Bicol Express Recipe

Bicolanos are famous for their Bicol Express a hot and pungent dish cooked in coconut milk, pork and with more of birds eye chili that makes it very hot.

The original Bicol Express Recipe is a stew made from long chilies also known as birds eye chili (siling mahaba in Tagalog – green ), coconut milk, onion, pork,shrimp paste or stockfish and garlic. It is evolved from Gulay na may lada, another Bicolano dish which is nowadays given as one of the many variants of Bicol Express.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 kilo pork, thinly sliced
• 3 cups birds eye chili or jalapeno peppers
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 head of garlic, minced
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup coconut cream
• 2 tablespoons of cooking oil
• Salt to taste

Cooking Methods:

• In a bowl of water with salt, soak chili peppers for 30 minutes then rinse and strain.
• In a cooking pan, heat cooking oil and brown sliced pork for a few minutes.
• In another pan, saute minced garlic and onion.
• Add to the saute the browned pork.
• Then add the coconut milk, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the chili peppers and cook until dish gets a little dry.
• Add the coconut cream and simmer until the sauce thickens.
• Salt to taste.

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Shepherd’s Pie

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo ground round beef
• 1 onion chopped
• 1/4 stick butter
• 1 medium sized carrot carrots,
• 1/4 cup sweet corn kernels,
• 1/8 cup green peas
• 1/8 cup mushrooms
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Hot Sauce (optional)
• 1/4 cup beef broth
• Salt and pepper to taste

Mashed Potato:

• 3 pcs medium potatoes
• 1/4 stick butter
• 4 tbsp Full Cream Milk
• Salt and pepper
• Cheddar Cheese (optional)

Cooking Methods:

• Peel and cut potatoes into halves, boil it for about 20 minutes or until tender then drain and set aside.
• Melt 1/4 stick butter in large frying pan.
• Sauté onions in butter until tender over a medium heat, for about 8 mins.
• Put carrots in with the onions then add mushrooms, corn kernels, and green peas.
• Add ground beef and sauté until no longer pink. Add salt and pepper.
• Add Worcestershire and Hot sauce. Add 1/4 cup of beef broth and cook, uncovered, over low heat for 5 minutes, make sure to keep it moist then turn off the heat.
• Divide the beef mixture into 2 baking dish evenly and set aside.
• Mash potatoes in bowl with 1/4 stick butter, add milk then season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Distribute mashed potatoes on top of the meat evenly, garnish it with cheddar cheese on top.
• Cook for about 30 minutes in 400 degree oven until bubbling and brown.
• Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown.

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