Recipe List

Here are some recipes I've picked up while in Australia. People keep making tasty looking things at hostels and I have too many tabs open on my phone looking them up. So now I can just write them here!

• Arroz a la Cubana
• Sinigang na Hipon
• Sardine Spaghetti

Arroz a la Cubana

Ingredients:

• 1 lb each ground beef + pork
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 cup frozen green peas
• 1 medium yellow onion (minced)
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 medium tomato (diced)
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• n fried bananas per person
• n fried eggs per person
• n cups steamed rice per person

Directions:

In a large cooking pan, sauté onion, garlic, tomato. When tomato becomes soft, put in ground beef and pork. Cook for 5 - 7 minutes. Pour in tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and raisins. Stir and cover pan, simmer for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove cover and add green peas. Cook for 5 - 8 minutes in low/medium heat. Arrange in individual plates with steamed rice, fried bananas, and fried eggs.

Sinigang na Hipon

Ingredients:

• 4 cups water
• 1 lb cleaned shrimp
• 44 grams Sinigang sa Sampaloc mix
• 1 bunch water spinach
  (alt: watercress, mustard greens)
• 15 pieces snake beans (alt: green beans)
• 5 pieces okra
• 1 medium sliced eggplant
• 1 cup sliced daikon radish
• 3 medium tomatoes, cut in quarters
• 1 serrano pepper
• 1 yellow onion
• 2-3 tablespoons fish sauce (to taste)

Directions:

Bring 1 litre of water to boil in pot. Add tomatoes and onions, cook for 2 minutes. Add radish and cook for another 2 minutes. Add the shrimp. Once the shrimp turns pink, add Sinigang mix. Simmer for about 2 minutes. Add beans followed by okra and pepper. Bring back to a boil, cook for 2 minutes. Season with fish sauce and add eggplant. Cook for a minute, then add water spinach. Push leaves down gently until submerged, simmer for another minute. Transfer to serving bowls while hot and serve with rice.

Australian $1.50 Sardine Spaghetti

Ingredients:

• 1 can of canned spaghetti
• 1 can of sardines in tomato sauce
• red pepper flakes to taste
• italian seasoning to taste
• salt/pepper to taste

Directions:

Dump spaghetti and sardines into pot and heat on medium/low heat. Stir frequently. Once hot, add seasonings to taste. For best experience, eat straight from the pot.