Red Salted Duck Egg (Itlog Na Maalat) Salad Recipe

Salted duck egg was originated and influenced by the Chinese and later on it became a part of every Pinoy foods.

The popular method for processing salted eggs in the Philippines is by mixing clay, rock salt, and water. The fresh eggs are individually dipped and stored in two weeks, then boiled.

Salted duck eggs are normally boiled or steamed before being peeled and eaten as a condiment to congee or cooked with other foods as a flavoring. The egg white has a sharp, salty taste. The orange-red yolk is rich, fatty, and less salty.

Making salted duck egg salad is one of the best recipes because it is very simple, easy to prepare and budget-friendly.  It is also a perfect match with fried fish, grilled pork, longganisa and steamed or fried rice.

In this recipe, we made a twist by adding chilies to make it spicier and the saltiness of the red eggs is balanced by the pickled garlic, tomatoes, and onions.

Salted Duck Egg with Tomato Salad

Good for serving 3-4 persons

Prep time 15 mins

Cook time N/A

Total time 15 mins

Ingredients:

• 4 pcs. red salted (duck or chicken) eggs
• 1 pc. big red onion, thinly sliced
• 3 tablespoons of lime or calamansi juice
• 3 pcs. tomatoes, chopped
• 2 pcs of bird's eye chili (siling labuyo)
• 1 small sized cucumber, chopped into small pieces 
• 2 spring onions finely chopped
• pinch of ground black pepper 
• pinch of sugar (optional)

Procedures:

1. Removed the shell of the eggs, then cut into wedges. 
2. Place them on the serving plate or bowl
3. Put a red onion, tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions and ground black pepper
4. Add sugar, lime/calamansi juice and, chilies according to taste and then mix.
5. Best serve with rice and grilled or fried fish, Tapa or Tocino 
6. Share and Enjoy!

Suam na Mais or Ginisang Mais with Bangus (Corn Soup with Milkfish) Recipe

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Sinigang na Maya-maya sa Miso (Snapper Fish in Miso and Taramind Soup) Recipe

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Miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting rice, barley and or soybeans with salt and the fungus.

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Champurrado Recipe (Sweet Chocolate Rice Porridge)

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Bangus Belly in Sinigang sa Bayabas

Bangus Belly na Sinigang sa Bayabas (Stewed Milkfish Belly in Guava)  is one of the variety in cooking sinigang using different souring ingredients like taramind (sampalok), sour apple or cotton fruit (santol) , bilimbi fruit or averrhoa (kamias) and etc.

Procedure in cooking for this recipe is almost the same to other sinigang, the only different is the preparation of the main ingredient. Bangus belly or any fish and meat use in sinigang sa bayabas is by putting salt into meat and leave for about 2 hours to overnight to catch the natural saltiness of the meat and the sweet and sour taste of the guava that gives additional flavor of the dish.

Homemade Pork Tocino Recipe

Tocino is typical meat sliced into thin strips cured in anise wine, annatto, water, salts sugar and saltpeter mixture, stacked in a separate container,and covered and kept refrigerated for about three days to cure.  But the original tocino is marinated only with salt, sugar, and saltpeter.

In Spanish, Tocino is bacon, made from the pork belly, and some other countries in Caribbean, is made from pork fatback and neither cured nor smoked and fried until very crunchy. 

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Chicken Inasal is an Ilonggo dish from the islands of the Visayas in Philippines. Inasal is skewered chicken grilled over hot coals, marinated and basted with achuete oil, and served with chili-spiked vinegar.

Try this recipe that meld in your mouth with every voracious bite of the bird’s moist meat with the lush layers of citrus, vinegar, lemongrass, garlic, and ginger.

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