I’ve always had an internal struggle with keeping ingredients in the kitchen that are meant for only one dish. One of those things is the Sinigang Soup Powder mix. Of course we have it in the cupboard. My wife and I get our cravings for the tamarind soured soup and green, unripe tamarind is hard…
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Crispy Sinangag – Garlic Crispy Fried Rice
“It is not a meal unless there is rice,” my grandma would say, sometimes even putting rice in her bowl of spaghetti. Growing up, I soon found out that this phrase echoed in many other Filipino households. Traditionally, every Filipino meal is accompanied with rice. The same is true for practically all of Asia. Rice…
How To Prepare Garlic
The biggest thing to keep in mind when preparing garlic is that the smaller and finer you cut your garlic, the stronger the flavor will be. Why? I’ll try not to be too sciency: The garlic plant cells contain different compounds – both pleasant (sweet, aromatic, garlicky) and unpleasant (burning, sulphur). When you crush/cut/smash garlic,…
Boy In The Kitchen 