HUMBA or Braised Pork Belly

HUMBA!

Humba is not my favorite food because it is very fatty. But last week, I craved for fatty foods so I thought to make humba out of the frozen pork belly in my freezer. Thanks to my Pinay friend Emy for buying them from an Asian Store in Reno for me.

I found a recipe online but I modified it depending upon the availability in my pantry. The humba turned out just perfect!

Sharing the recipe here:

Ingredients:

2 lbs pork belly- cut into desired serving size

1 cup Pepsi

3 cloves garlic

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup silver swan soy sauce

1/2 cup vinegar

3 bay leaves

1 tbsp peppercorns

1.5 tsp salt

1 regular size white onion

1/2 cup water 

Procedure:

1. Combine all ingredients except 1/2 cup water. Marinate for 1 hour.

2. Put them all in a sauce pan. Add 1/2 cup water.

3. In medium heat, cook them for 15 minutes.

4. Lower the fire until meat becomes tender.

5. Taste it according to your liking.

6. It takes an hour or an hour an half before it is done but make sure to check it once in a while.

7. Serve.

I heard that it tastes better when using pineapple juice but I was out of it so I used Pepsi instead. I will try using pineapple juice in my next craving, hehehe!

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Pancit Miki Guisado

Pancit Miki Guisado

Hubby is not a pork eater  that's why I was really surprised when he ate a plate of my pancit miki today :D I bought the miki noodles from Seafoods City, Las Vegas quite awhile ago and it was really good!

 Just sharing :D

Have a good one!

Pork Barbecue Pinoy Style (with Veggies)

I'm glad I have found this recipe online. Thanks to this website. I had half a pound of pork only so I had to make "estimation or calculation" on how much to use for each ingredients. In tagalog "tantya2x lang" based on your desired taste. You may visit the source of this recipe for the exact measurement.

You will need:

Pork

soy sauce

garlic (smashed)

lemons or kalamansi

7 up or pineapple juice

ground black pepper

brown sugar

banana ketchup

Veggies like zucchini, bell pepper and white onion (optional)

bamboo skewers (soaked overnight to avoid burning)

Directions:

Combine all ingredients thoroughly except Pork. Pour marinade unto pork. Cover and marinate overnight. Grill until meat is done.

Tips: While grilling, baste the pork with the remaining marinade for more flavoring.

If with veggies, slice them according to the photo shown above, put them in a bowl, season with salt and pepper, add in a little olive oil and herb then refrigerate for a few hours or overnight before grilling them with the pork.

Thanks for the visit!

Pork Adobo with Sprite

We had company the other night (hubby's co-worker whom we introduced to my inaanak in Pinas) so we cooked Filipino foods for him to try. Hubby prepared the rice, barbecue and lumpiya  while I prepared bihon, adobo and leche flan for dessert.

So here is my Pork Adobo with Sprite Recipe

 (My friend Yuny taught me this recipe)

You will need:

1 regular package of pork shoulder or your choice of cut

1 cup sprite

1 1/2 cups vinegar

4 laurel leaves

pepper corns

4 cloves of garlic

soy sauce

salt to taste

Instruction:

1. In a pan put the pork and sprite, laurel leaves and pepper corns

2. Cook until the liquid is gone

3. Put the soy sauce, garlic and salt

4. Add vinegar when the meat is almost done.

5. Simmer for 7-10 minutes

6. Serve with rice

Thanks for dropping by!