Pork Menudo
Pork Menudo is a classic Filipino dish. One of the techniques of making a tasty Menudo is by marinating it first with soy sauce and calamansi juice.
Servings: 6 People
Calories:
Ingredients
- 1 kilo pork kasim cut into cubes
- ½ kilo pork liver cut into cubes
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 lemon or 2 pcs. calamansi
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 onion sliced
- 2 potatoes cut into cubes
- 2 carrots cut into cubes
- ¼ cup green peas
- 3 tbsp liver spread / paté
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions
- In a bowl. Mix pork meat, lemon juice, and pepper. Marinate for 30 minutes or overnight for best results. Marinate the pork liver also with a small amount of soy sauce, lemon juice and pepper for a few hours
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Fry carrots and potatoes until half-cooked. remove from pan and transfer on a plate. Set aside
- Using the same pan. Saute garlic and onion until fragrant then add pork meat until halfway cooked without the marinate. Do not throw away the marinate for later use.
- Add pork liver and cook for a few minutes. Pour in the marinate sauce from the pork meat and liver and add 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil.
- In a small bowl. scoop 3 tbsp from the stew and mix in the liver spread/paté and stir well. Add to the boiling stew.
- Let boil for 5 minutes then lower heat. Add the vegetables and simmer until the meat and liver are tender. Taste and season with salt if needed.
- Serve with steamed rice or soft bread rolls! Bon Appetit!