What is Chopsuey?

Chop suey is a Chinese dish of mixed vegetables. In Chinese, the two characters for chop suey are pronounced "tsa sui" in Mandarin or in Cantonese "shap sui," meaning "mixed small bits" or "odds and ends." As a culinary term, shap sui refers to a kind of stew made of many different ingredients mixed together.

Shap sui probably first came to the United States with the waves of Chinese immigrants drawn to the California gold fields. Most came from the South China coast’s Pearl River Delta and particularly the town of Toishan. In the 1870s, the Chinese were pushed from the American West by racial violence, migrating to cities like Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. There Americans first noticed a dish called "chow-chop-suey."

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Kare-Kare

The kare-kare is a Filipino stew flavored with ground roasted peanuts or peanut butter,  broth with various vegetables, oxtail and occasionally offal or tripe. The meat can be exchanged for goat or (rarely) chicken. It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste), sometimes with peppers, and sprinkled with calamansi juice. Traditionally Philippine holidays (especially in the region of Pampanga ) are not complete without kare-kare.

There are several stories about the origin of this relatively unusual but distinctive Filipino dish. One is coming from Pampanga. Another, which has its origins in the majestic mulberry elite dishes that once it was established in Manila before the Spanish arrival (interestingly, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi the kare-kare is still a popular dish).

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Mechado

The mechado is a stew of beef originating in the Philippines. The use of soy sauce and calamansi juice to marinade gives this recipe its distinctive Filipino character.

The traditional dish uses a Spanish culinary technique consisting provenance lard or through lean beef with pork bacon strips to make it more tender and less dry. Hence evidently derives its name. The pieces of shredded beef marinated then in vinegar, soy sauce, juice of calamansi, garlic crushed, black pepper and bay leaf. Quickly brown them on all sides in hot oil and then braised slowly in the marinade, adding broth, sliced ​​onion and tomato sauce, until meat is tender and the liquid is reduced to a gravy thick and tasty.

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Paella

A paella is a Spanish rice dish from the pan and the national dish of the region of Valencia and the Spanish east coast. The term paella comes from the Catalan (in 1892) and has its origin in the Latin word patella (kind of a big plate or shallow bowl made ​​of metal). In 1900 the Valencian adapted the word paella for the metal pan in which their national dish is prepared.

The term paella is occasionally used in Spanish not only on the court, but also for the pan. But today refers to the pan in which a paella is cooked, usually as Paellera.

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Longaniza

The sausage is a sausage length, filling meat of pork mince. It is produced in several countries, including Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Paraguay and Uruguay , and also in the rest of South America from the United States, the Philippines, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.

It is composed of the intestine of pork stuffed with a mixture of ground beef seasoned with spices . In many places, has been replaced gut (intestine) Nature of pork, a synthetic casing. It is characterized by a sausage long and narrow.

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Lechon

Lechon is a roasted whole pig, piglet, or cattle seasoned in spices, cooked in charcoal and is a popular dish of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Lechon are cooked during national festivities (known as Barrio Fiestas) and holiday season. Lechon was originally a Spanish cuisine and can be found in many other Hispanic countries. Leche means milk in Spanish and lechon originally meant suckling piglet.

One of the tastiest and most delicious Filipino delicacy found throughout the country is the Philippine Lechon. This special culinary masterpiece is part of the Filipino long history, dating back as far as the Spanish-era, hence the name Lechon is a Spanish word for suckling pig. But in the Philippines, lechon connotes a whole roasted pig, commonly called "litsong baboy".

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Pandesal

Pandesal is a small buns usually made ​​fresh in the morning, usually an alternative to rice for breakfast. It is usually eaten with a cup of coffee.

The pandesal is a bread round eaten in the Philippines mainly for breakfast. It is made ​​of flour, eggs, lard, yeast, sugar and salt. It has a soft, powdery texture and is eaten in various ways with different fillings. It is also eaten with coffee or hot chocolate. Despite its name, has a slightly sweet taste. The pandesal is the most popular bread in the Philippines.

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Adobo

Adobo is a Spanish term that is generally used for seasoning or marinade and is a marinade or seasoning mix describes. Adobo is for example of marinated dishes such as chipotles en adobo, which from Chipotle is-chillies and marinated with a rich, flavourful tomato sauce. The Court in various regions of Latin America, in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, to the Philippines and in Spain widespread, with each pork, spices and special peppers used.

Although it has a name taken from the Spanish, the cooking method is indigenous to the Philippines. When the Spanish colonized the Philippines in the late 16th century and early 17th century, they encountered an indigenous cooking process which involved stewing with vinegar, which they then referred to as adobo, the Spanish word for seasoning or marinade. Dishes prepared in this manner eventually came to be known by this name, with the original term for the dish now lost to history.

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Philippine Cuisine

The Philippine cuisine combines Spanish - Mexican , Chinese , Indian , Japanese and American influences on the regional cuisines of the different ethnic groups in the Philippines have worked.

The Filipino cuisine, like the Philippines itself has evolved over the centuries under the influence of different cultures. It has been influenced by Chinese, Malaysian, the Spanish, and to a lesser extent by the American and Indian culture, which has resulted in a unique, multi-cultural mix of ingredients and dishes.

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