My Mama's Kitchen and Garden

Instant Pot Whole Fish Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Measuring spoons Instant Pot Ingredients: 1 whole fish (pompano or red snapper) 6 Pandan leaves, cut into small pieces 1 stalk lemongrass Salt (to taste) Sauce: 3 tbsp. Maggi seasoning 1 tbsp. granulated sugar 1 tbsp. water ½ tsp. white cooking wine 1 tsp. oyster sauce ½ tsp. ground black pepper 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup water Instructions: Clean the fish and season with salt. Stuff the cavity of the fish with 1 stalk of lemongrass and place inside a Pyrex bowl. Place the pandan leaves on top of the fish. Pandan leaves and lemon grass give a nice aroma and flavor to the fish. In a small bowl, mix the sauce ingredients together and pour over the fish. Place 1 cup of water into the Instant Pot insert. Place the trivet inside then carefully set the Pyrex bowl with the fish on top of the trivet.  Close the lid, set the Instant Pot to Manual/High Pressure for 8 minutes, and let it perform a...

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Instant Pot Measuring spoon Measuring cup Ingredients: 8 medium russet potatoes, peeled and sliced 4 cups water to cover potatoes 2 tsp Salt, divided 4 tbsp Unsalted butter ¼ tsp Black pepper ½ tsp Garlic powder ½ cup Warm milk Instructions: Place potatoes into the Instant Pot. Add 4 cups of water and 1 tsp salt. Set the Instant Pot on Manual Mode, High Pressure for 8 minutes, Quick Release. Drain and return potatoes into the Instant Pot. Add the remaining 1 tsp salt, unsalted butter, pepper, garlic powder, and warm milk. Mash until smooth and creamy. Serve with parsley if desired.

One of my kids' favorite soups. My kids request this soup every week. My kids love to eat our homegrown bokchoy. Instant Pot Chicken Soup or Nilagang Manok Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Instant Pot Measuring spoon Measuring cup Weighing scale Ingredients: 2 tbsp Vegetable oil 6 pieces Chicken thighs or Chicken legs 6 cups Water 2 cloves Garlic, minced 1 regular Onion, diced 3 thumbs Ginger, sliced 1 chicken Knorr bouillon 2 tbsp F ish sauce (I use three crabs brand)  ½ tsp Black pepper 2 Potatoes, peeled and cut into quarter or 1 small green papaya  bok choy or pepper leaves Instructions: Set the Instant Pot on sauté mode. Sauté garlic, onion, and ginger for 2 minutes until fragrant. Add chicken and sauté for a few minutes. Add water, Knorr chicken bouillon, fish sauce, and black pepper into the Instant Pot. Set the Instant Pot on Manual Mode, High Pressure for 8 minutes, 15 minutes NPR. Open the lid. Set the Instant Pot on sauté mode...

I make 2 racks of Baby Back Ribs every week per kids' request. This is one of their favorite ways of cooking ribs. Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 1 rack baby back ribs, cut into pieces 2 oz. Maggi seasoning 1 tbsp. (12 grams) vinegar 2 tbsp. (24 grams) annatto oil 3 cloves (11 grams) garlic, minced 1 tbsp. (15 grams) fresh ginger, grated 2 oz. water Annatto Oil: In a small pot, heat ½ cup vegetable oil. Add 1 tbsp. annatto seeds. Remove the pot from heat and let the annatto seeds for 10 minutes. Discard the seeds and your annatto oil is ready to use. Instructions: Parboil the ribs for 10 minutes to remove impurities. Rinse under cold running water. Season the ribs with Maggi seasoning, vinegar, annatto oil, garlic and ginger. Mix well and set aside to marinate for 30 minutes. Place the ribs into the Instant pot and add 2 oz. of water. Set the Instant Pot to Manual / High Pressure for 15 minutes followed by a 10 minutes NPR. ...

Bam-I is very common in our region, the Visayas (Ilonggo). Almost all the carinderias, school cafeterias, and local restaurants serve Bam-I. It is also a staple at every celebration, such as birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays, as we believe noodles represents long life! You can add chorizo de bilbao on your Bam-I if it's available in your area or add shrimp if you like. I prefer to using Sauté Mode with Bam-I because there's two different types of noodles are used in this recipe; if cooked under High Pressure, one set of noodles will easily become mushy.  Instant Pot Pancit Bam-I - Sauté Mode Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Instant Pot Weighing scale Measuring cup Measuring spoon Ingredients: 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 200 grams cooked pork belly, sliced 200 grams cooked chicken, shredded 8 oz. fish balls, precooked 8 oz. Vermicelli Beans thread noodle (sotanghon), soaked for 5 minutes and drain 4 oz. Pancit Canton (Flour stick noodles)  ½ medium on...

I know you can cook this in a stove but I prefer using the Instant Pot. It save electricity compare with using the stove. Instant Pot Shrimp Stir Fry Author: Neliza Ly Equipments: Instant Pot Measuring spoon weighing scale Ingredients: Marinade: 2 tbsp. three crabs fish sauce 1 tbsp. granulated sugar ¼ tsp. whole black pepper, grind 2 cloves garlic, minced ½ shallot, minced 2 lbs. Jumbo peel-on shrimp, clean 2 cloves garlic, minced ½ shallot, minced 2 tbsp. vegetable oil Instructions: In a bowl, combine all marinade ingredients (fish sauce, sugar, pepper, garlic and shallot), mix and pour over shrimp. Marinate for 1 hour. Set the Instant Pot in a sauté mode. Heat vegetable oil. Sauté garlic and shallot for 1 minute until fragrant. Add marinated shrimp. Stir fry for 7 to 8 minutes until shrimp is cook. Garnish with green onion and pepper. Serve with steam rice. Enjoy.

Mama make this all the time but not in the Instant Pot. I did a trial and error cooking in order to come out right. I tried to cook for 20 minutes HP (since it came out right with my valenciana) and the rice was not cooked. Tried it again for 40 minutes and came out just right. Pot on pot requires more time which is double compare with cooking directly in the inner pot. Instant Pot Pandan Sticky Rice Author: Neliza Ly Equipments: Instant Pot Pyrex container weighing scale measuring cups measuring spoons Ingredients: 2 cups (400 grams) sweet rice or glutinous rice ( three rings brand ), washed and drained 12 pieces pandan leaves (puree pandan leaves with 1 ¾ cup water, strain for pandan juice) 1 ½ cup (12 oz. or 344 ml) pandan juice ½ tsp. Pandan extract ½ cup (4 oz. or 125 ml) coconut cream (Savoy brand) 2 tbsp. sugar Coconut Sauce: ½ cup (125 ml) coconut cream ¼ cup (50 grams) sugar 1 tsp. cornstarch Pinch of salt Instructions: In a Pyrex glass c...

Pancit Molo is very common in every household in Iloilo. It originates from Molo Iloilo, the place where I graduated from Nursing School. Each household have their own version. Sometimes we eat pancit molo noodles (yellow noodles) only without molo balls. Every time there’s a birthday, there’s always pancit molo in the table. I remember when I was a kid, During Flores de Mayo, there’s always Pancit Molo as a snacks for each little kids. Several years ago, we don’t have ready-made liquid broth. We use Knorr cubes and a lot of shrimp head as a broth. The shrimp head also adds orange color to the broth. For filling, we use either chicken or pork. Instant Pot Pancit Molo or Ilonggo Style Dumplings Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Instant Pot Measuring cup Measuring Spoon Pancit Molo Filling Ingredients: 1 lb. ground chicken 2 cloves garlic, minced ¼ cup green onion or scallion 1 ½ tbsp. Maggi seasoning ¼ tsp. black pepper, grind 1 piece tahure or fermented tofu (optiona...

Instant Pot Yellow Potatoes Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 5 medium size potatoes 1 cup cold water Instructions: Clean potatoes and poke holes all over using fork. Pour 1 cup of cold water into the Instant Pot . Place the trivet and arrange the potatoes. Set the Instant Pot to Manual Mode High Pressure for 15 minutes, 10 minutes NPR. Serve hot with unsalted butter, salt & pepper and parsley. Enjoy.

Nescafe Ice coffee with  my Instant Pot Tapioca boba pearl For Tapioca Pearl, I only 2 brands for all my dessert including the recipe for my Taro Tapioca Recipe and Ginat-an Instant Pot Tapioca Boba Pearl Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Instant Pot Measuring cups  , Dry Measuring cups Weighing scale Ingredients: 1 cup (175 grams)   Tapioca pearl or Boba tapioca pearl   1 ½  cup water ¼ cup granulated sugar Instructions: Soak Tapioca pearl in tap water for 10 minutes then drain. Place Tapioca pearl/boba tapioca pearl, water and sugar into the instant pot. Select Manual Mode and cook at High pressure for 1 minute, 20 NPR. Let it cool at room temperature before placing in the refrigerator. Enjoy it with your ice tea, ice coffee or halo-halo dessert. Notes: I only use 2 brands of Tapioca boba pearl  - E-Fa Brand  Tapioca Pearl   and  WuFuYuan brand  . The price is almost 50% cheaper at Asi...

I saw the Poolee Rice flour noodle at Asian store and decided to try it because Mama always cook with large noodles similar to this. I am satisfied with the result. I prefer this over Excellent brand rice noodle. Instant Pot Pancit Bihon or Poolee Rice Flour Noodle Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Instant Pot Ingredients: 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 carrots, sliced 1/4 lettuce, sliced 1 cup sweet peas or snow peas (fresh harvest from my garden) 2 dozen jumbo shrimp 6 tbsp. maggi seasoning made in Europe or Regular Soy sauce 2 tbsp. oyster sauce 600 grams Kimbo Poolee Rice Flour Noodle or Pancit Bihon 1 cup warm water Instructions: Soak Poolee Rice Flour Noodle Rice in warm water for 10 minutes drain, add some oil, mix well and set aside Set your Instant Pot on sauté Mode. Sauté garlic and onion for a minute until brown. Add shrimp, carrots, maggi seasoning and oyster sauce and mix for 2 minutes then add rice noodles and wat...

I've been busy for the past months. I apologize for not posting new recipes. This recipe is one of our favorites at home. I always make this recipe at least every 1 to 2 weeks. 1 rack of ribs is very cheap and you only need a few ingredients. The marinade is similar to my tofu recipe. I hope you will like it and enjoy the food like us Instant Pot and Air fry Ribs with ginger Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Breville Smart Oven Air  Instant pot Duo   Ingredients: 1 rack baby back ribs, cl eaned 3 oz. Maggi seasoning 1 tbsp. vinegar [cane vinegar (Datu Puti) or white vinegar] 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 3 cloves garlic, grated 1 tbsp. (12 grams) ginger, grated 2 tbsp. cornstarch + 2 tbsp. water Instructions: Mix Maggi seasoning, vinegar, vegetable oil, garlic, and ginger. Pour over the ribs and marinate for at least 30 minutes. Place marinade and ½ cup water into the Instant Pot, then place the trivet and ribs inside. Set the Instant Pot on Manual mode, High Pressur...

Instant Pot Stir Fry Bok Choy Tips Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients 1 package bok choy 1 tbsp. oyster sauce 1 tbsp. Maggi seasoning or soy sauce 1 tbsp. granulated sugar ½ onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tbsp. vegetable oil Instructions Blanch the bok choy for 1 minute and set aside. In a small bowl, mix the oyster sauce, Maggi seasoning, and sugar; set aside. Set the Instant Pot to Sauté mode. Heat the vegetable oil, then sauté the garlic and onion for 2 minutes. Add the bok choy and oyster sauce mixture, then sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. Enjoy!

If you prefer a delicious flan that isn’t overly sweet, this recipe is for you! Unlike traditional versions made with condensed milk, this egg-custard flan delivers a silky-smooth texture and a perfectly balanced caramel flavor. It is my all-time favorite flan to make in the Instant Pot! Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients Flan: 12 oz. whole milk ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar 3 XL eggs 1 tsp. vanilla extract Caramel: ¾ cup (152 grams) granulated sugar 4 tbsp. water (for cooking) 2 tbsp. water (to stop cooking) Instructions Make the Caramel: Place ¾ cup sugar and 4 tbsp. water into a pot. Cook on medium to high heat until golden brown (it takes about 10 minutes to achieve the desired color). Once golden brown, carefully add 2 tbsp. of water and stir the pot until the bubbling stops. Set the Base: Pour or scoop the caramelized sugar into your mold and set it aside. Mix the Custard: In a bowl, combine the whole milk , ½ cup sugar , and vanilla extract . Microwave for 1 ...

Sorry, It took me a while to published another dish. I've been busy lately and not much time to check my blog. The weather is getting warm and I'm busy with my gardening. Instant pot and Air fryer Lemon grass Pork Ribs Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 6 lbs. Pork Spareribs - 1 rack 2 stalk lemon grass, grind (140 grams) 4 cloves garlic 1 shallot 3 tbsp. brown sugar 4 tbsp. honey 4 tbsp. soy sauce (I use maggi seasoning) 4 tbsp. fish sauce ½ tsp. black pepper corn, grind 1 tbsp. vegetable oil Instructions: Combine all ingredients. Mix in a processor or blender. Place ribs into a large ziploc bag. Pour 2/3 of marinade and toss to evenly coat the ribs. Marinate for at least 1 to 2 hours in the refrigerator. Save 1/3 of marinade for basting. Place 1 cup water into the Instant Pot. Place the trivet  and ribs into a pot. Set the Instant Pot on Manual mode, High Pressure for 18 minutes, 15 minutes NPR.  Add ½ cup of liquid from the Instant Pot and 2 tbsp. corns...

Instant Pot Miswa with Fish Balls and Patola or Chinese Vermicelli with Fish balls and Luffa Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 medium size onion 4 cloves garlic 8 oz. fish balls 48 oz. chicken broth ½ tsp. black pepper, grind 1 tbsp. fish sauce 1 patola or luffa – 13 oz. 4 oz. Chinese Vermicelli or Misua ¼ cup green onion or scallion Instructions: Set the Instant Pot on Sauté Mode. Sauté garlic and onion for 2 to 3 minutes. Add Fish balls and sauté for another minute. Add Chicken broth, black pepper and fish sauce. Close the lid. Set the Instant Pot on Manual Mode, High Pressure for 3 minutes, Quick Release. Switch to sauté mode. Add luffa and Vermicelli into the soup. Cook for 2 minutes. Add scallion and mix. Enjoy.

As an Ilonggo, Chicken and pork adobo with annatto or achiote is a common dish in Iloilo. There are different variations of adobo based on Region and Province. The main ingredients of adobo are soy sauce and vinegar. For vinegar, we always use coconut sap vinegar or tuba. My mom always keeps the vinegar in a big container. The vinegar taste better if you store it for several months. Rice vinegar taste comparable with coconut sap vinegar. I also like to use Datu Puti cane vinegar. For soy sauce, we usually use Silver swan in the Philippines but I prefer the taste of Maggi seasoning. We don't use onion for chicken adobo. Instant Pot Ilonggo Chicken Adobo with Achiote Author: Neliza Ly Instant Pot duo60 Ingredients: 3 tbsp. annatto or achiote oil 8 pcs chicken thighs 6 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tsp. whole peppercorn 5 bay leaves ½ cup datu puti cane vinegar ¼ cup soy sauce (Maggi seasoning or Silver swan) 2 tbsp. sugar Instructions: Set the Instant Pot on Sauté M...

Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Macaroni Soup or Filipino Chicken Sopas Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 lb. ground chicken or boneless chicken breast cut into small pieces 4 cloves garlic, minced ½ onion, chopped 3 sticks celery, chopped 2 carrots, regular size chopped 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. black pepper, ground 7 cups (56 oz.) Chicken broth 200 grams Elbow Macaroni 1 cup whole milk 2 tbsp. All Purpose Flour Instructions: Set the Instant Pot  on Sauté Mode. When it shows hot, add vegetable oil. Sauté garlic and onion. Add ground chicken or chicken breast and sauté until brown. Add celery, carrots, salt, pepper, chicken broth and Elbow macaroni and mix well. Set the Instant Pot on Manual Mode, High Pressure for 5 minutes, Quick Release. Switch to sauté mode. Mix milk and flour and add into the soup. Cook for 3 minutes. Garnish with green onions if you like. Enjoy. Notes: You can also use shredded chicken. When you do a QR, try to do it...

Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 4 Chicken Quarters cut into pieces or 4 pieces legs and 4 pieces thighs 2 tbsp. vegetable oil ½ onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 8 oz. or 1 cup chicken broth 10 oz. tomato sauce (I use tomato with garlic and onion pasta sauce) 1 tbsp. fish sauce 1 tsp. sugar  ½ tsp. black pepper 3 bay leaves 2 potatoes peeled and quartered  2 carrots cut into pieces ½ bell pepper, sliced ½ cup frozen peas Instructions: Set the Instant pot on Sauté Mode.  Add oil, sauté garlic and onion then add chicken and mix for 2 minutes. Mix chicken broth, tomato sauce, fish sauce and sugar.  Do a taste test and adjust to your liking. Add sauce mixture, black pepper, bay leaves and potatoes into the Instant Pot. Set the Instant Pot on Manual Mode, High Pressure for 10 minutes, 10 mins NPR. Open the lid. Set Instant Pot on sauté mode.  Add carrots, peas and bell pepper. Cook for 3 to 5 minu...

This is my kids favorite mac and cheese. Sometimes I need to double my recipe because they keep asking for it. When I double my recipe, the cooking time still the same. If I double the recipe, I use 1 1/2 cup of whole milk. This mac & cheese is very creamy. If you want less creamy use only 4 oz of cheddar cheese instead of 6 oz. My kids love it especially if it just came out from the Instant Pot. If I keep the leftover in the fridge, I just reheat it for 1 minute in the microwave. Instant Pot Mac and Cheese Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 8 oz. Elbow Macaroni 16 oz. Chicken Broth 1 tbsp. unsalted butter 1 tsp. garlic powder ¼ tsp. black peppercorn, grind 6 oz. Shredded mild Cheddar Cheese 2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese 6 oz. whole milk Instructions: Add Elbow Macaroni, Chicken Broth, butter, garlic and black pepper into the Instant Pot . Set the Instant Pot to Manual Mode, High Pressure for 6 minutes, QR. Once Cooking is done, add mild cheddar cheese, parmesan cheese,...