One of the most economical foods one can make in the kitchen is roast chicken. Buying an entire chicken is cheap. It's also easy to make. Just season the chicken, put it inside the oven for an hour and twenty minutes, and you're done.
Recipes
I've made beef shanks braised with red wine, and they are good, but I'm Filipino and I miss Filipino food sometimes. So, when I got my fish sauce here in Madrid, I was so excited to start cooking Bulalo, a traditional Filipino dish made of beef shanks. Since beef shanks are a little bit expensive here, I added some regular cuts of lean beef to make the dish more economical. Cooked in the Instant Pot, it is amazing!
I find the macarrones too plain because it doesn't have protein like ground beef to make it more filling. So I'm always looking for ways to make it healthier. I'm happy to report that after several attempts, I finally got it figured out. I found a healthy balance to making an almost-fresh Italian-style tomato red sauce. I buy whole canned tomatoes that are already peeled. Win!
, but the combination of all these simple ingredients makes it such a flavorful dish. To make arroz caldo, you probably already have most things in your refrigerator or pantry already. However, if you're not Asian, you might not have fish sauce. So make sure you have that fish sauce before even beginning to make this recipe.){kind=link}
When you're living in a foreign country, you can't help but miss comfort food from your home country. For me, as a Filipino, I have several comfort foods, such as adobo and arroz caldo. Arroz caldo is a Filipino dish made primarily of chicken, rice, broth, and ginger (among other things), but the combination of all these simple ingredients makes it such a flavorful dish. To make arroz caldo, you probably already have most things in your refrigerator or pantry already. However, if you're not Asian, you might not have fish sauce.