Royal Braised Chicken (Soda Chicken)

INGREDIENTS: 

• 50 ml Royal soda drink
• 1/2 kilo chicken (drumstick & breast part)
• 1/4 soy sauce
• 1/2 cup calamansi juice (use lemon if calamansi isn't available)
• 1 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1 tsp. turmeric powder / fresh
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tbsp garlic (minced)
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• white sesame seeds ( optional )
• spring onion for garnish
• chili ( optional )

INSTRUCTION:

(Soy Mixture) Combine calamansi juice, soy sauce, sugar, turmeric, ground black pepper and mix well.

This recipe is an Inspired of Mang Inasal Chicken oil. It is so good. I wanted to make my own yellow rice similar to their chicken annatto oil but I opted not to use chicken skin. I heard that they are using chicken skin oil, that is why it tasted really good. The oil is usually mixed with Rice.

By the way, I used white rice (no cetain kind of rice) just as long as it is white but if you're health conscious, you can use long grain rice.

NOTE:

If you don't have left-over rice, you can cook rice and let it cool for 1-2 hours. Once done, break rice to separate grains. That's it.

Royal Braised Chicken (Soda Chicken)

This is best paired with Royal Braised Chicken (Soda  Braised Chicken) or Filipino Pork Adobo, Chicken Curry with Turmeric

Annatto Fried Rice with garlic (Yellow Rice)

[ INGREDIENTS: ] Annatto Fried Rice with garlic (Yellow Rice)

• 5 cups Left-over rice or cold cooked white rice
• 1 whole (small and slice thinly) onion 
• 2 cloves (peeled and minced) garlic
• 2 tbsp. cooking oil
• 1 tsp. annatto seeds (atsuete)
• salt and ground black pepper (to taste)
• black sesame seeds is optional and for display only

[ INSTRUCTION: ] How to cook Annatto Fried Rice with garlic (Yellow Rice)

STEP 1: MAKE ANNATTO OIL

Making Annatto oil from annatto seeds

• Heat oil in a pan and cook sesame seeds over low-medium heat. Once oil has become orange in color. Remove the seeds to the pan.

STEP 2: COOKING ANNATTO FRIED RICE

Annatto Fried Rice with garlic (Yellow Rice)

• Saute garlic until brown then get a small amount of fried garlic for toppings later.
• Then add onion (low-medium heat). Wait until onions are translucent already or caramelized.
• Next is cook left-over rice until rice is fully coated with annatto oil. (medium heat)
• Stir while cooking in low-medium heat.
• Lastly, add salt and pepper. Adjust according to your taste.
• Cook it in 4-5 minutes. 

Suggestion: Corn dog without cornmeal (with yeast)

Inspired of Korean Street Corn Dog without cornmeal and yeast ingredients:

• 6 hotdog (sausage can be a substitute)
• Mozzarella (before using it make sure to put it in the freezer for 1 hour)

(Batter)

• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup ice-cold water
• 3/4 cup All Purpose flour
• 2 tbsps. glutinous rice flour
• 2 tbsps. white sugar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 pinch salt
• 1 1/2 cup water (for cooking hotdog)
• extra: 2 tbsp. All-Purpose flour (for coating or dusting)

• Skewer (bamboo stick - to be specific I used barbeque stick size)
• 2 cups bread crumbs (for coating)
• 300 ml cooking oil (depends on how big your wok is or pan for frying Corn Dogs)

Sauce:

• 2 tbsps. white sugar
• Mustard
• Ketchup

[ Instruction: ] How to make Inspired Korean Street Corn Dog without cornmeal and yeast

STEP 1:Making batter

Beat egg then mix all the batter ingredients (egg, ice-cold water, All-Purpose Flour, baking soda, sugar, glutinous rice flour and salt) and make sure to mix well. After mixing, place it in a tall glass or plastic and refrigerate it for 1 or 2 hours.

STEP 2: Cook hotdog

Cook hotdogs for 7 minutes. Remove water then cool down. (Make sure to dry hotdogs) Set aside.
Let's assemble our Corn Dog:

• (1) slice 3/4 of hotdog or depends on you if you want mozzarella is bigger than hotdog, see my picture above.
• (2) Divide mozzarella equally, as thick as hotdog.
• (3) Skewer hotdog and cheese into bamboo stick, one more thing, this depends on how you assemble it, mine as you can see, I skewed the hotdog first before mozzarella which is the first bite after it is cooked.
• (4) coat it with All-Purpose flour and tap lessen excess flour. It's hard to coat it with batter when it doesn't have flour coating.
• (5) Set aside.

STEP 3: Assembling hotdog & mozzarella  (skewer)

• Once everything is chilled, prepare bread crumbs and spread it on a flat plate or tray on the side. Then get your assembled Corn Dog and batter.

STEP 4: Dunk and coat with Bread Crumbs

• Dip hotdog with Mozzarella and refrigerated batter. Make sure to coat it well and covered with batter all around.
• Then quickly coat it with bread crumbs. Make sure to coat it well with bread crumbs.
• Set Aside.

STEP 5: Cook Corn Dog

• Heat oil over medium then lower it once right temperature is reached.
• Fry Corn Dogs over low heat.
• Carefully cook Corn Dog because this is easy to cook and tend to burn easily. It will just take you less than 30 seconds so carefully watch it and turn to other side to cook evenly. Since I am using a pan, it only cook half of my corn dog (see my video).
• Place it in rack to drip down excess oil.

STEP 6: Ready to serve and eat.

• We're almost done, sprinkle sugar on top then drizzle Mustard and Ketchup. You can sprinkle sugar again.
• Serve hot or slightly hot for a slightly melted mozzarella cheese so, it's chewy and stretchy.

Dunkin Donut Choco Munchkins Inspired

Dunkin Donut Choco Munchkins Inspired

Dunkin Donut Choco Munchkins Inspired

No oven?

Dunkin Donut Choco Munchkins Inspired

No cake pop molder too?

Food Coloring reminder:

By the way, this recipe can make 56 munchkin balls.

Dunkin Donut Choco Munchkins Inspired ingredients:

Cake Pop Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour 
• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder

• 1 egg (large size)
• 8 tbsp. heavy or whipping cream
• 1/4 cup milk (use evap or powdered milk) *Note 1-read below
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Chocolate Glaze ingredients:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 3-4 tbsp. milk (I used evap)

Butternut Toppings ingredients:

• 2 cups Dessicated coconut (fine)
• 1/4 cup Powdered sugar
• 6-7 tbsp. melted butter
• 2 drops bright orange food coloring *Note 2

How to make Chocolate Doughnuts:

1. Preheat oven to 375*F
2. Combine APF, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda in a mixing bowl. Set aside. (This is for Dry Ingredients)
3. In a another bowl, combine and mix the vanilla extract, egg, heavy cream, milk and oil altogether. (This is for wet ingredients)
4. Add the wet mixture into dry mixture. Mix until combined.
5. Spoon the batter to cake pop molder. Fill each half-sphere to the top.
6. Once done and filled, cover and securely close the molder.
7. Bake or steam for 10-15 minutes (375 *F ) or until its cooked.
8. After, cool down and set aside.

How to make Chocolate Glaze:

1. Combine all the ingredients in another bowl. Mix until well combined and thick.

How to make Butternut Topping:

1. If you have desiccated coconut that’s not fine as mine. Place desiccated coconut to a mincer/grinder or processor to make it fine.
2. Now, combine fine desiccated coconut, melted butter and powdered sugar then mix well.
3. Add 1-2 drops of food coloring then mix until orange color comes out.
4. Let it dry for 10 minutes or so.
5. Set aside.