Chicken Binagoongan (Chicken Cooked in Shrimp Paste)

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken (cut in single portion)
1 cup of bagoong alamang (Shrimp Paste)
1 head of garlic (minced)
2 big onions (sliced)
4 tomatoes (diced)
Fish Sauce
Cooking oil
4 chili peppers (minced) or according to taste
¼ cup vinegar
4 tablespoons brown sugar

Cooking procedure:

1. In a casserole, put cooking oil and sauté garlic, onions, tomatoes and chillis. Add fish sauce and chicken.
2. When chicken is tender, add bagoong/shrimp paste and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Pour in the vinegar and stir well, add the sugar and let it simmer for few minutes until it's cooked.

Javanese Prawns

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo prawns, peeled and deveined
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tomato, sliced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
Juice of 1/3 Lime
1 cup of Palm Sugar
AJI-NO-MOTO Umami Seasoning
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon paprika
10 Kaffir lime leaves
1/2 cup Water
Salt
Pepper
Lime wedge for garnish



Directions:

1. Saute garlic in oil and butter.
2. Add tomato paste, kaffir and AJI-NO-MOTO Umami Seasoning, prawns tomatoes, lime juice, salt, pepper, soy sauce, sugar and paprika.
3. Garnish with lime. Serve.

Fried Shrimps in Breadcrumbs

INGREDIENTS:

1 kilo shrimps / prawns
2 cups breadcrumbs
1/2 cup flour / cornstarch
1/2 cup milk
2 beaten eggs
salt
pepper





PROCEDURE:


Clean the shrimps, leave tail on.

Season shrimps with salt and pepper.

Dip in corn starch.

Dip in the mixed beaten egg & milk.

Dip in breadcrumbs.

Deep fry at 375 until done or just plain fry side by side…Check by tasting if done and make a note of time. Tasting is better than timing!

Serve.