Chamorro Soup Recipe - Franicia

Have to give it up to Fran, she's got this soup to die for and yes folks you can put Spam in it. Bravo! For her recipe visit His White House

Corn Soup

1 whole chicken cut into bite sized pieces
1 onion - julienne
2 cloves garlic - rough chop
2 cups coconut milk - unsweetened
2 cans of sweet corn
1 can cream of corn
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Saute onions and garlic in vegetable oil. Add bite sized pieces of chicken and cook till brown. Add coconut milk and corn into pot and allow liquid to come to a boil, lower heat to a simmer and allow chicken to cook through.

Octopus Soup

Octopus Soup

1 Octopus cut into bite size pieces
1 lemon
1 small onion
2 cups coconut milk (unsweetened if from the can)
1 cup water
4 cherry tomatos
Salt and pepper to taste

Place all ingredients except coconut milk into the pot and bring to a slow simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the octopus is tender. Add coconut milk and let simmer for another 10 minutes.

Beef and Cooking Banana Soup

Kadon Katne yan Chotda - Beef and Cooking Banana Soup

2-3 lbs stewing meat
6 cooking bananas (cut into bite size pieces)
1 large onion, rough chop is fine
4 cups water
1 can coconut milk (unsweetened if from the can)
salt and pepper to taste
Vegetable oil

Heat oil in stock pot and saute onions. Add stewing meat into pot and proceed to brown the meat. Add water and boil for about 45 minutes. Next add the bananas and cook for another 20 minutes. When the both the meat and bananas are fork tender, pour in the coconut milk. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer for 10 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste

Serve with white rice and fina'denne'

Kadun Ayuyu - Coconut Crab Soup

Kadon Ayuyu - Coconut Crab Soup

1 large coconut crab (for those offisland or who just can't find Ayuyu you can substitute with 1 dungeness crab or 2 Alaskan King Crab legs)
1/2 onion, thinly sliced
4 cups water
1 cup coconut milk (unsweetened if in the can)
4 tablespoons butter
Salt and black pepper to taste

If you are using fresh crab follow these directions (just don't pick out the meat, don't discard the roe, and "do" discard the spongy gills and small paddles). If you're using frozen crab simply cut crab into managable sized pieces. Be sure to crack the shell on the legs so that the soup can soak in.

Saute onions in 2 tablespoons of butter. Add crab, water, coconut milk and the remainder of butter. Bring to a slow simmer for about 20 minutes. Add salt and black pepper to taste.

Serve with white rice

Estufao (Adobo)

Estufao'n Katne, Babui, Mannok - Beef, Pork or Chicken

2-4 pounds beef or pork (1 whole chicken)
1 onion, thinly sliced
6 cloves of garlic, minced
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Optional: Add donne' to mixture

If you have time marinate all the ingredients together for an hour or so before cooking. If you don't, don't sweat it. It'll be just fine. Easy way to do it is to place all ingredients into a pot turn the heat up to medium, cook for 45 minutes to an hour or until meat is tender.

Serve with white rice.

Kadun Pika with Coconut Milk

Kadun Pika with Coconut Milk

1/2 cup coconut milk (unsweetened - if buying it in the can)

Simple addition to Uncle Bo's Kadun Pika all you do is add 1/2 cup of coconut milk (unsweetened) towards the end of the cooking process to add additional flavor and thickness to the dish.

Serve with white rice or titiyas

Mary's Tinaktak

Mary's Ground Beef Tinaktak

Mary's recipe is incredible give a look see... Mary's Tinaktak Recipe

Kadun Mannok with Ginger or Bay Leaf

You can add alot of twang with the tiniest additions.

For Kadun Mannok with Ginger follow this Kadun Mannok recipe and add one or two slices of ginger to the mix

If you would like to add a bay leaf follow the same Kadun Mannok recipe but exclude the chinese cabbage.

Kadun Mannok

Kadun Mannok (Chicken Soup)

1 Chicken
5 Potatos
Chinese Cabbage
1 Onion
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Optional: 2 tablespoons cornstarch (mix with water; use to thicken soup)

Directions:

1. Cut chicken into pieces
2. Rinse, peel and quarter potatos
3. Cut Chinese Cabbage into bite size pieces
   
4. Slice Onions (thin slices please)
5. In stock pan add oil then saute onions and brown the chicken
6. Add enough water to fill pot two-thirds the way
7. Boil until chicken is thoroughly cooked
8. Skim oil from top of water
   
9. Add potatos, chinese cabbage and cook until tender (try to plan this one out - Potatos first and when fork tender add Chinese cabbage. Try not to get the potatos to mushy)
10. Salt and pepper to taste

Serve with white rice