🍯 Pork Humba

Meat · Main ingredient: Pork · ⏱ 85 min · Serves 5 · ~₱435 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• 1 kg Pork belly, cubed
• 0.5 cup Soy sauce
• 0.25 cup Vinegar
• 0.5 cup Brown sugar
• 6 cloves Garlic, crushed
• 1 pc Onion, sliced
• 3 pcs Dried banana blossoms (bulaklak ng saging), softened, or 1 cup canned banana blossoms
• 0.5 cup Black beans (tausi), rinsed
• 3 pcs Star anise
• 2 pc Bay leaves
• 1 tsp Whole peppercorns
• 2 tbsp Cooking oil
• 0.25 cup Dried salted black beans (tausi), optional if not already added

Instructions

1. Marinate pork cubes in soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, peppercorns, and bay leaves for at least 30 minutes.
2. Heat oil in a pot and sauté onion until fragrant.
3. Add the marinated pork (reserving the marinade) and sear until lightly browned.
4. Pour in the reserved marinade, water, and star anise. Bring to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes.
5. Add brown sugar and black beans (tausi), stir well, and continue simmering for 20-30 minutes until pork is very tender and sauce thickens.
6. Add the banana blossoms and simmer for another 10 minutes until softened and infused with sauce.
7. Adjust sweetness and saltiness to taste with more sugar or soy sauce.
8. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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