ULog #21: My Version of BICOL EXPRESS

Hello everyone! First of all, I would like to greet you a HAPPY NEW YEAR and I wish you had a blessed Christmas!

Today, I want to share with you my own and simple version of Bicol Express. I actually made this last December 24 but I am only able to post this now. While almost everybody was busy preparing sumptuous food for Noche Buena in the Philippines, I was simply craving for no other than this Bicol Express, which is made up of pork cooked in coconut milk with shrimp paste and a lot of green chilis. This dish come from one region in the Philippines, Bicol, which is known to its abundance in coconuts and they are also popular for their most local meals to be hot and spicy.

I call this version of mine as simple because I used the ingredients that our nearby store only has. They didn't have red chilis and a fresh coconut that could really make this dish more enriched in flavor, so I just used green chilis and coconut milk in can. Thankfully, my husband bought me a ready-to-cook spicy shrimp paste of my favorite brand, called Barrio Fiesta, that's why everything turned out good and delicious!

THE INGREDIENTS I USED:

1/2 kilo pork (cubes)
4 cloves garlic (crushed)
4 pcs long green chili pepper (sliced into thin pieces)
1 medium onion (sliced)
1 tbsp shrimp paste (Barrio Fiesta)
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
3 tbsp cooking oil
2 1/2 cups of water
salt to taste

How to cook Bicol Express (good for 4 servings):

1. Heat oil and saute garlic & onion.

2. Add the pork and ground black pepper, cook until it gets light brown in color.

3. Pour water and let it boil. Then, cover it and cook it in medium heat until the pork gets tender.

4. Add the long green chili and shrimp paste into the cooking pot, then stir.

5. Pour the coconut milk in can into the pot and let it boil. Stir once in a while. Then, add salt to taste.

6. Serve with rice. Enjoy! :)

By the way guys, if you're not a fan of a hot and spicy food, and yet you want to try this dish, you could adjust the spicy level according to how much you can tolerate the heat. You can start with 2-3 pieces of green chili peppers until you can handle the right amount of its hotness.

I just really love spicy foods and Bicol Express is the second to my most favorite next to Pork Sisig! Hopefully, I would be able to cook the latter one once I find its main ingredients here. So for now, I hope you liked my post. It is easy to make, but it will totally drive you crazy as it'll make you want to eat more haha! Try it!

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Until next time.

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ULog #21: My Version of BICOL EXPRESS

THE INGREDIENTS I USED:

How to cook Bicol Express (good for 4 servings):

Join us on Discord (https://discord.gg/FPdn5QZ) if you want to message me directly and of course to meet these awesome and creative people behind #dynamicsteemians, namely: @dynamicgreentk, @dynamicrypto, @baa.steemit, @symonp, @adam.tran STEEMBULLS

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Join us on Discord (https://discord.gg/FPdn5QZ) if you want to message me directly and of course to meet these awesome and creative people behind #dynamicsteemians, namely:
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