Sinigang na lechon kawali is surprisingly good, even the kids liked it!

LEFT OVER MAKE OVER. Sinigang kagabi, mini lechon kawali na ngayong tanghali. Asim kilig lechon kawali that is yummy just the same.
In our household we try our best not to waste food. Left overs are eaten the next day, and is consumed as much as possible. Bukod sa mahal ang bilihin, I teach my children na nakakahiya naman sa Panginoon na magsayang kami ng grasya. I also make an effort to not cook too much para di din sila mag sawa agad at isang “replay” lang ang ulam.

To balance the iwas sawa factor, and conservation of time and energy in meal preparation, i usually freeze a portion of a big meal that I cook so that the following week we can have a ready to reheat meal in the freezer. Di na gagastos pa sa food delivery o pag eat out when too busy to cook. More meal planning tips can be found in our meal plans and recipes section here.

I learned this particular leftover makeover from a family friend who mentioned that she cooks a big potful of sinigang each time so that the next day she can make lechon kawali. I got curious, and oo nga it tastes good! 😊😊

So i had a little more liempo in our sinigang and tried the recipe our family friend mentioned — lechon kawali using left over sinigang.

Sinigang na lechon kawali

So what I did was i heated oil enough to deep fry the liempo pieces that I have. While waiting for it to heat through i removed the liempo pieces from the sinigang broth and pat dried it using paper towel. You can also use a clean muslin for this purpose.

When the oil is hot enough, i deep fried the oieces until crispy. Drained the oil from it and served alongside our gulay lunch. No waste, extra ulam pa!

Left over make over

So what is your favorite left-over make over?? I posted the above photo of my son getting a portion of the sinigang na lechon kawalu and asked my IG friends about their favorite left over make over. Here are some of the answers I got, which of course I am sharing with you ladies because it is a good source of info for our home tipid meals. I also added some of mine.

What to do with left overs pinoy style:

1. Menudillo to Arroz a la Cubana or omelette

2. Adobo to Crispy Adobo Flakes or Adobo Rice

3. Tinapang Bangus to tinapa fried rice.

4. Sinaing na tulingan, fried the next day or cooked with gata

5. Menudo as palaman sa pandesal the next morning.

6. Lechon or lechon kawali to lechon paksiw the next day

7. Left over gulay turned into okonomiyaki

8. Lechon Manok to either chicken sisig or chicken sandwich spread

9. Breaded fish fillet to sweet and sour fish fillet the next day

10. Pritong isda to sarciado the following meal

So there you have it, hope you were able to pick up something from today’s blog post. For more recipes and mealplans hope you can chej out our recipes section, follow our Pinterest board, check out out IG stream or browse our Facebook recipe albums.

Till next post!

A Happy Homemaker is a Happy Pinay Mommy!

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