K/ABC Wednesday

K is for Kare-Kare

Kare-kare [pronounced as kar′ēkar′ē] is a Filipino comfort food, a perennial family favorite in both local and overseas Filipino households.  It is a stew made from peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, oxtail and tripe.  It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste) spiced with chili.  A Philippine fiesta is not complete without Kare-kare, particularly in the province of Pampanga.  

Preparation:  Oxtail, with skin on and cut into 2-inch lengths, and ox tripe are boiled until tender.  When the meat is tender, the soup becomes gelatinous and to this, ground roasted peanuts (or unsweetened peanut butter) and ground roasted glutinous  rice are added to make the soup thicker.  Achuete (annatto) is also added to give color.  The basic vegetables for kare-kare include banana flower bud, eggplant, string beans and Chinese cabbage.  It is served hot with sauteed shrimp paste and eaten with steamed rice.

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Mellow Yellow Monday: Appetizer

A popular Filipino appetizer and side dish for grilled fish or grilled pork---diced tomatoes, green mango and white onion relish topped with sweet & spicy shrimp paste.  Forget about spoon and fork...with this, eating with your bare hands is more exciting.:p

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Mellow Yellow Monday: Snack attack

A late night attack of the munchies got me corn chips and creamy spinach dip. Munch, munch, munch!:p

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Mellow Yellow Monday: Nachos with cheese

Ground beef nachos with pico de gallo, sour cream and cheese.  A perfect snack after a gut-busting Noche Buena feast.

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Mellow Yellow Monday # 43: Thai Fried Rice

I have a yummy yellow to cheer you up today---Thai fried rice with shrimp paste, pork adobo, scrambled egg, fresh green mango and sliced fresh onion.

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Batchoy craving

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La Paz Batchoy from Ted's Oldtimer La Paz Batchoy

Blame it on memory gap.  I couldn't remember if this was Extra Super Batchoy or the variant Beef Batchoy.  But I remember it was über delicious!:p

I've been hankering for La Paz batchoy since the typhoons and monsoon rains started.  Batchoy is my ultimate comfort food---it's a hearty bowl of hot, feel-good soup and nostalgia.   It is a quintessential Ilonggo dish as sisig to the  Kapampangans. Growing up in Negros, we had batchoy any time of the day, in all kinds of weather.  Unlimited servings of kaldo (soup), chicharon bits and crunchy garlic were free then.

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