Pork Estofado (Stewed Pork with Olives and Sausage)

Pork Estofado is a savory stew packed with tender pork, zesty olives, and sweet sausage, all simmered in a rich sauce that’s bursting with flavor. It’s comforting and easy to make, perfect for cozy dinners.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Filipino

Keyword comfort food, Filipino cuisine, hearty meal, olives, stewed pork

Prep Time 1 15

Cook Time 1 10

Total Time 2 25

Servings -8 servings

Calories 550kcal

Author Liza A

Ingredients

2 ½ lbs about 1.1kg pork shoulder butt, cubed
¼ cup vegetable oil
½ cup tomato sauce
1 ½ cups pitted green olives
4 Chinese style sausage or 1 Chorizo sausage sliced
1 red bell pepper cut into strips
4 pieces saba buro plantain, quartered and fried

Marinade

½ cup soy sauce
¼ cup vinegar
2 tbsp brown sugar
3 cloves garlic chopped
1 onion chopped
½ tsp freshly ground pepper

Instructions

In a big bowl or Ziploc bag, combine ingredients for marinade. Add pork and mix well. Cover bowl with plastic wrap or seal bag, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Drain pork, saving the marinade for later.
Heat vegetable oil in Dutch oven or heavy pan over medium high heat and brown the pork in batches. Transfer to a plate.
Pour off oil and put back browned pork in the empty pan. Pour reserved marinade and enough water to cover it. Simmer gently for 45 minutes or until meat are tender.
Add tomato sauce, olives, sausage and bell pepper. Cook for 3-4 more minutes.
Transfer to a plate and top with fried plantain.
Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Recipe adapted from Maya Kitchen Cookbook.

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