I guess that is why I am at this stage of learning about the recycling process. Adobo becomes adobo flakes. Fried chicken becomes chicken spread. Lechon kawali becomes Paksiw na Lechon. Tocino becomes the supplement to fried rice. Spaghetti sauce becomes chili or pizza sauce.

These are all pretty simple dishes turned into pretty simple alternatives. So what happens when I am faced with a dish with a combination of ingredients that are not as simple as fried chicken?

Here is what I did with my mom’s delicious Chicken Cacciatore:

Ingredients:

Chicken Cacciatore
1 can whole champignons
1 tbsp. worcestershire sauce
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp. olive oil

Procedure:

1. Take the chicken pieces from the sauce of the Chicken Cacciatore. Remove chunks of chicken meat from the bone and set aside. Chop up the garlic cloves.
2. Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the garlic, stirring occasionally until they stick together. Make sure that you don’t burn the garlic as it will give out a bitter taste to the dish.
3. Add the champignons and saute for 1 minute.
4. Add the leftover Chicken Cacciatore sauce and let simmer for about 5 minutes.
5. Add the worcestershire sauce to add taste. (Feel free to add more than 1 tbsp if you want to).

Perfect!