Pork menudo is a popular Filipino dish. It consists of pork stewed in tomato sauce. Vegetables like bell pepper, peas, carrots, and raisins may be added.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Filipino
Prep Time 45 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour55 minutesminutes
Servings 5servings
Calories 446kcal
Author Liza Agbanlog
Ingredients
2tbspsoy sauce
2tbsplemon or calamansi juice
2lbspork shoulder, sliced into bite-sized pieces
3tbspavocado oil or any other vegetable oil
2clovesgarlic,chopped
1small onion,chopped
2medium tomatoes,chopped
1tbspfish sauce
1tsppaprika
1 cup waterplus more if needed
1large potato,peeled and cubed
1red bell pepper,deseeded and diced
1cupdiced carrot
1cupfrozen green peas
1cupcanned chickpeas (garbanzo beans)rinsed and drained
1cupraisins
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
In a big glass bowl, mix together the soy sauce and lemon juice. Add the pork and let marinate for half an hour.
Heat the oil in a heavy pan over medium high heat. Add the garlic and onion, and saute for 2 minutes.
Add the tomatoes and saute until onion is soft, about 2 minutes. Stir in the fish sauce and paprika.
Add the marinated pork pieces and saute until brown and no longer pink, about 4 minutes.
Add the water and then bring to a boil. Lower the heat to medium, cover and cook until pork is tender, about 45 minutes. Check, every 15 minutes, stirring and adding 1/2 cup of water each time, if running low on liquid.
Add the potatoes, red bell pepper and carrots. Cook for 10 minutes.
Add the green peas, chickpeas and raisins. Cook for another 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.