🍲 Pork Pochero

Meat · Main ingredient: Pork · ⏱ 80 min · Serves 5 · ~₱505 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• 1 kg Pork belly or pork hock, cubed
• 1 pc Onion, chopped
• 4 cloves Garlic, minced
• 2 pc Medium tomatoes, chopped
• 0.5 cup Tomato sauce
• 3 pcs Saba banana (ripe plantain), sliced diagonally and fried
• 4 pcs Chinese sausage (chorizo bilbao), sliced
• 2 pc Medium potatoes, quartered
• 1 pc Small cabbage, quartered
• 1 cup String beans, cut into 2-inch lengths
• 0.25 cup Fried garbanzos (chickpeas), drained
• 2 tbsp Fish sauce
• 3 tbsp Cooking oil
• 3 pinch Salt, to taste
• 0.5 tsp Pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a large pot and sauté garlic and onion until fragrant.
2. Add pork and cook until lightly browned on all sides.
3. Add tomatoes and cook until softened, then stir in tomato sauce.
4. Pour in water, bring to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for 45-60 minutes until pork is tender.
5. Add sausage and potatoes, and simmer for 10 minutes.
6. Add garbanzos and fried saba banana, and simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Add cabbage and string beans, and cook for another 5 minutes until vegetables are tender-crisp.
8. Season with fish sauce, salt, and pepper to taste. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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