I really don’t know how to properly cook beef to make it tender, especially for the Mechado recipe. So I decided to use a crock pot or a slow cooker to make sure the beef comes out tender. It makes me wonder if I just feel too excited to eat all the time that most of my beef recipes are poorly cooked in terms of beef tenderness. This time, I used a crock pot to avoid further disappointments. Here’s my mom’s version of beef mechado cooked in crock pot or slow cooker. Ingredients: 1/4 beef sirloin cubed to 1″ 5 clove of garlic minced 1 medium head white onion quartered 1 native...

This recipe is so basic, even a child can do this alone and it’s the perfect chicken adobo recipe for busy working moms. Adobo is one of the most popular dishes in the Philippines and its basic ingredients are vinegar,  soy sauce, garlic and pepper. It can be made out of chicken, pork or seafood or you can combine chicken and pork as well for your adobo. Here’s my version of Basic Chicken Adobo Recipe: Ingredients: 1/2 kilo of chicken cut into serving size 1 tbsp of pepper corns 4 cloves of pitted garlic 3/4 cup of soy sauce 1/4 cup of vinegar 2 pcs bay leaves 1 large potato peeled and...