ARROZ ALA FILIPINIANA

2 cups rice, cooked
2 cups malagkit, cooked
1/2 cup chicken meat, cooked & flaked
100 grams pork, cooked, sliced into thin strips
100 grams shrimps, shelled, cooked 1 large onion, chopped finely
l/2 tsp paprika 1 tbsp. vetsin 1 tbsp. patis
4-5 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground pepper
1 pc. bell pepper, red, sliced into strips 1 small can sweet peas 1 hard-boiled egg



Flake rice and malagkit with fork while still hot. Set aside.
Saute garlic until brown. Add onion. Add chicken, pork and shrimps. Stir and add patis. Cook for 5 minutes. Season with salt, vetsin, pepper, and paprika.
Add sauteed mixture to cooked rice and malagkit. Mix until mixture is evenly distributed into rice and malagkit.

Line bottom of deep baking pan (preferably bread pan) with wax paper.-Grease wax paper with cooking oil or margarine and arrange on top sliced hard-boiled egg, strips of red pepper, then pack in the cooked mixture with rice. Cover with foil or cheese cloth.

Bake in oven with 300°F heat. Or steam-bake. Cook for 20 minutes.
Cool before transferring to a serving dish. To transfer, place dish face down on pan and invert pan. Garnish with sweet peas, . placed around the molded mixture.