Pinoy Bento Ideas

Husband's bento in a week 🍱

"Handa ka na ba mag-ulam ng corned beef habambuhay?"

This was the exact question I asked Aki before we got married. Luckily, he said YES 😂 (Inner me: I hope he fully understand that it'll be always FRIED DAY. Bwaha f*cking HA!)

Honestly, I never cook. I never learn how to cook. Hmm actually, nagtatry ako dati magluto.  I tried I swear! Yun nga lang laging ang ending, hilaw or sunog ang pagkakaluto 😂 Pancit canton at hotdog lang ang alam ko talaga lutuin 🤭 I can still remember asking a friend kung paano maglaga ng itlog. Super lame, diba? (Shoutout to Bianca, you the best!) That's why lagi ko sinasabi na malas kung sino man mapangasawa ko 😁 

Kung anong minalas ni Aki, siya namang sinewerte ko. Why? Cause he never complains kahit laging itlog pinapabaon ko sa kanya. Nagkeketo diet kasi kami, char! (Sorry babe ✌️) Madalas pa niyan cash na lang binibigay ko sa kanya para siya na lang bahala bumili ng lunch niya haha! Don't judge me, moms have lazy days too. 

So since medyo nahihiya na ko kakabili ng itlog sa kapitbahay, naisipan ko maginnovate ng prito recipes with the help of youtube. And ta-daaaaaa. Here it is! 

Day 1

* Tortang Cabbage

* Fried Tofu

* Embutido Nuggets

Tortang Cabbage

Ingredients:

1/2 cabbage

2 eggs

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

2 tbsp all purpose flour

1/4 chicken cubes

2 tbsp hot water

Procedure:

1. Mix 2 tbsp hot water and 1/4 chicken cubes until dissolve. Set aside.

2. In a bowl, mix cabbage, egg and all purpose flour

3. Add salt and pepper

4. Lastly, add the chicken cubes mixture

5. Fry in low heat

Fried Tofu

Ingredients: 

2 pcs tofu

1 egg

4 tbsp cornstarch

Procedure:

1. Cut tofu into small cubes

2. Dip into egg and cornstarch

3. Deep fry in medium heat

* I will add the sauce recipe later

Embutido Nuggets

Ingredients:

Embutido

Egg

All purpose flour

Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients

2. Fry a spoonful of mixture in medium heat

Day 2 

* Vegetable spring roll

* Fried longganisa

* Sauteed mix veggies

Vegetable spring roll/Lumpiang Togue

Ingredients: 

4 cloves of garlic

1 onion

Togue

1 medium size carrot

10 pcs spring beans

2 tofu (fried)

Pinch of salt and pepper

Ground pork (optional)

1 tbsp soy sauce

Lumpia wrapper

1. Heat oil in a pan, saute garlic and onion until light brown

2. Add carrots and beans. Cook for 2 minutes

3. After 2 minutes, add togue and mix well

4. Seasoned with salt and pepper before adding fried tofu or ground pork

5. Add tbsp of soy sauce to taste

6. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside

7. Wrap in lumpia wrapper then deep fry in medium heat

Sauteed Mix Veggies

Ingredients: 

4 cloves of garlic

1 onion

Butter

Pinch of salt and pepper

1/4 cabbage

1/2 carrots

Ground pork (optional)

1 tbsp oyster sauce

Procedure: 

1. Heat butter in a pan, saute onion and garlic until light brown

2. Add ground pork. Cook for a minute. (optional, pwede ring wala 😀)

3. Add carrots. Cook for 2 minutes then add cabbage

4. Seasoned with salt and pepper

5. Add tbsp of oyster sauce to taste

Day 3 

* Inihaw na chicken

* Fried tofu

* Fried embutido

Disclaimer: Okay, there's nothing special here in Day 3. Late akong nagising so ang ending tinamad ako magprepare so walang mixture akong ginawa sa tofu as in fried lang siya. Yung marinate ko sa chicken, secret na muna. Pero sabi ng asawa ko masarap daw 😁 (Siyempre bibigwasan ko siya pag sinabi niyang hindi. Char)

Day 4 

* Tuna Cabbage

* Fried hotdog 

* Fried embutido

Tuna Cabbage

Ingredients:

4 cloves garlic

1/2 onion

1/2 cabbage

1 canned tuna

Pinch of salt and pepper

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a pan (not cooking oil, yung oil galing sa canned tuna) saute garlic and onion until Chris Brown 

2. Add tuna flakes and cook for a minute. Wag paabutin sa point na magdry siya

3. Add cabbage then mix well

4. Seasoned with salt and pepper

5. You can also add 1 tbsp soy sauce to taste

Fried hotdog

Bakit ba? Favorite ko to e! Baka may di marunong diyan, learn from the expert (12 years of experience in cooking hotdog) 😬

Ingredients: 

2 pcs jumbo hotdog

Oil (lol)

Procedure:

1. Cut jumbo hotdog into small pieces to make it look like octopus 😂

2. Heat oil in a pan, then cook in medium heat

3. Magtatalon sa tuwa. Congrats, nakapagluto kana. 

Day 5 

* Buttered cabbage

* Tortang giniling

* Fried embutido

Buttered cabbage

Ingredients: 

Butter

2 cloves of garlic

1/4 cabbage

Procedure:

1. Heat butter in a pan, saute garlic

2. Add cabbage. Mix well. Cook for 2 minutes

Tortang giniling

Ingredients:

1/4 giniling

1 egg

3 tbsp all purpose flour

Pinch of salt and pepper

Procedure:

1. In a bowl, mix all ingredients

2. Deep fry spoonful of mixture in medium heat

There you go. My easy fried ulam recipes 😀 

Okay, I know hindi siya ganun kacomplicated lutuin. For a person who doesn't know how to cook, this serves as an improvement for me. Hello, look at us now hindi na sunog kinakain namin 😊

I post this blog to give ideas to all my friends out there who loves to cook pritos as well 😂 

Happy cooking! ❤

-T