How to cook - Pork Menudo Recipe

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork belly

Chicken breast reduces fat content while pork belly offers a more affordable option.

raisins

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: sugar

Dried cranberries provide a similar sweetness with fewer calories.

Marinate pork belly with 1 teaspoon black pepper, 1 tablespoon calamansi juice, and 2 tablespoons soy sauce; mix well and let it sit.

Marinate chicken liver with a bit of black pepper, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 1 tablespoon calamansi juice; mix well and let it sit for 15 minutes.

Heat 2 tablespoons cooking oil over high heat; fry the potatoes for about 3 minutes until golden.

Add 1 cup of carrots and sauté for 1 minute.

Add 1 cup of green bell pepper; continue to sauté until fragrant, then transfer to another container.

In the same pan, sauté chicken sausages in 1 tablespoon cooking oil over medium heat for about 1 minute until cooked, then set aside.

Heat more oil and sauté the marinated chicken liver over high heat for about 3 minutes until browned; transfer to another container.

Add the marinated pork belly to the pan and pour in the marinade; cook until it starts to sizzle.

Add 2 tablespoons tomato paste and sauté for 1 minute.

Add 1 cup of chopped tomatoes and cook until softened.

Pour in the reserved marinade from the pork belly and sauté for 1 minute.

Add 2 cups of water, 2 bay leaves, and 1 tablespoon siling labuyo; stir and bring to a boil.

Once boiling, reduce heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes or until the pork is tender, adjusting time as necessary based on meat quality.

Season with 1 teaspoon chicken powder and 2 tablespoons liquid seasoning; add the cooked chicken sausages and 1/3 cup frozen green peas; stir and taste for seasoning.

Add the fried raisins and cook over high heat for about 3 more minutes until the oil separates from the sauce.

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