My Mama's Kitchen and Garden

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...

Air Fryer Lasagna Author: Neliza Ly Equipment Measuring spoons Measuring cups 9x13-inch baking dish Breville Smart Oven Air Ingredients For the Meat Sauce: 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 shallot, diced 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 lb ground chicken 2 oz chicken broth 24 oz pasta sauce 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped For the Cheese Mixture & Assembly: 30 oz original ricotta cheese 4 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded (divided) 1 XL egg 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped 9 oven-ready lasagna noodles Cooking spray (vegetable oil) Instructions 1. Prepare the Meat Sauce Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Sauté the garlic, shallot, and ground chicken for about 5 minutes until the chicken is browned. Add the chicken broth, pasta sauce, and 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley. Simmer for 5 minutes, then remove from heat and set aside. 2. Prepare the Cheese Mixture In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, 1 cup (4 oz) of shredded mozzarella, egg, and 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley. Mix ...

My son has iron defeciency anemia and we've been using black strap molasses for at least 5 years and it helps him a lot. No more blood transfusion or high doses of iron supplements. He takes molasses with his oats. He loves to eat cookies and molasses cookies is another way to supplement his iron. I also make biko (sweet rice) using blackstrap molasses and I will be posting that next time. Air fry Molasses Cookies Author: Neliza Ly Yield: 30 cookies Equipment: Breville Smart Oven Air Parchment paper Plastic wrap Ingredients: 2 cups (280 grams) All Purpose Flour 1 tsp. Baking soda 2 tsp. cinnamon ½ tsp. salt ¾ cup (1 ½ stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup (135 grams) Brown sugar 1 XL egg ½ cup (120 ml) Blackstrap Unsulphured Molasses ½ cup granulated sugar for rolling Instructions: In a bowl, mix unsalted butter, brown sugar and egg until creamy. Add Blackstrap molasses and mix. Combine All Purpose Flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt...

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...