Adding water to a pot of bacon makes the bacon melt faster as

the water helps distribute the heat faster.

Bacon Pork Mechado
Lusog Notes:
Ingredients:
This recipe is a source of iron and niacin. Iron is essential for
normal metabolism and immune function while niacin helps
 500 g pork, kasim, cut into cubes maintain healthy skin and nerves.
 1/4 cup soy sauce
 1 Tbsp calamansi juice
 1 Tbsp garlic, crushed Bangus Belly Teriyaki
 1/2 cup bacon, sliced into strips
 1/4 cup water
Ingredients:
 1/2 cup sibuyas Tagalog/shallots, peeled
 1 pouch DEL MONTE Original Style Tomato Sauce  1 sachet DEL MONTE Quick n Easy BBQ Marinade
(200g) (80ml)
 1 cup water  1/3 cup mirin
 1 1/2 cup marble potato  1 tsp ginger, grated
 1/2 cup bell pepper, green, cut into 1-inch diced  1/4 cup water
 1/4 cup black olives, pitted (optional)  1 tsp cornstarch, dissolved in 1 teaspoon water
 500 g bangus, belly
Preparation:
Preparation:
1. Marinate the pork in soy sauce, calamansi juice, and garlic for
at least 30 minutes. 1. Combine DEL MONTE Quick n Easy Barbecue Marinade,
2. In a pot, put the bacon and water to allow the bacon fat to melt mirin, ginger, water. Bring to a boil then add cornstarch mixture,
and brown. Add the shallots and sauté for 2 minutes then remove stirring continuously until thick.
the shallots from the pot. 2. Grill the bangus belly. Baste with sauce.
3. Add the marinated pork, DEL MONTE Original Style Tomato
Sauce, and water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Add
the marinade.
4. Add the marble potatoes and the sautéed shallots then simmer
Beef Brisket Rice Recipe
for 25 minutes or until potatoes are cooked. Add the bell pepper
then add olives, if desired. Ingredients:

 1 kg beef, brisket, cut into chunks

Chef’s Tip:
 500 g beef, tendon, cut into chunks
  2 cup water
 1/4 cup onion, red, chopped Buffalo Meatballs Recipe
 1 1/2 Tbsp garlic, crushed
 1 pc cinnamon stick Ingredients:
 5 pc star anise
 3 pc bay leaf/laurel leaf  2/3 tsp oil
 2 Tbsp sugar, brown  1/3 cup onion, red, minced
 1/3 cup rice wine  2 2/3 Tbsp celery, minced
 1 pouch DEL MONTE Quick 'n Easy BBQ Marinade  2 2/3 Tbsp carrot, minced
(200ml)  1/3 pouch DEL MONTE Original Style Tomato Sauce
 1 pouch DEL MONTE Tomato Paste (150g) (200g)
 1 Tbsp soy sauce
BEST SERVED WITH  1/8 tsp salt
 1/8 tsp pepper, black
 - rice, steamed
 1 bunch bok choy, blanched  330 g pork, ground
 1/3 cup bread crumbs, Japanese
 1 pc egg, lightly beaten
Preparation:
 1/3 cup oil
1. Put all ingredients in a sauce pot. Bring to a boil then turn down
heat to simmer covered for 3 hours or until meat and tendons are FOR THE SAUCE
fork tender.
2. Serve with bok choy and steamed rice.
 1/4 cup butter
 1 pouch DEL MONTE Quick 'n Easy Caldereta Sauce
Chef’s Tip: (80g)
Beef tendon is the part of the meat that connects bones to  2 tsp tabasco sauce
muscles. It is made of collagen that makes it firm and chewy.  1/3 cup sour cream
Tendons turn to gelatin after cooking at low temperature over a  1/2 cup celery, stems only, sliced into 3-inches length x
long time, making it tender, gelatinous and flavorful. 1/4-inch thick

Lusog Notes: Preparation:

This Beef Brisket Rice recipe is high in protein that is essential for 1. Sauté onion, celery, and carrot in oil for 7 minutes or until
growth and aids in the formation of antibodies that fight illnesses. tender. Add DEL MONTE Original Style Tomato Sauce and
It is also a source of niacin that promotes normal digestion and season with soy sauce, salt, and pepper.
healthy skin. 2. Allow the mixture to cool and add to ground pork with bread
crumbs and egg. Mix thoroughly.
3. Form every 1 tablespoon of pork mixture into a ball, then fry in 1. Marinate beef in DEL MONTE Quick 'n Easy Barbecue
oil for 13 minutes or until cooked. Marinade.
4. Melt butter in a sauce pot and add DEL MONTE Quick 'n Easy 2. Stir-fry the marinated beef in batches until just cooked.
Caldereta Sauce, tabasco sauce then sauté for 2 minutes. Add Set aside.
meatballs. Serve with sour cream and garnish with celery. 3. In the same pan, sauté ginger, carrot, and sayote for 3
minutes. Add togue, bell pepper, and cabbage. Season
Chef’s Tip: with soy sauce and pepper to taste, and remaining
marinade if any. Sauté for a few minutes.
For a spicier buffalo sauce, you may increase the amount of hot 4. Serve with beef. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
sauce.

Lusog Notes:
Chef’s Tip:
This Buffalo Meatballs recipe is a source of vitamin A, which
promotes healthy skin and normal vision. It is also helpful in Fry the beef in small batches to make sure that the beef is
keeping the immune system healthy. browned properly. Stir frying all at once will cool down the pan
and will cause the meat to release its juices, leaving the meat dry.

Beef Teriyakidon Recipe Lusog Notes:

This Beef Teriyakidon dish is high in vitamin A which is important
Ingredients: for the normal structure and functioning of the skin and other
body linings. It also a source of iron that is needed for normal
 1 kg beef, sirloin, sliced thinly and cut into strips metabolism.
 1 pouch DEL MONTE Quick 'n Easy BBQ Marinade
(200ml)
 1 Tbsp ginger, cut into strips Beef And Sausage Casserole
 3/4 cup carrot, sliced thinly
 3/4 cup sayote, sliced Recipe
 2 cup togue
 1/4 cup bell pepper, red, cut into strips Ingredients:
 1 1/2 cup cabbage, shredded
 - soy sauce, to taste  1 1/2 kg beef, round or sirloin, whole
 - pepper, to taste
 1 Tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
FOR THE MARINADE
Preparation:
 1/2 cup soy sauce
 2 pc bay leaf/laurel leaf
  2 Tbsp oil
 2 Tbsp garlic, minced Beef And Sitaw In Pine Hoisin


1/4 cup onion, minced
1 pouch DEL MONTE Tomato Paste (70g)
Sauce Recipe
 2 pc beef bouillon cube
 5 cup water Ingredients:
 2 Tbsp pickle relish
 1 can liver spread (85g)  2 Tbsp oil
 1 can chorizo de bilbao (210g), sliced, reserve oil  2 tsp garlic, crushed
 1 can DEL MONTE Pineapple Chunks (227g)  1/2 cup onion, chopped
 1/2 cup bell pepper, red, diced  250 g beef, ground
 1/2 cup bell pepper, green, diced  4 Tbsp hoisin sauce
 2 Tbsp cornstarch, dissolved in 2 Tbsp water  4 cup sitaw, sliced 3-inches long
 1 can DEL MONTE Pineapple Tidbits (227g), drained,
Preparation: reserve syrup
 1 Tbsp cornstarch, dissolved in 1/4 cup water
1. Marinate beef for 20 minutes.
2. Sauté garlic and onion in oil. Add DEL MONTE Tomato Paste Preparation:
and stir for 1 minute or until tomato paste browns.
3. Add beef with the marinade and cook for 3 minutes. 1. Sauté garlic, onion, and beef.
4. Add beef cubes and water. Bring to a boil then simmer for 1 1/2 2. When the beef turns brown, add the hoisin sauce, reserved
hours or pressure cook for 20 minutes. pineapple syrup, and sitaw.
5. Add pickles, liver spread, chorizo and chorizo oil. Cook for 3. When the sitaw is cooked, add the DEL MONTE Pineapple
another 20 minutes. Add DEL MONTE Pineapple Chunks with Tidbits. Add cornstarch mixture to thicken the sauce.
syrup, bell peppers, and dissolved cornstarch. Simmer until thick.
6. Slice meat thinly and return to sauce. Serve. Chef’s Tip:

Chef’s Tip: Brown the beef well to develop a meatier and tastier flavor.

Sautéing the tomato paste until it browns gives the dish a deeper Lusog Notes:
flavor.
This Beef And Sitaw In Pine Hoisin Sauce dish is a source of
Lusog Notes: protein which is important for growth and repair of body tissues. It
is also a source of iron that is needed to make red blood cells that
This Beef And Sausage Casserole recipe is high in protein which carry oxygen around the body.
is essential for growth and development. It is also high in vitamin
A that maintains normal vision and healthy skin.
 It is best to use cheaper cuts of beef that have a lot of connective
Beef Belly Pot Roast tissues (litid) and fat for long cooking because they do not dry out
and remain moist and tender.
Ingredients:
Lusog Notes:
 1 kg beef, belly, whole
 1 tsp salt This Beef Belly Pot Roast recipe is high in protein which is
 1 tsp pepper, black essential for growth and development. It is also high in iron that is
 2 Tbsp oil needed for normal metabolism and niacin that keeps the digestive
and nervous systems healthy.
 2 clove garlic, chopped
 1 cup onion, chopped
 1/2 cup carrot, chopped
 1/2 cup celery, chopped
 1/2 pouch DEL MONTE Quick 'n Easy Mechado Sauce
(80g)
 3 cup water
 2 pouch DEL MONTE Quick 'n Easy Gravy Mix (30g),
dissolved in 1 cup water
 1/4 cup butter

Preparation:
1. Season the beef with salt and pepper.
2. Heat oil in a pot and brown the beef on all sides.
3. When browned, set aside and add the vegetables into the pot
to brown.
4. When the vegetables have browned, add the beef and DEL
MONTE Quick 'n Easy Mechado Sauce and cook for 3 minutes
while stirring continuously.
5. Add water and simmer until tender.
6. Remove meat from the pan, then add the dissolved DEL
MONTE Quick 'n Easy Gravy Mix and simmer until thick.
7. Turn off the heat and add the butter.
8. Pour over sliced beef.

Chef’s Tip: