Name: Pork adobo – A Filipino favourite
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 350 pork chunks (or chicken chunks/boned thigh chicken if you prefer); 2 potatoes (par boiled and set aside); 3 cloves of garlic (bashed with the edge of a knife); 1 red onion; ½ tsp finely chopped ginger; 90 ml soy sauce; 135 ml white vinegar; 360 ml water; 1 pinch paprika; 5 bay leaves; cornflour to thicken the sauce; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch black pepper; 1 tsp sugar to taste

AuthorHungry PandaCategoryMeatDifficultyIntermediate

Yields3 Servings

Prep Time20 minsCook Time50 minsTotal Time1 hr 10 mins

350 pork chunks (or chicken chunks/boned thigh chicken if you prefer)

2 potatoes (par boiled and set aside)

3 cloves of garlic (bashed with the edge of a knife)

1 red onion

½ tsp finely chopped ginger

90 ml soy sauce

135 ml white vinegar

360 ml water

1 pinch paprika

5 bay leaves

cornflour to thicken the sauce

1 pinch salt

1 pinch black pepper

1 tsp sugar to taste

Saute garlic, onions and ginger until onions are soft. Add the pork chunks and seal.

Add soy sauce, vinegar, water, bay leaves and paprika. At this point add a little salt and pepper and sugar (usually around 1½ dessert spoons). Leave to simmer for up to an hour. The longer you leave to simmer, the fuller the flavour. We usually also add carrots and some other veg like red pepper, broccoli and cauliflower, but the dish can be served with just pork and potatoes.

Add cornflour and water to thicken and add more salt and pepper, according to how it tastes.

Bring to the boil again and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.

Delicious served with rice from your Yum Asia rice cooker.

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