My Mama's Kitchen and Garden

Air Fry Flounder Fillet with Key lime and parmesan Author: Neliza Ly Equipment: Breville Smart Oven Air Ingredients: 3 Flounder fillet Salt and pepper ⅓ cup Parmesan ⅓ cup Italian style bread crumbs 4 tbsp mayo 2 small Key lime - juice Instructions: Season the fish fillets with salt and pepper. Mix the Parmesan, bread crumbs, mayo, and lime juice. Place fish fillet on a pan lined with parchment paper. Spread the breadcrumbs mixture on top of fish fillets. Air fry the fish fillet at 400°F for 12 minutes. Enjoy.

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.

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.

I grow up with this squid adobo or adobo nga lukos. We usually cook this in the stove back home.  I tried this several times (more than 20 times) using the Instant Pot and never went back cooking in the stove after that. Instant Pot Squid Adobo Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: ¼ cup Datu Puti Sugar Cane Vinegar 2 tbsp. maggi seasoning or soy sauce 1 tbsp. white sugar 1 tsp. ground pepper 4 bay leaves 2 garlic, peeled and crushed 1 shallot, sliced 15 pieces (650 grams) fresh squid, cleaned Instructions: Place all the ingredients into a pot, mix well and close the lid. Set the Instant Pot on Manual Mode, High Pressure for 7 minutes, Quick Release. Open the lid carefully. Serve with rice. Enjoy. Note: For squid, I only use fresh squid from Asian Market sold per pound. I never tried using squid from a package.

Instant Pot Crab and Corn Soup Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 48 oz. Chicken broth 1 tsp chicken flavored soup base or other brand (I use Quoc Viet brand) 1 can (14.75 oz.) Cream of Corn 1 ½ cup (272 grams) corn Kernel 1 can (16 oz.) lump crab meat 3 tbsp. potato starch + 3 tbsp. water 1 tbsp. cornstarch + 1 tbsp. water 4 XL eggs Garnish: Green onions Cilantro Salt and pepper Soy sauce Instructions: Place the chicken broth and chicken soup base into the Instant Pot. Set the Instant Pot in a sauté mode, Adjust “More” setting. Let the broth boil. Add crab meat, corn kernel and cream of corn. Cook for 5 minutes then add potato starch and cornstarch mixture into the Instant Pot and cook for 1 minute. Whisk Eggs and pour into the soup and stir. Turn off the Instant Pot. Garnish with green onion and cilantro. Serve with soy sauce, salt and pepper if needed. Enjoy. Note: If you don't have potato starch, use 2 tbsp. cornstarch instead of 1 tbsp. cornsta...

I've been making this in my Air fryer frequently for a year since I got my air fryer. The 1st time I made this recipe was 7 years ago during my son's 1st birthday. I also use this for chicken but different concentration and I usually use at least 6 to 10 mandarin orange depending on the amount of chicken. Airfryer Mandarin Shrimp Skewers Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 1 lb. shrimp, no shell (30 pcs.) 1 mandarin orange juice 1 tsp. Maggi seasoning 1 tsp. oyster sauce 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. sugar --- 6 Bamboo skewer 1 sprig spring onion/green onion 2 tbsp. vegetable oil Instructions: In a small bowl, combine all the marinade ingredients and mix well. Transfer shrimp into a large ziploc bag. Pour the marinade over the shrimp and toss to evenly. Marinate for 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Put 4 to 5 pcs. of shrimp on each skewer. Place the skewer rack inside the Air fryer basket. Arrange the shrimp. Air fry at 400F for 7 minutes for the 1st batch. I...

I tried different way of cooking shrimp tempura in the Air fryer. I use the wet tempura mix before with panko as a final coating but the coating become very sticky. I also tried double dip with egg and panko. It's good but the coating is too thick. For double dip, I usually cook it for 12 minutes. For single dip I tried 12 minutes but the shrimp is a little bit dry. I also tried 9 minutes which is good, my last trial was 8 minutes at the same temperature. The shrimp is moist and soft and that's the way I like. I keep repeating the same temperature and time and I am satisfied with 8 minutes on single dip. I don't preheat my GoWise air fryer by I preheat my BSOA. This is a thumbs up at home especially for my picky eaters. For Tempura mix and panko breadcrumbs, I use the store brand from Assi Plaza. Air fryer Shrimp Tempura Author: Neliza Ly Things used: Parchment paper Air fryer Ingredients: 1 lb. shrimp, tail on 1 cup panko bread crumbs ½ cup tempura m...

This is one of my favorite food to make since I was a kid. When I was a young, we have a very large fish pond in the Philippines. Everytime we harvest milkfish, we usually send it to the fishing port, ship it to Manila and Cebu and save a lot for us and for our relatives. Rellenong bangus or stuffed milk fish is one of my favorite food to make. It is a lot of work but it is yummy. My mom usually like it with pineapple, chorizo or chinese sausage and slices of hard boiled eggs. I don't add it on mine because it's difficult for me to find chorizo in my area. Pineapple is okay I noticed it easily spoil the food if you keep it for a while. We also rub the skin with flour, coat the head opening with cornstarch and deep fried. The purpose of flour is to prevent splattering of oil and to make the skin crispy. Since I'm doing it on the air fryer, I need to cut the head and portion of the skin because it doesn't fit inside the air fryer basket and I don't rub it with flo...

This is one of my favorite things to make in the stove before and then I converted it to Instant Pot using a sauté mode only because vegetables cook very quick. I also use the air fryer in order to use less oil. I don't check the time before on how long I cook the food. I only do visual check and taste test. Since I'm posting my recipes, I ended up using a timer on how long to cook the vegetable. Making a food blog is a little bit time consuming because I need to measure things and take step by step pictures. If I'm in a hurry, I only take pictures of the ingredients and the output and then redo the pictures whenever I cook again. Instant Pot Chop Suey or Mixed Vegetables with Air fryer Crispy Noodle Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 500 grams shrimp, peeled 20 grams ginger, minced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 tbsp. cornstarch --- 1  tbsp. maggi seasoning or soy sauce 2  ½ tbsp. oyster sauce (I use Lee Kum Kee Panda Brand) 1 t...

Instant Pot Egg Drop Soup with Miswa (Chinese Vermicelli) and Shrimp Balls Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 32 oz. (4 cups) Chicken broth 1 tsp chicken flavored soup base or other brand (I use Quoc Viet brand) - optional ½ tsp. garlic powder ¼ tsp. turmeric powder 50 grams Miswa (Chinese Vermicelli) noodle  1 ½ tbsp. cornstarch + 1½ tbsp. water 3 XL eggs 20 grams scallion or green onions, chopped Shrimp balls (homemade done in IP) - optional Garnish: Extra green onions for garnish Salt and pepper Soy sauce Instructions: Place the chicken broth, chicken soup base, garlic powder and turmeric powder into the Instant Pot. Set the Instant Pot in a sauté mode, Adjust “More” setting. Let the broth boil. Add Miswa (Chinese Vermicelli) and cornstarch mixture. Cook and stir for 1 minute then turn off the Instant Pot. Whisk Eggs and pour into the soup and stir. Add green onions and sliced shrimp balls and mix well. Enjoy. Serve with soy sauce, salt and pepper an...

Iloilo is an Island with abundance of sea foods and the price is affordable. In Iloilo, we call Mussels as green shells because of the color. I learn this way of cooking from my mom. Instant Pot Mussels Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 4 lbs. fresh mussels – Asian Store 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 cup chicken broth 70 grams ginger, peeled and cut into pieces 125 grams (1) plum tomato, slice 1 tsp. coarse sea salt Things used: Instant Pot Instructions: Soak Mussels in cold water for 10 minutes. Remove the dirt, sand and debeard then clean and rinse at least 3 times and set aside. Set the Instant Pot on Saute mode, More setting. Add vegetable oil, ginger and tomato and the cook for 2 minutes. Add fresh mussels, sea salt and broth. Set the Instant Pot on Manual mode, High Pressure for 3 Minutes, QR. Enjoy.

Instant Pot Mung Bean Stew or Munggo Guisado Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: ½ cup (102 grams) mung beans, washed and rinsed 2 cups water 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 2 cloves garlic, minced ½ shallot, sliced 1 (130 grams) plum tomato, sliced 355 grams butternut squash, chopped 150 grams peeled shrimp 200 grams spinach 2 cups chicken broth 1 tsp. salt Instructions: Add Mung beans and 2 cups water in a pot. Set the Instant Pot on Manual mode, High Pressure for 10 Minutes, 10 minutes NPR. Remove the mung beans with water from the Instant pot and set aside. Set the Instant Pot on Sauté Mode. Sauté garlic, shallot and tomato for 2 minutes. Add mung beans, squash, shrimp, salt and broth. Turn off sauté mode. Set the Instant Pot on Manual Mode, High Pressure for 0 minute, QR. Add spinach and cooked for 1 minute. Enjoy.