Easy Peasy Recipe: Bicol Express

I love cooking. Be it a perfect dish or not. So as I continue my adventure here in my blog, lemme share to you my readers my passion for cooking. Umagree na lang kayo! I really cook! I’m gonna share more about it here!

Bicol Express nowadays has so many variations that just about everyone that has cooked this dish had modified it to their own personal preference. Depende kung gaano kaanghang mo gusto! I learned this dish from P when he cooked for my family 2 or 3 years ago. Since then, Bicol Express has been a part of my family’s meal.

My own version of Bicol Express.

My version of Bicol Express does not use too much hot peppers as a main ingredient, mine is a milder version. Now let’s take a look at the recipe!

Whatcha Need:

• 1/4 kilo pork, sliced into 1/2 inch strips
• 1 cup baguio beans
• 5 long chili, pepper, seeded and julliened
• 1 siling labuyo, pepper, seeded and julliened
• 1 large onion, minced
• half clove garlic, minced
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 1/2 cups of water
• 2 tablespoons alamang bagoong
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 small sachet Magic Sarap seasoning granules (endorser? ahaha!)
• ground pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. In a bowl of water with salt, soak chili for 20-30 minutes, rinse and strain well.
2. In a pan with boiling water, put the thinly sliced pork. Bring to a boil. Set aside.
3. In a cooking pan, heat cooking oil and brown the pork for a few minutes. Set aside.
4. On the same pan, saute minced onion and garlic. Add the sauted pork.
5. Then add the coconut milk, bagoong, ground pepper and the seasoning granules, stir well and simmer for 10 minutes on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally to avoid scorching.
6. Add the green chili, siling labuyo and the baguio beans until sauce thickens and gets a little dry. Serve hot.

Simple, diba? Happy eating!