Oven-Roasted Garlic Crabs

Oven-Roasted Garlic Crabs-

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup butter
2 tbsp cup olive oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1/2 teaspoons dried crushed red pepper or 1/2 tsp cajun seasoning
1 large Dungeness crab, cleaned, steamed and  cracked
2 tsp parsley flakes

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 500°F.
Melt butter with oil in a wok.
Stir in garlic. Cook until garlic turns golden brown.
Add crabs. Sprinkle chopped parsley and crushed pepper or cajun seasoning over crabs.
Stir to combine.
Transfer the crabs in a baking pan.
Roast crabs until heated through, turning and/or stirring once (5-6 minutes each side).
Remove from oven.
Squeeze some lemon over the roasted crabs. (optional)
Serve and enjoy!

Nilagang Baboy

Nilagang Baboy-

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs pork (ribs or belly) or beef
1 small bundle bokchoy / pechay
1 small head cabbage, quartered
1 medium onion, quartered or sliced
6-7 cups water
2 pieces potatoes, quartered (optional)
1 tablespoon fish sauce (patis)
1 tbsp whole peppercorns
Salt to taste

Directions:

In a stock pot, simmer the beef shank for at least an hour or  until tender.
Remove the scum that rises above the soup. Add more hot water if necessary.
When meat is fork tender, add the onion, salt, whole peppercorn, potatoes and corn. Let stand for 5-8 minutes.
Add the cabbage, chinese cabbage and bokchoy. Season with fish sauce according to taste.
Remove from heat. Serve hot. Enjoy!

*** Best dipping sauce - Fish sauce & lemon