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Bicol Express Recipe

 

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Bicol Express Ingredients:

1 kilo of pork meat; cut lengthwise
1/2 cup of Philippine bird's eye pepper (siling labuyo)
3 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup sauted shrimp paste (bagoong alamang)
4 cloves garlic; crushed
1 small onion; chopped

Bicol Express Cooking Preparation:

In a saucepan, sauté garlic and onion. Drop the pork and bird’s eye pepper. Continue sauteing until pork starts to render fat and edges turn to brown. Add sauted shrimp paste and stir, then pour the coconut milk (you may pour gradually in preference to the amount of sauce you want). Cook in low fire until pork becomes tender and until a saucy consistency is achieved. Serve hot!

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Comments (22)

to the max!!!
my hubby really loves to eat bicol express.. though it has many ways on how to cook it but the important is everybody is satisfied to the finished product... I'm a bikolana but i'm really confused how is the yummiest way on preparing and cooking bicol express... thanks for the ideas..
#22 - clarissa arganda - 12/07/2011 - 23:19
wat if your allergic to coconut? can i use cream instead?
#21 - morgan goth - 12/03/2011 - 02:36
bicol express
sarap! sobrang anghang :-O thank u po!;-)
#20 - elsi - 11/26/2011 - 10:42
bicol express
garbe....
super sarap talaga ng bicol express lalo na kapag sobrang anghang .
#19 - marianpostrado@yahoo.com - 07/28/2011 - 00:57
bagoong alamang
what can you substitute to bagoong alamang if you're allergic to it? and pwede ba gamitin ang pork na walang taba?
#18 - heidi - 04/20/2011 - 11:57
Pork belly Bicol Express
sobrang sarap po.. I've tried it kanina and everybody @ home likes it... thanks po for sharing your recipes ;-)
#17 - Ena - 03/23/2011 - 08:45
innovative
Thanks for the tips on putting pineapple or vegies and cooking the coconut oil separately!! really helpful ;-)
#16 - joanne.javier514@yahoo.com - 12/17/2010 - 05:32
bicol express
:-)ang sarap talaga ng bicol express nakakagu2m talaga pag yan ang naihain sa harap mo di ka tatanggi na kumain!!
#15 - georgia san juan - 12/14/2010 - 09:11
@ Julie Gallardo

Hola! Muchas gracias Señorita! Thanks a lot for sharing your delicious bicol express!
#14 - MyFilipinoRecipes - 11/21/2010 - 13:32
Hola amis amigos!...Julz here.,i'm a Food technologist., a Nagueña., bicolana... u know guys,i will share my delicious Bicol Express ever..u should try to cook my version of yummy Bicol express...

Ingrediends....

1/4 pork sliced thinly
1 cup salted balaw fish (wash 4 times & well- drained)
(bagoong optional) kong alang balaw
5-10 pcs sili labuyo..
or 10pcs.. sili malaki
ginger chopped finely (small amount)
1 cup pineapple tidbits
pepper powder
1 tbsp salabat
ginisa mix to taste
(no need to used garlic & onions & cooking oil.,
kasi nagmamantika na yung pork & gata habang naluluto yung bicol express...)

Procedure:

~Saute' a chop ginger & chop sili on the cooking pan,add the pork (slice thinly).,cover the pan til mamotok-motok yung karne..hehehe., add 2 tbsp.vinegar,(optional bagoong)~add the balaw fish & stir fry balaw til golden brown...add pepper powder & 1 tbsp of salabat.,add pineapple tidbits, saute'..then add the 1 cup gatang ng niyog, cook the bicol express til it turns to oily...sili must be siling labuyo kasi bicol is well known talaga kong bicol express...super sizzling dapat... my bicol express is special...kasi with pineapple tidbits po yun...hehehe..try nyo...
#13 - Julie Gallardo - 11/20/2010 - 21:40
Bicol Express
Im sure my hubby will love this tnx for the ingredients..
#12 - CLaire Dennise - 11/09/2010 - 05:20
much better if u boil the coconut milk in a separate pan until it becomes oily before pouring into the dish.
#11 - magoo - 11/01/2010 - 18:32
mas masarap kung hayaan maa mantika ung gata nya
#10 - loren - 10/23/2010 - 06:49
sitaw
jovie,you can add sitaw mas masarap kapag may gulay...natry ko na
#9 - Donna Belen - 10/11/2010 - 08:07
Laing VS Bicol Express
I am Kapampangan but I know that Laing is made of Taro Leaves and Coconut Milk. Bicol Express is meat, coconut milk and tons of Siling labuyo.

Thanks for the recipe.
#8 - Arcel Robertson - 09/26/2010 - 08:01
i think he's talking laing and not bicol express

i love bicol express from cebu no meat involve in cooking. It's just made of chilli "seed's remove" and coconut milk thumbs up for their bicol express
#7 - thor paez - 07/24/2010 - 03:53
bicol express
i'm a bicolano...the main ingredients of bicol express is chilli pepper, meat, and coconut milk...not the taro leaves.

try the lechon kawali as the meat...taste good!
#6 - nalwin - 07/14/2010 - 23:05
Is this recipe another version of the authentic one? From what I know, one of the main ingredients of Bicol Express dish is the taro leaves. My Bicolano neighbor has always served it with it.
#5 - conrad - 07/14/2010 - 20:57
Pepper
Jasmin you can buy sweet chili (6 inches long finger like) mostly in the farmers market or oriental stores. You can subtitute it also with anahiem chili.
#4 - Ed Lucero - 07/13/2010 - 23:20
What other pepper can be subsituted if the bird's eye pepper can't be found?
#3 - Jasmin Kelly - 07/13/2010 - 13:05
wow
thank you for making this website.. i am a new housewife and is still learning how to cook wonderful dishes for my husband.. thanks!
#2 - Kristine Sam - 02/13/2010 - 12:26
is it alright to put some veggies in that dish like sitaw or malunggay leaves?
#1 - jovie de castro - 12/05/2009 - 20:14
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