Haken's Shoyu Chicken

Posted by HAKEN on Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:06 PM

HAKEN'S SHOYU CHICKEN

12 chicken thighs

Sauce:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cups mirin
2 cups Chinese soy sauce (Lee Kum Kee)
1 cup oyster sauce (Lee Kum Kee)
3/4 to 1 cup vinegar
1 teaspoon peppercorn
3 star anise
3-4 cloves garlic, crushed
3-5 inches ginger, crushed

Combine everything in a pot, bring to a boil, and cook until chicken is tender. Skim as much oil off as possible. Ladle sauce into a bowl, cool with a bit of water, thicken with flour or cornstarch. Poor cornstarch mixture back into pot, mix and bring to a boil, simmer until sauce thickens.

Chicken or Pork Adobo

Posted by HAKEN on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:14 PM

3 lb chicken thigh or pork butt
1/2 c vinegar
1/4 c soy sauce
3 cloves crushed garlic
1/4 t salt
1/4 t peppercorn, crushed
1 bay leaf

If using pork butt, cut pork into 1.5 in pieces. In a large pot, combine all ingredients. Cover and let stand for 1 to 3 hours. Bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes (45 for pork). Uncover and simmer 15 more minutes to reduce or until chicken or pork is lightly browned. Serves 6.

Kal Bi

Posted by HAKEN on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:57 PM

4 lb short ribs
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 T sugar
1 T honey
1 T garlic
1/4 cup minced green onions
1/2 t minced ginger root
1 t sesame oil
1/8 t of pepper

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. If the short ribs are thick, score on both sides of ribs. Marinade short ribs in sauce for 4 hours then grill.

Halo Halo

Posted by HAKEN on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:58 PM

Halo Halo is a great for those hot Summer days. There's no real rule of thumb to making it other than to put whatever you want then add the milk to sweetned it to your liking.

You will need:

Assorted toppings such as:

Kaong (sugar palm), macapuno (grated coconut), ubi (yam paste), sweet beans, or sweetned garbanzo beans, millet jelly.

Condensed milk.
Coconut milk.
Shaved or crushed ice.

Place 3 or more condiments at 1 or 2 tablespoons of each in a 12 oz glass.
Fill with ice.
Pour into glass 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the milk to taste.
Mix.

If desired, you can top with one scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Shiny Lemonade

Posted by HAKEN on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:30 PM

Nothng better than a nice tall cold glass of lemonade for the Summer. Here is my version of this classic drink.

Juice of 6 large lemon.
Juice of 2 lime.
7 cups of water.
1 cup of sugar.

Pour sugar into lemon and lime juice.
Mix until sugar dissolves.
Add 7 cup cold water.
Mix again until sugar and juice mixture dissolves.
Pour into a tall cup of ice.
Drink and feel the coolness spread through your body.