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Pork Adobo with Sitaw

Pork Adobo with Sitaw

Pork braised in a tangy soy-vinegar sauce with garlic, bay leaves, and black peppercorns. The national dish of the Philippines.

Prep: 15 min Cook: 60 min

Ingredients

  • 0.7 kg (1.5 lbs) pork belly (cut into serving pieces)
  • 10 piece snake beans (sitaw)
  • 1 medium onion
  • 5 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2.5 tbsp vinegar
  • 5 clove garlic (crushed)
  • 1.5 tbsp brown sugar
  • 0.5 tsp ground black pepper
  • 2 cup beef broth
  • 3 tbsp oil

Instructions

  1. Combine pork, soy sauce, ground black pepper, and garlic. Mix well. Let it stay for 15 minutes.

  2. Heat oil in a cooking pot.

  3. Sauté the onion until it gets soft.

  4. Add the marinated pork including the remaining soy sauce and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes in medium heat.

  5. Pour the beef broth in the pot. Let boil. Cook in low heat for 45 minutes or until the pork gets tender. Note: add more beef broth or water if the liquid starts to dry out.

  6. Add the vinegar. Allow the liquid to re-boil. Stir.

  7. Put the string beans in the pot. Cook for 3 minutes.

  8. Add brown sugar. Stir. Continue to cook for 5 to 8 minutes.

  9. Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve!