Macaroni Chicken Soup ^0^ Good for children

Macaroni Chicken Soup or popularly known as Sopas, came from the Hispanic word “sopa”, meaning soup. This is a soup dish that we Filipinos have come to own eventhough macaroni is practically Italian.

Estimated preparation and cooking time: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Macaroni Chicken Soup Ingredients:

* 500 g chicken breast
* 4 cloves garlic (minced)
* 2 white onions (minced)
* 1 large bell pepper (seeded and sliced into strips)
* freshly ground black pepper
* 2 carrots (sliced into thin strips)
* 350 g macaroni noodles
* 2 cups evaporated milk
* 1 medium cabbage (roughly shredded)
* 2 Tbsp margarine
* fish sauce / patis
* rock salt

* chopped spring onions

Creamy Macaroni Chicken Soup Cooking Instructions

* Boil the chicken in 4 cups water. Save the broth to be used later.
* Shred the Chicken meat with your fingers. Set aside.
* Saute garlic and onion in oil over medium heat.
* Add the bell pepper and cook until aromatic.
* Stir in the shredded chicken.
* Season lightly with ground black pepper.
* Add the carrots, a quick sauté then the macaroni. Give it a stir to get the fat all around the pasta.
* Pour in the chicken broth and 5 cups water. Simmer.
* Pour in the milk, stirring gently.
* Add the cabbage. From this point, the macaroni and the cabbage will cook at about the same time.
* Add the margarine.
* Season with patis or salt.

Homemade Asian Barbecue Sauce and Marinade

Homemade Asian Barbecue Sauce and Marinade - So Good You'll Swear it's Artificially Flavored!
Enjoy!

Ingredients:
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp sambal, or other hot chili sauce
1/2 orange, juiced
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp fish sauce (or sub extra soy)
2 cloves mashed garlic
*Makes enough for about 2 pounds meat

Going Bananas

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup white granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed banana (usually 3 bananas is perfect)
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a mixing bowl for a minute; reserve until needed.

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly before adding the next. Mix in the bananas, walnuts, and milk until combined. Add the flour mixture, stirring just until combined.

Pour batter into a buttered and lightly floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool 20 minutes before removing from the pan.

Easy, Homemade Donuts

Making homemade donuts is not as hard as it looks. The only real equipment that you need is a deep fryer.

Recipe for Basic Cake Donuts

This is the easiest recipe for cake doughnuts that I have. I use it over and over again, varying it with different topping and icings.

* 4 1/2 c flour
* 4 tsp baking powder
* 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 2 eggs
* 1 c sugar
* 2 Tbs unsalted butter, melted
* 1 c milk
* 1 tsp vanilla

Sift together the dry ingredients.

Beat eggs with sugar until light. Add butter, mil, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix until a soft dough is formed. Do not over mix. If dough is too soft to roll, chill it for an hour.

Roll dough out 3/8 inch thick on a floured surface and cut with donut cutters. Fry in 370 degree oil until golden on both sides, turning once.

Remove from oil, hold over hot oil for a few minutes to drain, and then finish draining on absorbent paper. While still warm shake in sugar, sugar- cinnamon mixture, dip in glaze of choice, or dust with powdered sugar. 3 dozen

Well, This is One Way to Do It...


Tips for Perfect Donuts

There are a few tricks and tips that will help you achieve the perfect donut:

* Make sure the oil is hot, 370 Degrees works best for me.
* Don't overload the fryer. Fry only three or four at a time.
* Flip the donuts as the rise to the top and are light golden on the underside, do not over-fry.
* Use the softest dough possible. Refrigerate to keep it workable.
* Use clean oil
* Let finished donuts drain into the fryer for a few minutes before removing them to drain on absorbent paper
* Use the donut cutter in a straight down motion, without twisting.

How To Make Sponge Cake

* 8 eggs, separated to whites and yolks
* 190 g sugar
* 95 g flour
* 55 g corn starch
* 45 g butter, melted
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 mixer with whisk attachment
* 1 rubber spatula
* 1 spring-formed pan, 26cm diameter, lined with parchment
* 1 bowl
* 1 sieve
* 1 wooden skewer



* Serves:
* 6 to 8
* Preparation Time:
* 10 minutes
* Cooking Time:
* 1 hour 40 minutes
* Oven Temperature:
* 180° c - 360° f


Step 2: Preheat the oven

The first thing that you need to do in preparing your sponge cake is to set your oven to 180°C, 350°F or gas mark 4.

Step 3: Mix the egg yolks

Place the egg yolks into the mixer and mix them on a high speed until creamy. After a minute, add about 2 tbsp of sugar. Continue to mix for a few minutes more until the mixture becomes thicker.


You can now add the vanilla extract. Keep mixing until the mixture becomes double that of its original volume. Now turn off the machine and transfer the egg yolks to a separate bowl.


Wash your mixing bowl and the attachment well in preparation for whipping the egg whites.

TIP!

Make sure that the mixer attachment and bowl are washed extremely clean at this point. If not, any fat that remains on these utensils will affect the whipping of the egg whites. Make sure your things are spotless!

Step 4: Whip the egg whites

Place whites into the clean mixer bowl. Beat them on high and let them whip until they become white and frothy. Now slowly add the sugar a bit at a time. The whipped egg whites mixture is ready when it clings to the beater attachment but does not drip. Once the mixture is nice and stiff, turn off the mixer.

Step 5: Combine yolks and whites

Now you can introduce the egg yolks to the egg whites mixture. Add the whipped egg yolks into the egg whites and fold them in with the rubber spatula. Make sure not to over-mix.

Step 6: Complete the batter

Next, we need to introduce the flour and corn starch to the eggs. Start by combining the flour and the corn starch in the sieve and using your hands, slowly sift it into the mixture. Sifting the flour will increase the amount of air in the cake, helping to make it even lighter.


Fold it all together remembering again not to over-mix and then add the melted butter to the batter, combining it in briefly.

Step 7: Bake

Using your rubber spatula, you can now transfer the batter into the lined spring-form pan. Spread the batter evenly with the rubber spatula and give the pan a few good shakes to remove any air pockets that might remain.


Now put the cake into the oven and allow it to bake.

Step 8: Remove the cake

After around 30 minutes, test the cake to see it is ready. Insert a wooden skewer into the centre of the cake. The cake is ready when the skewer comes out free of batter. Now set it aside to cool before removing it from the pan.


Once the cake is totally cooled, take a sharp knife and run it around the outside of the cake. Now remove the spring-form pan and there you have it, your sponge cake.

Step 9: Serving Suggestions

Although sponge cake can be eaten as it is, it can be used as the base for many different layered cakes. We hope you enjoy your sponge cake ^0^