One thing we share with other former Spanish colonies is our love for rice cooked paella style. A popular dish in Puerto Rico …
Rice Recipes
Paella, jambalaya, kedgeree, risotto, pilaf, fried rice, congee, rice cakes, rice puddings and rice salads
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With the Spanish colonization of the Philippines lasting over three and a half centuries, and with a number of wealthy …
Arancini-style Cheese-stuffed Rice Balls
When Giada de Laurentiis made arancini on one of her TV shows, she rolled the rice balls in flour, dipped them in beaten eggs …
Crispy Bacon, Wakame and Sesame Onigiri
Cook Japanese rice the usual way (with a rice cooker or on the stovetop), transfer to a shallow bowl and season a la sushi …
Shrimp Fried Rice With Broccoli and Cauliflower
As with most stir fried dishes, the prep time for this shrimp fried rice with broccoli and cauliflower is twice as long as …
Fried Adlai (Job’s Tears) A la Yang Chow
The thing about cooking fried rice is that you need to wait overnight for the rice to dry out before stir frying. Otherwise, …
Chili Chicken Fried Rice With Grilled Pineapple
If you've never tried grilling fresh pineapple until lightly charred, I urge you to do it soon. The flavor, the aroma, the …
Garlic and Scallion Rice
There are days when I crave Chinese-style fried rice but there's no cold cooked rice to make it. What do I do? I improvise. …
Shiitake Fried Rice
In a discussion on Facebook, I came across a comment about how unfriendly to vegetarians Chinese fried rice is. There are …
Alex’s Salmon Sinigang Risotto
If there is one good thing that came out of our not-so-good Foodtrip Marikina experience, it was finding ideas for new dishes …
Paella With Chicken and Chorizo
Paella will probably always be associated with seafood but there is an animal called mixed paella which can contain no …
Salted Egg Chicharon Fried Rice
As it often happens, after a night of partying and ultra-indulgent food, I crave simplicity the next day. We hosted a lovely …
Coconut Pilaf
Yesterday was the third day of the New Year and we still hadn't consumed the leftovers from the New Year's Eve meal. We …
Seafood Arroz a la Valenciana (Filipino-style Paella)
Arroz a la Valenciana was a mainstay at family reunions when I was a child. My grandparents prepared it in a huge pan and …
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