Bicol Express Recipe

I'm not from Bicol, but I like to cook authentic Filipino food. After reading some of the comments, (especially from Myra), then Bicol express is not serve as a main course but as a side dish to something else. I see that if more bagoong alamang is use than pork, that would be very salty just to eat alone just like eating salted dried fish (toyo) with rice or more like ginisang alamang.

I agree with myra #28 comment.. this is just an "express" type of bicol express. the picture doesn't even show the real presentation of bicol express. the pork cuts was big with lesser alamang and coconut milk.. plz rather call this pork binagoongan. or ginisang taba na may gata..we bicolana has a different way of preparing bicol express. if you want to make it extra especial u add the pineapple tidbits just what comment #13 suggest.. but adding other veggies will change its real essense... its not anymore bicol express its ginataang gulay..and when u say bicol express.. its made up of pork, alamang (shrimp paste) and siling labuyo or siling haba...its is suppose to be spicy.. if you try preparing it that way or experimenting it up, don't call it bicol express anymore its pork binagoongan or whatever u wanna call it...

I know a lot of filipino that not from bicol trying to make bicol express but i find that when they make it, i call it express, not bicol. I am bicolana and the real bicol express has pork, gata, sili and the most important is the shrimp alamang, has to be the same amount or more than the pork. I have bought this bicol express before and the owner was from bulacan, her bicol express was meat,and i think she just put 1/2 cup of shrimp paste (alamang), so disappointed..

WOW GRABE ANG SARAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NAKAKAGUTOM TLAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LALO NA PA'G MAANGHANG MASYADO!!!!!!!!!!

If no siling labuyo is availabe try using a couple of crushed habanero papper...yummm!, super duper anghang!

Whenever i go to parties, my fellow kababayan here in New Zealand always expect me to cook bicol express. They would always say "ang anghang but yummy". I add lemon grass (tanglad) when i cook bicol express. It does add a distint taste to the dish. You can be versatile and put different types of vegetables, i normally put beans or kalabasa with my bicol express.

My wife is bicolano and I made this for her (my second Filipino dish) and it was very impressive from me to her ... thanks for this! Caucasion cooking Pilipinas -- go figure!

sobrang whelming ako sa mga menus nyo sa myfilipinorecipes nagagawa kong paghandaan ang pamilya ko ng masasarap na pagkain sa tulong ng inyong recipes. keep up the good work

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..

wat if your allergic to coconut? can i use cream instead?

sarap! sobrang anghang thank u po!

garbe....
super sarap talaga ng bicol express lalo na kapag sobrang anghang .

what can you substitute to bagoong alamang if you're allergic to it? and pwede ba gamitin ang pork na walang taba?

sobrang sarap po.. I've tried it kanina and everybody @ home likes it... thanks po for sharing your recipes

Thanks for the tips on putting pineapple or vegies and cooking the coconut oil separately!! really helpful

ang sarap talaga ng bicol express nakakagu2m talaga pag yan ang naihain sa harap mo di ka tatanggi na kumain!!

@ Julie Gallardo

Hola! Muchas gracias Señorita! Thanks a lot for sharing your delicious bicol express!

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...

Im sure my hubby will love this tnx for the ingredients..

much better if u boil the coconut milk in a separate pan until it becomes oily before pouring into the dish.

mas masarap kung hayaan maa mantika ung gata nya

jovie,you can add sitaw mas masarap kapag may gulay...natry ko na

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

What other pepper can be subsituted if the bird's eye pepper can't be found?

thank you for making this website.. i am a new housewife and is still learning how to cook wonderful dishes for my husband.. thanks!

is it alright to put some veggies in that dish like sitaw or malunggay leaves?