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Pork Mechado mm m m 🍲

Pork mechado, a staple Filipino dish. Filling on its own but best served with warm rice! Op kors! Mechadong masarap ito! 

It's like Afritada, but its not. Like Menudo, but it's not. Like Caldereta, but it's not. 😜

It's a ONE POT stew with a taste appeal all its own!


🍲 Ingredients:

  • 500g pork loin, diced
  • 1 Onion, diced
  • 2 Garlic, minced
  • 2 Potatoes, big,diced
  • 2 Carrots, medium,diced
  • 1 Sayote or 2 Celery, diced
  • Salt & pepper
  • Oyster sauce, 1 tsp
  • Brown sugar, 1 tso
  • Tomato sauce, 1/2 cup
  • Water, 1/2 cup
  • Bayleaf, 1 
  • Liverspread, 1 small can
  • Slurry (cornflour + tepid water), 2 tbsp
  • Cooking oil


🍲 Tools

  • Knife & chopping board (for meat, for veggies)
  • Medium-depth pot
  • Ladle
  • Bowl for slurry
  • Tasting spoon/cup


🍲 Steps

  1. Heat oil in the pot, medium heat.
  2. Saute garlic & onion, stir so garlic does not burn.
  3. Add pork slices, add salt and pepper.
  4. Let it brown.
  5. Add potatoes and carrots, let it cook for 5 minutes,stirring gently.
  6. Add sayote / celery last (since it cooks faster than 🥔🥕). Again,let the mix cook for 5 minutes.
  7. Add water and tomato sauce.
  8. Add bayleaf (optional).
  9. Add liverspread (optional).
  10. Soon as its boiling gently, lower heat.
  11. Cover the pot, and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
  12. Stir occasionally.
  13. Poke test for the meat, turn off heat when meat and the root crop veggies are tender.
  14. Serve with warm rice.

 Enjoy!


💡Inspired by: Home 🏡


Watch this recipe for a sample video.

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