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Every Friday night, I have to be in my most creative self in the kitchen. Why? Because the fridge is running out of my weekly stock! One product from my freezer's "tira-tira" (leftover) is this one - pork and hotdog steak! Frozen veggie bits, pork chops, hotdogs, and potatoes equal tasty and colorful meal for the kids and kids-at-heart. Ingredients: 1/2 kg pork chops 1 medium-sized potato, cut in wedges 1/4 c soy sauce 3 tbsp calamansi extract or 4 tbsp lemon extract 1/2 c water 1 tbsp whole peppercorns 1/4 c frozen veggie bits (green pease, corn, carrots) 4 regular size hotdogs, sliced diagonally oil 1 big onion, sliced into circles salt 1 tsp sugar Directions: Boil porkchop in water, calamansi extract, soy sauce, and peppercorns until tender. Set aside. Fry onion in oil and set aside. Fry potatoes, veggie bits, and hotdogs until cooked. Set aside. Slightly fry the pork chops in the same pan. Pour the remaining juice from boiling the pork. Add sugar and salt and contin...

With the help of the pressure cooker, even the "gummiest" beef shank can be turned into sirloin! Tired of my usual beef recipe, Caldereta, I tried "pressuring" my shanks and produced this recipe. This one's kinda overcooked. The kids drool over this, anyway. Ingredients: 1/2 kg beef shank, cut into thin slices juice from 6 pcs of calamansi 1/4 c soy sauce 1/2 c water salt and pepper bay leaf ( laurel ) 2 tbsp oil 1 big onion, sliced into rings 1 small potato, cut into wedges Directions: Pressurize the beef with the first seven ingredients for 20-30 minutes Meanwhile, fry the potato and onion separately. Set aside. When the beef is done, stir fry the beef until brown in color in the remaining oil. Add the sauce from boiling the beef until it thickens or evaporates. Add the potato and simmer for five minutes. Top with onions before serving.