How to recreate Manong"s Famous Fishball Sauce to your Mekeni's Squid Balls

“Swab Taste Fishbulan” Positive sa sarap, Negative sa Dumi”

 

This photo has been making the rounds on Facebook for the past few weeks  and I’m pretty sure you’ve seen this on one of your friend’s wall, and while I do think its quite witty, I’m quite certain it could not live up to its promise of being truly “clean.”

 

Still it made me rush to the supermarket to grab some of my favorite tusok-tusok.

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Just like the adidas, Betamax, Walkman, kwek kwek, Pinoy street food will never be complete without fishballs, squidballs, and kikiam and because of the global pandemic and the lockdown gone are the days when you could just go to the street corner and buy your favorite snacks on a stick. 

 

No thanks to the global pandemic and the lockdown, even our suking manong has been practicing social distancing and we rarely see him in his usual spot. 

 

I know, you can simply go to the supermarket to buy frozen packs of all sorts of “balls,” but you have to admit, it’s the sauce that makes you keep going back to the fishball stand. There’s just something about the multiple dips that you share with the rest of the people that make that sweet spicy sauce taste different—although just thinking about it now with COVID19—gives me anxiety attacks. 

 

So in my quest to find the best-tasting street food I can cook at home, I found this BAYANI brand from Mekeni Food Corporation. It’s a new a product line that offers squid balls, chicken balls, kikiam, siomai, siopao, and even the party favorite, lumpiang shanghai. Now you can enjoy a #BayaniStreetfood feast with your family at the comfort of your home. 

 

But wait there’s more! As I promised I also discovered a recipe to recreate that special dipping sauce, I thought only manong fishball can make!

 

Here’s the recipe:

 

Ingredients:

2 cups of water

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp cassava flour or cornstarch

½ cup brown sugar

3 gloves garlic

1 small onion 

1 siling labuyo (optional)

 

Procedure:

Just combine everything in a pot

Stir to dissolve the brown sugar and flour/cornstarch

Turn the stove on and let it boil in low heat.

 

And voila! Its so easy right?

 

Now that you know how to make the sauce check out these other products of Mekeni!

 

Lumpiang shanghai

With Christmas just a few days away you might want to add these to your shopping cart because what would Pinoy Noche Buena be without lumpiang shanghai!??

 

Mekeni Food Corporation brings Bayani - a product line offering squid balls, chicken balls, kikiam, siomai, siopao, and even the party favorite, lumpiang shanghai. Now you can enjoy a #BayaniStreetfood feast with your family at the comfort of your home. 

Bayani Negosyo Partner , also known as the Bayani Product line is Mekeni Food Corporation  range of frozen street food products that most Filipinos love. 

This affordable, safe and high quality street food line, is Mekeni's way to help more Pinoys start a small business and provide means to support their families. 

The Bayani Line os subdivided into categories:

Balls

Squid Balls (P20.90 SRP for 200g and P38.25 for 400g) Tasty squid-flavored snacks made from fish and spices.

Chicken Balls (P20.90 SRP for 200g) 

Kikiam Balls ( P20.90 for 200g) and Kikiam (P40.25 SRP for 400g) 

Siopao and Minipao

The Filipino version of steamed soft buns is filled with pulled-pork or chicken braised  in sweet soy sauce and garlic. Available in 1.7 kilogram packs for only P141.00, Bayani siopao has two variants namely, Pork Asado and Chicken asado. 

It also has minipao versions in savory (Chicken asado and Pork Asado) for only P51.00 per 500g pack and sweet salted, caramel, ube, chocolate, red mongo, and Custard flavors, ranging from P62.00 to P80.00 per 500g pack.

Siomai

Mekeni's version of this Chinese dumpling is a sure hit among foodies! Available in negosyo (1Kg for only P115.00) and budget P200g for only P24.75) packs, Bayani Siomai in pork, beef and chicken can be eaten as a snack.

Lumpiang Shanghai

Party favorite Lumpiang Shanghai is one of Bayani's best sellers! Available in Pork, Chicken, and Beef with Jalapeno variants, you can get yours in 400g packs at for only P65.00 (Pork and Chicken) and P88.00 (Dynamite).

Bayani is available in wet markets, online stores, and through Mekeni's Home2Home delivery service in Metro Manila and Pampanga.