I'm Learning How To Cook!
When I was in
grade 6, I (with my teacher or guardian) was always the representative of our
school in cooking contests. In high school, I’d actively participate in our
cooking lessons in Home Economics. But my heart was not into cooking, so
I grew up loving foods but not putting too much effort into cooking.
But since I’m
in my mid-20’s I made a conscious decision to learn how to cook. I’d search for
recipes online, read cook books or watch cooking shows and then try cooking out
the recipes. I’ve decided to cook for my family at least once a week and try posting the recipes and my cooking experience here (haha! Actually, I’ve started 2 weeks ago, my 1st recipe was the Pininyahang Manok, for the recipe click
here). I made this decision as a gift
for myself!
Last Saturday,
I made 2 dishes. First is the Coca Cola Chicken and the second one is a dessert called BanaNut Truffles.
Coca Cola
Chicken
Ingredients:
1kg Chicken cut into serving portion
¼ c. Soy Sauce
2 tbsp. Oyster Sauce
3
pcs. Gaclic, minced
¼ c. Banana Ketchup
500
mL. Coca Cola
Pinch
of ground pepper
Procedure:
Marinate
the chicken with soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, and pepper for 30 minutes or
more.
In a
pan, mix the marinated chicken (including the sauce used for marinating) with
the ketchup and coca cola and bring it to a boil.
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| Just add the ketchup |
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| Of course, don't forget to add the Coca Cola |
Wait
until the sauce thickens and the Coca Cola Chicken is ready to serve! That
easy, eh?
BanaNut
Truffles
Ingredients:
1
pack crushed grahams
5
pcs. overripe bananas
¼ c.
sugar
2 tbsp.
nuts, chopped
Procedure:
Mash
the bananas.
Mix
the bananas, crushed grahams, sugar, and nuts. Refrigerate for an hour.
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| This is how it looks like after mixing the ingredients. |
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| Oh! Thanks to my dear brother for mixing it for me! Haha! |
After an hour,form
the mixture into balls and sprinkle or cover it with your favorite toppings. I used cocoa powder as a topping. Refrigerate for an hour or more before serving.
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| The recipe makes about 25-30 pieces of truffles depending on how big you make each piece. |
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