pass in time.

Deborah:
September 19th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

My family loves Tacos and Mexican food! Though we are American and Australian!

Mrs. Brownstone @ XBOX Wife:
September 19th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

That is the best philosophy with cooking ~ cook for your family’s tastebuds! That is what we try to do, and as a result, they enjoy a wide variety of foods!

It’s hard to say what the favorite meal is around here ~ everyone likes something different! One child likes Taco Soup, and the other likes Vegetable Beef Stew. Mr. Brownstone likes Chicken and Rice, and I like Pork Tenderloin, broccoli, and corn-on-the-cob!