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- tinenneb a buntiek, broiled mudfish sour soupon Oct 4, 2016 in Authentic Ilokano Exotic Ilokano Fish Freshwater Fish Freshwater Food Soups SouredTinenneb a buntiek (attasi)When it comes to food, regionally and hence, culturally, Ilokanos love bitter foods, just as the Tagalog prefer sour ones (the famous sigang or sinigang comes to mind). But of course, we Ilokanos also love sour and sourness...
- dinengdeng/baradibud a kamangeg, samsamping, parda ken kabatiti; wild yam with blue pea, hyacinth bean and sponge gourdSamsamping, parda ken kabatiti a nabaradibudan iti bagas ti kamangeg.Yet another rare chance, opportunity, if you will, to find something like these wild bounty of the land right in a local market in the city--yessir, that's the rare wild yam kamange...
- ginisa a kamatis ken lasona iti bugguong, sautéd tomato and onions in bugguongon Feb 20, 2015 in Bugguong Fruits Ilokano Cuisine Ilokano Food Philippine Recipes Pinoy Food Vegetable Fruit VegetablesBesides having kamatis as a perfect kilawen, that is the Ilokano way, being the "K" in the famous "KBL" or Ilokano's own version of the Mexican salsa, raw kamatis with bugguong and lasona (preferably the small, "native" Ilocos variety ones), well, to...
- saluyot & buntiek, soured saluyot stew with grilled mudfishI usually cook saluyot solo and the usual Ilokano way: napaksiw, napakbet, tinimtiman, inalseman. Whatever you may call it, it's the same: soured, with either plain vinegar or with souring agents such as sour fruits like pias, kalamansi or dalayap ju...
- solsona gameng festival 2015's exotic food feastSolsona town in Ilocos Norte has just celebrated its annual Gameng Festival (gameng is treasure) that showcased among other products native food and delicacies which can be labeled kind of "exotic" because of their rarity and/or uniqueness in that pa...
- pinapaitan a kamanokan, "native" chicken bitter soupTo continue on our kamanokan series on native free range chicken Ilokano dishes (lauya, dinardaraan, adobo), we'll conclude here with yet another kind of "exotic" dish that delights most Ilokanos: it's pinapaitan a manok! This is a rather unusual chi...
- nadigo a dinardaraan a kamanokan, "native" chicken blood stew/soup[Warning: Images of chicken giblet/entrails and blood may be disturbing and/or unsavory to some. Please view with discretion.]We were done with the adobo and the lauya, and here with the specially set aside ingredients from the kamanokan we butchered...
- classic dinengdeng: rabong & saluyoton Jan 4, 2015 in Authentic Ilokano Dinengdeng Ilokano Culture Ilokano Food Pinoy Food Saluyot Vegetable Stew VegetablesThis is yet another rabong (bamboo shoot) cooking escapade, a continuation from previous various rabong dishes I've made out of a big rabong I prepared and pre-boiled. We've got rabong salad and sautéed rabong, and now we have this--the mo...
- lauya/tinola a kamanokanLauya/tinola a kamanokan a nalaokan iti papaya ken bulong sili.Now that the kamanokan (native free range chicken) is prepared (butchered, dressed, cut and cleaned), here's one most popular dish we can turn a kamanokan into a very savory and sumptuous...
- papait a naigisa iti itlog, papait omelettePapait a naigisa sa nalaokan iti itlog.What's good and delicious about papait, besides the popular salad it is usually known for or associated with? Of course it can be sauteed in onions and garlic and some tomatoes or in just plain soy and/or oyster...
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