Bicol Express

[ccuevas]

[B]Bicol Express Recipe
Estimated preparation time: 30 minutes
Estimated cooking time: 30 minutes

Bicol Express Ingredients:

1/4 kilo pork, thinly sliced

1 cup Baguio beans

3 cups long chili or jalapeno peppers

1 onion, minced

1 head of garlic, minced

1 cup coconut milk

1 cup coconut cream

2 tablespoons of cooking oil

Salt to taste



Bicol Express Cooking Instructions:

In a bowl of water with salt, soak chili peppers for 30 minutes then rinse and strain.

In a cooking pan, heat cooking oil and brown sliced pork for a few minutes.

In another pan, sauté minced garlic and onion.

Add to the sauté the browned pork.

Then add the coconut milk, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add the chili peppers, Baguio beans and cook until dish gets a little dry.

Add the coconut cream and simmer until the sauce thickens.

Salt to taste.

[orangerain]

My friend makes the best Bicol Express ever... but she never shared her recipe. So thanks for posting this one! I'll try this out. :D

[mscaracter]

I haven;t try to cook this dish... maybe I shall try it one of this days using the recipe above!

<wink>

[orangerain]

Did I see that right? 3 cups of chili pepper? My oh my. :D

[ccuevas]

yes you got it right :)) actually the real bicol express dish is a more of pepper rather than the strips of pork, unlike here in manila its the other way around :))

[orangerain]

I see. I love spicy food, but I think I can't eat the real bicol express. LOL.

[Naduah]

I'll add this to my recipe book. :-)

[mscaracter]

Thanks for sharing your recipe...I'll tell mom to cook for me! lol :p