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Made for special occasions, pork menudo is a popular Filipino dish served during gatherings or celebrations. This pork tomato stew is usually filled with soft and delectable pork, sausages, potatoes and carrots. It can also vary with other exciting combinations of ingredients, depending on which town or province you’re in. A versatile meal that can be both savoury and sweet, here’s the classic pork menudo recipe.
Meal: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Filipino
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Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 900g of pork, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 120ml of soy sauce
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 2 tbsp of cooking oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 185g of tomato sauce
- 250g of water
- 3 pieces of dried bay leaves
- 115g of pig liver
- 4 pieces of hotdog, sliced diagonally
- 210g of potatoes, diced
- 1 piece of carrot, cubed
- 1 tsp of sugar
- ½ tsp of salt
Equipment
- 1 bowl
- 1 pan
- 1 spatula
Directions
- In a bowl, add pork, soy sauce, and lemon. Let it marinate for at least an hour.
- In a pan, heat the oil over medium heat.
- Add in the chopped onion and minced garlic and use the spatula to sauté until fragrant.
- Add the marinated pork in and cook for 5 minutes.
- Pour in the tomato sauce and water before throwing in the bay leaves.
- Bring it to a boil and let it simmer for at least 30 minutes.
- Add in the liver and sliced hotdogs and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Toss in the diced potatoes and cubed carrots, season with sugar and salt and stir everything together. Cook for another 10 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Additional toppings
If you’ve got your family coming over and want to spice up this pork menudo recipe, here are a few other toppings you can throw in for extra flavour and texture. Got a sweet tooth? Add in sun-dried raisins! Want some extra crunch? Throw in chopped bell peppers or even garbanzo beans.