Lamb Shank cooked in a Slow Cooker

My husband asked me to cook lamb shank and I did. If you are more into sweet sauce just add honey or sugar. You may also want to cook 2 shanks for each person as 1 is not enough unless you are not into lamb. Please feel free to add anything from this recipe. We all have different taste and it is most enjoyable if you adjust the taste according to your liking.

I had:

3 Lamb shanks
olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 medium size onion
410 g crushed tomatoes in can
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 vegetable stock in cube
1 big carrot
1 stalk celery
1 small parnips
a handful of fresh parsley
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 cup water

What I did:

1. Brown lamb in a hot pan without oil. Set aside once brown.
2. Saute garlic and onion in olive oil. Add crushed tomato, worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, let it boil and add the stock and water.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients and adjust taste according to your desired taste.
4. Transfer everything in a slow cooker and leave it cooking in a low heat until the meat just falls off the bone. My lamb was cooking from 10am to 3pm and it was heaven!

Eskabetche

Eskabetche is one of my favorite dish when it comes to fish. I have always been wanting to cook this but I didn't know how. So when my Mum and Dad came to visit us 5 months ago, I asked Dad to show me how to cook it.

You will need:

Fish
Canola oil
2 cloves of garlic
2 big onions
1 tomato
ginger
vinegar
soy sauce
sugar

How to cook it:

Mix the sauce - vinegar, soy sauce and sugar in a measuring cup. I had like 3 tablespoon of vinegar, 2 tablespoon of soy sauce and 2 teaspoon of sugar. Mix the sauce well and add more sugar according to taste. Sprinkle a little bit of salt on the fish and fry in a hot canola oil. Set aside when it's cooked. Saute garlic, onions, tomato and ginger and add the sauce. Let it boil and add the fried fish. Serve with rice, enjoy!

Ginisang Chayote with Prawn

Filipino food often comes to mind when my husband can't join us for dinner. I missed chayote or sayote in the Philippines so that's what I had for dinner the other night with "chicken adobo". To cook this dish all you need are:

olive oil
1 sayote
1 carrot
1 clove of minced garlic
1 small size chopped onion
1 medium size tomato
peeled prawn
minced pork
fish sauce (patis)
1/4 of the vegetable stock cube

Saute garlic, onion and tomato. Add pork. When the pork is cooked add the prawn. Add carrots and sayote. Add a little bit of water then throw in the vegetable stock. Let is boil and add the fish sauce to taste. Simple yet delicious!

If you are interested to find out how to cook a spot on chicken adobo please visit Home Cooking Rocks  http://pinoycook.net/myras-chicken-adobo/  for the recipe. I have been doing the same thing without the potato.