Lutong Bahay

Lutong Bahay

"Lutong Bahay" is the term used to describe the foods we prepare daily in our homes. This foods are usually a family recipe or a common filipino recipe that home cooks have learned from their parents, grandparents or even learned in video sharing sites like youtube and facebook. some families are holding a somewhat secret recipe that make their specific meal a special one or so called family signiture food or family secret recipe to cook a certain food. nowadays home cooks are  inventing some new versions of food or meal that will make their food more intersting and will grab you to eat. related to this , i will share to you how to cook my version of porksteak. porksteak is a adobo like recipe in pork meat. this is best with hot white rice or even in hot fried rice. so lets start cooking :

Porksteak

Ingredients

half kilo of porkchops - sliced in halves
white onion - choped in onion rings
red onion - minced
garlic - minced
1/4 cup kalamansi juice
1/3cup soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoon vinegar
1/4 cup water
3 pcs siling labuyo (optional)
1 small can of evaporated milk

Marinade

1. put the pork in a bowl.
2. season the pork with salt and pepper.
3. pour the soy sauce, calamansi juice and vinegar.
4. add a portion of red onion.
5. massage the pork in the marinade make sure that the porks are submerged in the marinade.
6. cover the marinade, set aside for 30 mins to 1 hour.

Cooking
1. remove the pork in the marinade, set this aside to drip the excess marinade in it.
2. saute garlic and the remaining portion of red onion, mix until onion is caramelized.
3. add the drained porkchops and let the porkchops release the marinade in the pan, wait until the meat is lighten.
4. add the 3/4 of the marinade to the pan, let it simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
5. add calamansi juice if you wanted a lightly sour taste in your steak. season if wanted additional taste.
6. after seasoning, add the white onion rings and chili(optional).
7. then add the evaporated milk, simmer until 30 minutes or until the sauce thickens and pork  oils came out. stir occasionally to spread the milk and properly mixed with the sauce.
8. turn off the heat .

make a nice plating and its ready to serve, usually makes 4 to 5 servings and this is one of my recipe that came from watching many videos from video sharing site. so if youre interested to learn more recipe, just drop a minute in a video and analyze how you will adopt their recipe.