Kare-kare

5 from 1 vote

The stew is flavored with ground roasted peanuts or peanut butter, onions, and garlic. It is colored with annatto.

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Total Time45

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Filipino

Keyword: kare-kare, peanut, pork belly, stew

Servings: servings

Calories: 323kcal

Author: Mia

In a pot, boil water with salt and add the cut pork bellies until half-way tender. Remove meat from water and set aside.
1 kilo pork belly, 4 cups water, 1 tbsp salt
Save the stock where the meat was boiled and set aside.
Separately boil the string beans and aubergine until soft then remove from the water and set aside.
1 cup string beans, 1 aubergine/eggplant
In the same pot where the vegetables were cooked, blanch the bok choy until it turns bright green and slightly tender, approx. 40 seconds.
1 bunch bok choy
In another cooking pot. Saute garlic and onion until translucent. Lower heat and add peanut butter stir for 5 seconds then add the annatto powder and stir until incorporated.
½ cup peanut butter, 2 tbsp cooking oil, 3 cloves garlic, 1 medium onion, 1½ tbsp annatto powder
Add the pork belly cubes and mix until the meat absorbs the sauce. Pour in the stock and cover the pot. After 10 minutes check that the meat if fully cooked.
Add the vegetables and mix until coated with sauce. Serve with shrimp paste as condiment and rice. Bon Appetit!