Thursday, April 23, 2009

Some favorite recipes

Eneksa Agaga (Red Rice)
from chamorro.com

* Achiote Seeds (4 ounce package)
* 2 cup water
* 2 cups medium grain enriched rice
* 2 slices bacon
* 1/2 onion

Soak achiote seeds in water until liquid is a dark rich red.
Drain seeds, reserving the liquid. Fry bacon until soft but
thoroughly cooked. Chop bacon and onion. Put rice, bacon,
onion in a pan and add the achiote liquid. Allow pot of rice
to "boil down" until the liquid is almost completely gone.
Cover and reduce heat to low for 15 minutes. Makes 4 servings.

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Finadeni
from chamorro.com

No island feast would be complete without finadeni. This terrific
sauce used to flavor rice, soups and is excellent for marinating
chicken, beef and pork. Make a lot at once and store the extra
in a salad dressing carafe for easy use later.

* 1/4 cup soy sauce
* 1/4 cup lemon juice
* 1/4 cup chopped green onions
* 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper, or 3 small red peppers,
roasted and chopped

Combine ingredients, stir.

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Saipan-style SPAM Fried Rice
...my own personal recipe

* cooked rice
* 3 eggs
* 1/2 can SPAM, diced (you can use Turkey SPAM if you like, it's lower in fat &
salt and has zero cholesterol)
* 2 tbsp. sesame oil
* 1 tsp. patis (fish sauce)
* 1 or 2 green onions, chopped

In a frying pan, make egg omelet and transfer to plate.
Chop into strips. Add cubes of Spam to pan and cook until
they begin to brown. Add rice to frying pan, stir then add
sesame oil. Add green onion if desired. Right before serving,
add fish sauce. It's also good with Tabasco!

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Korean Fried Rice
... another personal recipe

* cooked rice
* 3 eggs
* 1/3 jar of kimchee
* 2 tbsp. sesame oil
* 1 tsp. fish sauce
* 4 strips of bacon, cooked

In a frying pan, make egg omelet and transfer to plate.
Chop into strips. Add bacon and rice to frying pan, stir then add
sesame oil. Add Kimchee and mix. Right before serving,
add fish sauce.

1 comment:

  1. The kimchee fried rice is delicious, although I don't think I added fish sauce to mine last time I made it... I probably used soy sauce. I do have some fish sauce for next time though!

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