When you're pressed for time and cannot prepare a decent meal for the day but you need something on the table rapido, bust out with them leftovers and don't feel bad about it! :)
It'll take some jazzin up with items you may already have at home in your refrigerator and pantry, a few minutes of your time and Voila! You've got a revamped dish that might just be 'Mom and Pop cafe' worthy!
Last night's leftover:
Pork Sisig
I placed a single serving amount of leftover Sisig on a plate with a scoop of rice garnished with a couple pinches of crispy fried garlic flakes, topped with one sunny side up egg and cracked black pepper. Prior to plating I reheated the Sisig stove top on a skillet to render the excess fat, discard this. I like to serve this with a side of chili garlic sauce dipping and a tall glass of ice cold water - Sisig is best when heat is mild to moderate spicy.
In most Filipino kitchens rarely would they run low on onions, garlic, tomatoes or ginger; toyo (soy sauce) and/or patis (fish sauce) - good God I think we have bags of these that would last us the whole month. Not to mention some sort of "sour soup" (Sinigang) base powder.
This morning I did an inventory check of the pantry and saw that I was
still good with the "usual suspects", the only thing I had to do was
find out from my tribe which kind of Sinigang they wanted - beef, pork or fish.
Since it's been a while this is what they requested...
The usual suspects:
1 large onion, sliced
1/2 cup sliced ginger
3 medium tomatoes, chopped into 8 piece wedges each
Tamarind soup base
patis
salt (if needed)
Accessories:
Tamarind leaves, 1 pack (1/2 lb.) 227 g
Okra, 12 pieces
Petchay, 1 bag - cleaned and trimmed of white stalk, green leafy part only
*optional: Banana pepper for spice
• pour bbq marinade in aluminum tray and arrange chicken pieces in it,
allow to sit at least 4 hours. For more flavor and best results let
marinate overnight.
• preheat oven to 375° then when ready place the chicken in the oven and let cook for 50 minutes.
• set a separate timer to go off after the first 25 minutes and baste the chicken pieces with its own juice and some of the marinade.
• continue to cook for the remainder of the time.
• when time is up, turn off the oven, remove the chicken and place on counter top covered with a sheet of aluminum foil to tent for 10-15 minutes.
Here's another quick and simple veggie dish I prepared today for dinner, I'm so glad I actually had the time to film it to show you how this was made step by step.
Ingredients:
2 packs broccolini or sweet broccoli
2.5-3 tbsp Oyster sauce
1 tsbp Hoisin sauce
3/4 tbsp sesame seed oil
1 tbsp chili garlic sauce
toasted sesame seeds
2 tbsp hot water
