I had forgotten that this dish was one of my favorite Chinese dishes that my father and I used to cook when I was a very young adult. This is one of the dishes that Papa and I experimented to cook after we had dined in a Chinese restaurant in Manila because we fell inContinue reading “Shrimp With Quail Eggs”
Category Archives: Seafood
Adobong Pusit (Squid)
Fresh squids are not usually sold as food here around the Galveston Bay because they are small. They are sold as fish baits. Super Markets and the seafood markets sometimes sell frozen squids in boxes that are imported and they are usually large and uniform in size. I buy them sometimes if I crave forContinue reading “Adobong Pusit (Squid)”
Oysters (Raw)
My family in the Philippines never ate raw oysters and oysters are not bought already shucked there. We bought them at the market still in the shells. They are washed at home and we made sure most of the mud are brushed and rinsed off the shell. Just before the dinner is served, the oystersContinue reading “Oysters (Raw)”
Bacalao (Salted Cod)
This is the dish that my family usually had on Good Fridays in the Philippines when I was a kid growing up. This dish is influenced by the Spanish and Portuguese and is not the same as the dried fish commonly eaten on Good Fridays by some people who mistakenly call it bacalao. This bacalaoContinue reading “Bacalao (Salted Cod)”
Calamari (Squid)
This recipe is from Jodie, my daughter-in-law who is a chef and served it to my husband and I as an appetizer when we visited her at the restaurant in California where she worked. It was delicious. This is very easy to make if you can find squid frozen in boxes at the grocery store.Continue reading “Calamari (Squid)”
Salmon-Pan Fried
This recipe is for about 1 ½ pounds of salmon fillet. I sliced it in half for 2 generous servings. Ingredients: Salmon fillet with or without skin Salt, pepper 2 TBS Lemon Juice squeezed from fresh lemons (save some thin slices for garnish) 1 TBS Olive oil 1 TBS Butter (salted) cut in fourths GarnishContinue reading “Salmon-Pan Fried”
Smoked Salmon
Brine: Dissolve ¼ cup salt and ¼ cup sugar in 4 cups water. Put the salmon in a container to fit the fish fillet. I cut the fillet in half to fit in a plastic container. Pour the brine and make sure all the fish are submerged. If they are floating, consider weighing them downContinue reading “Smoked Salmon”
Crawfish Étouffée
Shrimp Étouffée (Pronounced Eh-too-fey) This is a Cajun dish, a traditional New Orleans food. Cajuns are Acadian French ethnic group living in the lower state of Louisiana. This is one of the popular dishes and favorites of the Louisianan of French descents and has spread to the eastern Texas border. Etouffee means smothered in French.Continue reading “Crawfish Étouffée”
Easy Shrimp Alfredo
Ingredients: Cook the pasta according to package. Drain and set aside. Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet until butter is melted and bubbly. Do not burn. Sauté the garlic until fragrant or a few seconds. Drop in the shrimp and sauté until pink and curled. Add the Alfredo sauce and the pasta. Continue reading “Easy Shrimp Alfredo”
Sarciadong Isda
(Or Fish Sarciado) Most Filipinos make this sauce with beaten eggs, almost like a Ranchero omelet but a little runny. I never liked it with eggs so mine has no eggs and I like it almost dry when the tomatoes are cooked very well. The tomatoes are cooked almost like a tomato puree consistency exceptContinue reading “Sarciadong Isda”
Kusina ni Norie 