Hurrah, hurrah! Still the first week of classes and I am already on my second entry. I just hope I can keep this up for long huh?!? Okay, for my second salvo I chose another of my kids’ favorite – you see when cooking spaghetti some kids would prefer red meaty sauces but not my kids, they want their pasta covered in gooey and cheesy white sauce be it mixed with tuna or chicken. But, of course, I can’t cook carbonara for them all the time so I found the next best thing – cook their baon with white sauces since it would taste almost the same and be a more filling lunch at the same time.
So armed with another recipe from Dennis’ Lutong Bahay blog, I cooked pork strips with mushrooms (because my daughter loves mushrooms!) in white sauce. Here are the ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork strips
1 can button mushroom pieces
1 small can evaporated milk
4 cloves minced garlic
1 large red onion chopped
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1 tbsp. cornstarch
salt and pepper
Saute garlic and onion in a little oil. Brown the meat and season with salt and pepper. Add some water and let boil until the meat becomes tender. When water has been reduced, add the mushrooms, basil and the milk. Add the cornstarch to thicken the sauce. By the way, the original recipe from Dennis called for some green chili peppers but since this meal is for kids, I decided to omit it. Also, as much as possible, I don’t like to place too much liquid in my kids baon so I refrain from giving them soups or other viands like tinola or nilaga because it would be too cumbersome to bring two separate containers – one for the rice and another for the viand. Mostly, I serve them fried food or ones with a little bit of sauce like this fab yet very simple dish. Thank you Dennis!
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