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Filipino

Pork Menudo

🍽 Serves 6⏱ Prep 20 min🔥 Cook 60 min🌍 Filipino

Diced pork and liver stewed in tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, raisins and bell pepper.

📍 Philippines

The story of the dish

Filipino menudo is a Spanish-era stew that became a fiesta and family favourite, very different from the Mexican tripe soup of the same name.

The name: From the Spanish menudo, 'small' or 'chopped finely'.

Ingredients

IngredientEUg · mlUScups · spoons
pork shoulder diced small≈ 800 g≈ 1¾ lb
pork liver diced≈ 200 g≈ 7 oz
tomato sauce≈ 400 g≈ 1½ cups
potatoes diced≈ 300 g≈ 2 potatoes
carrots diced≈ 200 g≈ 2 carrots
red bell pepper diced≈ 150 g≈ 1 pepper
raisins≈ 40 g≈ ¼ cup
soy sauce≈ 30 ml≈ 2 tbsp
calamansi juice≈ 15 ml≈ 1 tbsp
onion chopped≈ 150 g≈ 1 onion
garlic minced≈ 16 g≈ 4 cloves
water≈ 250 ml≈ 1 cup
cooking oil≈ 30 ml≈ 2 tbsp

≈ amount suggested from similar recipes

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Also used: wooden spoon · cutting board

Method

  1. Marinate the pork in soy sauce and calamansi for 30 minutes.
  2. Sauté garlic and onion, add the pork and brown it.
  3. Add tomato sauce and water and simmer 30 minutes.
  4. Add potatoes and carrots and cook until tender.
  5. Add the liver, raisins and bell pepper and cook 5 more minutes.
  6. Season and serve with rice.
👨‍🍳 Chef’s tips
  • Add the liver at the end so it stays tender.
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Nutrition per portion estimate · 1 of 6

480kcal
36 gprotein
24 gcarbs
26 gfat

Allergens

GlutenSoy

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