In a time when the quality of being wais (or “Wa-Ease”, as coined by Tip-Top Chicken) feels scarce, Tip-Top Chicken keeps this Filipino trait alive with simple kitchen tips that help everyday Filipinos live out the spirit of “Wa-Ease-ness” at home and in the kitchen.
- Buy only fresh and high-quality ingredients.
Every good meal starts with fresh, flavourful ingredients. Fresh ingredients are not just safer and healthier, but they also taste better. Therefore, don’t compromise on the quality of your ingredients!
Tip-Top Chicken ensures freshness by processing and packing a variety of choice cuts on the same day. Its product line, which includes Tip-Top Whole Chicken, Tip-Top Choice Cuts (breast with bone, thigh with bone, breast fillet, thigh fillet, wings, and drumsticks), Tip-Top Chicken Nuggets, and Tip-Top Chicken Tocino, comes at affordable prices for everyday grocers to stay within their budgets and still make delicious meals at home.
- Simple doesn’t have to mean bland.
You don’t need a complicated recipe to make a delicious ulam. If you season it well with salt and pepper, a simple dish can become the highlight of the dinner table. If you’re feeling daring, you can even add an acid like vinegar or lemon juice to give your cooking some tang.
For starters, you can experiment with tocino sisig using Tip-Top Chicken Tocino. It’s possible to make it with ingredients you already have at home, making it a low-maintenance dish for home cooks with high standards
Chicken Tocino Sisig Recipe
By Alonzo Cruel (@crucrukatchoo on Tiktok/Instagram)
Serving Size: 2-3 pax
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 Tip-Top Chicken Tocino
- 2 green chillies
- 1 red onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 Tbsp liquid seasoning
- 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 pc calamansi
- 1 egg
- 1 siling labuyo (optional)
Instructions:
- Cook the chicken tocino according to the packaged instructions on the pack. Once cooked, dice into pieces.
- In a pan, add the green chillies, red onion, and garlic, and cook until the onion has softened.
- Add back in the chicken tocino, and then add liquid seasoning, oyster sauce, black pepper, sugar, calamansi, and one egg.
- Top it with more diced red onions, green chillies, and siling labuyo.
- Liven up your recipes with seasonal ingredients.
Using ingredients that are readily available year-round makes cooking more convenient, but challenging yourself to use a few different ingredients here and there is a step towards becoming more confident in your skills. If you’re uncertain about how to begin experimenting, consider starting with what’s seasonally available.
For instance, summer is perfect for cooking with the Philippines’ delicious fruits! Summer is a wonderful time for mangoes, so why not incorporate them into your next dish? It does not necessarily have to be a viand. You can play around with salads and side dishes, too.
- Freeze food to avoid wastage.
Putting your food in the freezer is a simple trick to keep ingredients fresh and reduce your stress on a lazy Sunday evening. Storing them in the refrigerator might keep them edible for a few days, but freezer storage can help them stay fresh for months.
You can save yourself multiple trips to the grocery store in a month by buying more ingredients at once and then storing what you don’t immediately need in the freezer, from vegetables to meats and fish.
If you have leftovers that you’re unsure about having for another meal, store them in the freezer. They’ll be safe to reheat and consume the next time that you find a craving for them—no cooking is required.
- Have fun!
“Our goal is to make every kitchen activity enjoyable with your kids, your friends, and also yourself!” shared Ralph Recaido, brand marketing manager of Tip-Top, at its first-ever “Tip-Top Fiesta” event. “We hope you find Tip-Top to be the Wa-Ease Choice and that you also find the fun in cooking.”
What is the benefit of learning to cook if it isn’t enjoyable? There are little things that make the activity more joyful. You can play music while prepping ingredients, do some stretches while waiting for your food to cook, or invite a family member or a friend to join you and make a bonding activity out of it.
Cooking is a time of adventure and discovery within the four corners of your home, so let Tip-Top Chicken accompany you as you find the dishes that make you fall in love with cooking and celebrate your Wa-Ease moments!
Tip-Top Chicken is a brand of C-Joy Poultry Meats Productions, Inc., a joint venture between Cargill Philippines and Jollibee Foods Corporation. Tip-Top offers consumers budget-friendly chicken products that are high in protein, free of salitre, made with 100% chicken meat, and processed and packed on the same day. Its choice cuts are available in major groceries like Robinsons Supermarket, The Marketplace, and Shopwise.
For more information on Tip-Top Chicken and its offerings, visit their Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok pages (@tiptopchickenph).