Kinulob na manok

Description:
Kinulob is like the sweet version of adobo. It's my Dad's favorite Christmas dish. I remember my lola cooking this for noche buena years back. Pero since masarap siya, naging part na siya ng aming ordinary-day repoertoire of meals sa bahay. B loves it as well kaya we had it for Christmas and New Year.

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
3-4 onions, quartered
4-5 pieces laurel leaves
ground pepper to taste
1 to 2 tablespoons Star margarine
about 1 cup of soy sauce
1 and a half can (the easy-open, ready-to-drink cans) of pineapple juice
1-2 tablespoons sugar


Directions:
1. Put first five ingredients in a deep pot.

2. Put a cup of soy sauce then a one and half cans of pineapple juice. (I don't measure my soy sauce but I think it's best to start with a cup then just add gradually, depending on your preference.)

3. Bring the sauce to a boil then simmer until the chicken is completely cooked. (If you want the chicken meat to thoroughly absorb the spices and the sauce, you can simmer it some more. Like adobo, this dish gets better with age, and the meat gets more tender the longer it cooks.)

4. Add sugar and more pepper to taste.

Kat's Chicken A La King

Ingredients:
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
1 onion, sliced
Salt and pepper
2 pieces chicken thighs
2 pieces chicken drumsticks
1 potato, sliced into cubes
1 carrot, sliced into cubes
4 pieces Swiss brown mushrooms (you can use white button mushrooms too), sliced
1 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom
1/2 green bell pepper, sliced into squares


Directions:
1. Painitin ang kaldero at ilagay ang olive oil. After a 10 seconds ay ilagay ang butter.

2. Igisa ang bawang at sibuyas. Pag transparent na ang sibuyas, ilagay ang chicken. Igisa ng mga two minutes.

3. Ilagay ang carrot, potato at mushroom. Igisa ng five minutes. Lagyan ng kaunting salt and pepper to taste.

4. Ilagay ang isang latang Campbell's Cream of Mushroom. Lagyan ng kaunting tubig para madilute ng kaunti ang cream, pero wag gawing sabaw. Simmer until the chicken and veggies are cooked.