PORK MENUDO FILIPINO CLASSIC

A festive season is coming and food, a lot of food will be flooding our tables this season. It's a year of gift giving, loving and eating. Today's featured dish is almost always present when it comes to traditional Filipino cooking. This dish is cooked and served along with other famous dishes such as adobo, kaldereta to name a few. Check out the ingredients and see my version of this dish.

INGREDIENTS:

1 kilo pork belly (sliced/Menudo Cut)

1/4 kilo pork liver

3 medium size potatoes sliced

2 medium size carrots

Bell peppers

minced garlic and onions

soy sauce

fish sauce

bay leaf

salt and pepper to taste 

tomato sauce

water

calamansi

PROCEDURE:

1. Marinate pork in soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste, calamansi and bay leaf.
2. While the meat is marinating, fry the potatoes and carrots until cooked and tender. This procedure allows the vegetable to stay firm and not saggy for a better food presentation.
3. When the meat is ready to cooked (30 minutes of marinating over seasoning could be enough time but you can always do this ahead like marinate it overtime) saute it with garlic and onions.
4.  Add a little amount of fish sauce to taste, water and allow to simmer for 30 minutes or until the meat is tender. 
5. Once the meat is tender, add the pork liver and allow to cook. Remember not to over cook the liver as it will tend to be hard and chewy. 
6. Add the tomato sauce immediately and other remaining ingredients.
7. Serve and enjoy!