Atsuete Oil Recipe

by TheAmazingKitchen Recipes

Atsuete seeds (also achoite, annatto) is probably one of the most useful condiments in our kitchen. It is a natural food color enhancer - commonly used on pork and chicken barbecues, adobo or humba and java rice. Yes, you are right! Java rice!


Here is what you need to do for the atsuete oil recipe.

Ingredients:
                    1 tbsp - atsuete seeds
                    1/4 c - vegetable oil (or canola/olive oil)

Procedure:

1. Pour-in atsuete seeds and vegetable oil in a fry pan. Heat over medium fire.

2. When bubbles starts to appear, remove pan from fire and let it set for 5 minutes.

               TAK Tip: Do not overcook the atsuete seeds. When its turns to black, it will leave an unwanted taste.

3. Use a strainer to separate the seeds from the oil and that's it! You're done!

Silog - Filipino Fried Rice with Egg: A lucrative recipe for food business!

by TheAmazingKitchen Recipes

 

Why Silog?

This blog will feature the all-time favorite Filipino meal, Silog. The term is an amalgamation of two words - Sinangag (Filipino fried rice) and Itlog (Egg). If we pair silog with tuna, it is then called Tunasilog. Just imagine, there are countless number of delicious and easy-to-cook recipes you can prepare for your customers just by adding silog on it, such as Spamsilog (Spam, Fried Rice and Egg), Chopsilog (Porkchop, Fried Rice and Egg) and a whole lot more! - Use your creativity in naming the recipe.

One advantage of preparing this kind of meal is that, it's easy and quick to cook. People in our generation are always on-the-go as most of our jobs nowadays are demanding more time in the office, thus we surely have a niche! 

Here are the easy steps on how to cook the Silog.

Silog (Filipino Fried Rice with Egg) Recipe             

Cooking time: 4 minutes
Estimated Cost: 12 pesos

                Ingredients:
                         3 tbsp - Cooking oil
                         1 - Egg (beaten)
                         1 tbsp - onion (minced)
                         1 clove - Garlic (minced)
                         1 cup - Rice (cooked)
                         1 tbsp - Soy sauce
                         1 pinch - Seasoning (salt and pepper)

            Steps: 

1. Heat the fry pan or skillet over medium fire. Once completely dry, pour 1 and 1/2 tablespoon of cooking oil.

2. Pour-in the beaten egg and wait until the bottom sets. Use a ladle to push one end of the egg to the center while tilting the fry pan. Let the liquid-form-egg to flow and repeat the process until fully cooked. Set aside.

3. Turn off the fire first. Use the same fry pan or skillet to cook the fried rice.

4. Pour-in 1 and 1/2 tablespoon cooking oil and minced garlic. Turn on the fire, set it to medium-low heat. Stir until the garlic is golden brown.

      TAK Tip: Pour-in the cooking oil and minced garlic at the same time, before turning on the fire. This is a technique used when cooking crispy garlic bits for toppings.

5. Add minced onion and stir until caramelized.
 
6. Add 1 cup of cooked rice. Stir until the cooking oil and garlic is evenly distributed. Depending on the variety of rice used, sometimes 1 tablespoon of cooking oil is not enough. Ensure that the fried rice is not so dry yet not so oily.

7. Pour-in 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and a pinch of seasoning. Mix until the color is even.

8. We have the option to mix the cooked egg or just add it as a topping so the dish would look enticing! I believe the latter is more fun!

Silog Meals 

TUNASILOG

Ingredients:

        1 can - Tuna flakes in oil (255g)

Steps:

1. Heat the pan over medium fire.
2. Pour-in one can (255g) of tuna flakes in oil. Canned tuna are readily available on all grocery stores.
3. Serve while it's still hot!

Tunasilog Estimated Cost: 40 pesos

You can sell it for 60-65 pesos! That's 20-25 pesos profit per meal! 

Suggested retail price is based on the usual restaurant price.

PUSITSILOG (Dried Squid)

Ingredients:
            25g - dried pusit (dried squid)
            3 tbsp - oil
Steps:

1. Heat the pan over medium fire.
2. Add dried squid. Ensure to flatten the squid using flat ladle as it curls out when subjected to high heat. Fry until golden brown in color.
3. Serve with hot and spicy vinegar. 

Pusitsilog Estimated Cost: 34 pesos

You can sell it for 55-60 pesos! That's 21-26 pesos profit per meal!

Suggested retail price is based on the usual restaurant price.

SPAMSILOG

Ingredients:
          1 can - Spam (340g) sliced into 8
          2 tbsp - oil
Steps:

1. Heat the pan over medium fire.
2. Add 2 slices of spam. One can of spam can make 4 spamsilog meals, ensure to slice evenly. Fry until cooked.
3. Serve with catsup sauce. 

Spamsilog Estimated Cost:  28 pesos per meal

You can sell it for 60-65 pesos! That's 32-37 pesos profit per meal! 

Suggested retail price is based on the usual restaurant price.

Spicy Chicken Barbecue Recipe

by TheAmazingKitchen Recipes

Estimated Cost:
Prep Time:  
Cooking Time:


Ingredients:
         Marinade

                      1 cup - soda (sprite/coke)
                      1 pc - star anise
                      1 tbsp - black pepper (seeds)
                      1 tbsp - salt
                      1 tbsp - vinegar
                      2 tbsp - calamansi juice (lemon juice is a perfect substitute)
                      1 stalk - onion spring
                      1 stalk - lemongrass
                      1 1/2 thumb - ginger
                      2 pcs - red chili
                     
         Basting

                       2 tbsp - atsuete (also called annato seeds)
                       8 tbsp - vegetable oil (canola/olive oil are healthy substitutes)
                       Marinade mixture

Main Ingredient: Chicken Drumstick (5 pcs)



Procedure:

1.  Combine all the ingredients for marinade (soda, star anise, black pepper, salt, vinegar, calamansi juice, onion spring, lemongrass, ginger and red chili).

2. Using a blender (or food processor), mix all ingredients until fine or smooth.

3. Heat the pan over low heat and simmer the mixture for 5 minutes. Set aside and let it cool.

4. Using a bowl, add the cooled mixture to chicken drumstick. Best result is achieved by marinating the chicken overnight.

5. Thread each chicken drumstick with a skewer. Do not throw away the marinade mixture, use this for the basting.

          TAK Tips: In case a bamboo skewer is used, ensure to soak it in water for 20-30 minutes. This will prevent the sticks to burn while chicken is grilled.

6. Gently brush each chicken with basting right before grilling.

            TAK Tips: For the basting, we can mix the atsuete oil with marinade. Or apply it on each chicken separately. Here is the recipe for atsuete oil.

7. Grill chicken using charcoal for best barbecue result. Reapply basting when chicken is half-cooked.

8. Once fully cooked, take it out from the grill and serve while it's still hot.


Sell each chicken meal for 99 pesos!