Putanesca

Ingredients:

500g Spaghetti noodles
Olive oil
3 pcs. Anchovies
Chopped Garlic
Chopped Onion
1 cup Chopped Fresh Tomatoes
1 can Black Olives
1 can Sliced Mushroom
1 cup Tomato Sauce
1 tbsp Chili Flakes
2 tbsp Fish Sauce
salt and pepper to taste
Grated Cheese


Procedure:

Melt the anchovies in olive oil. Saute onion, garlic, olives, sliced mushroom, and fresh tomatoes. Add salt and pepper, tomato sauce, fish sauce, and chili flakes. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Add sauce to spaghetti noodles; toss with tongs to combine. And top with grated cheese.

Chicken Fingers

Ingredients:

1 kg Chicken breast fillet, cut into 3-inch long wide strips
1 (75g) pouch Del Monte Quick n Easy Breading Mix

Procedure:

1. Roll chicken strips in breading mix until all pieces are well coated.

2. Deep fry chicken strips until golden brown. Drain on paper towels before serving.

Makes 10 servings

Macaroni and Tuna Casserole

Ingredients:

150 grams Elbow Macaroni, cooked
6 cloves garlic crushed
1 pc medium onion, sliced
2 tbsp butter
1 can tuna chunks in oil or brine (184g), drained
1/2 cup canned button mushrooms, sliced
1 pc med. red bell pepper, diced
1 pouch Del Monte spicy Tomato & Cream Sauce (200g)
2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
1/2 cup grated cooking cheese

Procedure:

1. Saute garlic and onion in butter for 2 minutes. Add tuna, mushroom and bell pepper. Saute for 3 minutes. Add del monte spicy tomato & cream sauce. Remove from flame.

2. Combine macaroni and parmesan cheese. Arrange in pan. Pour sauce mixture. Top with grated cheese. Bake or boil until cheese melts.

Makes 5 servings.

Pork Binagoongan

Ingredients:

600g pork picnic (kasim), cut into small chunks
3 to 4 tbsp shrimp paste (bagoong alamang)
1 (200g) pouch tomato sauce
2 finger pepper (siling haba), sliced


Procedure:

1. Saute pork chunks, bagoong, and sili in 1 tbsp oil for 8 minutes. Add tomato sauce. Saute for 3 minutes.
2. Add 1/2 cup water. Simmer over low heat for 30 to 40 minutes or until the pork is tender, stirring occasionally. Serve with rice, if desired.

Makes 5 servings

Sisig

Ingredients:

3 cloves garlic, sliced and fried to brown (reserve oil)
350g pork head and ear
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/4kg tuna steak, deboned and chopped
1 tsp calamansi juice
1 finger pepper (siling haba), seeded and sliced
2 birds eye chilis (siling labuyo), sliced
1 (200g) pouch Del monte sauce sulit tomato sauce with sarap liver spread


Procedure:

1. Boil pork for 1 hour or until tender. Chop, then season with soy sauce and 1/8 tsp pepper. Drain and reserve any marinade.
2. Sprinkle fish with calamansi juice. Set aside.
3. In reserved garlic oil, saute pork, siling haba, and siling labuyo for 5 minutes. Season with 1/3 tsp iodized salt, and 1/8tsp pepper.
4. Add fish and marinade, then saute for 2 minutes.
5. Add Del monte tomato sauce. Cook, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes or until slightly dry. Top with fried garlic if desired.

Makes 5 servings.