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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 Heat oil in the pot, medium heat. Saute garlic & onion, stir so garlic does not burn. Add pork slices, add salt and pepper. Let it brown. Add potatoes and carrots, let it cook for 5 minutes,stirring gently. Add sayote / celery last (since it cooks f...

Pocherong Baboy, p o rk soup for the soul.🥣 Warm, comforting, delicious and nourishing. This is a classic Filipino soup, perfect for kids and grown-ups alike for a nutrients-packed power boost.💪 A beloved one-pot dish that's quite easy to make❣️ 🐽  Tools Meat bowl and strainer Chopping board & knife Soup pot Soup ladle 🐽 Ingredients 500g pork bones 250g pork shoulder butt or pork loins, sliced to 4 pieces 1/2 Cabbage head, sliced to squares 1 Carrot, sliced to bias 2 Saba banana, sliced to bias 2 Potato, sliced to bias optional: S weet corn, pechay 1 big head Onion, diced 1/2 head Garlic, crushed 1 knob Ginger, peeled, a bit crushed (optional, remove before serving) Cooking oil Black pepper Salt Water 🐽 Steps Heat the soup pot to medium, add cooking oil. Add onion & garlic, ginger, saute for a minute to release flavors. Add the pork bones & sliced pork to the pot. Saute a bit. Add water. Add salt, pepper.  Add pork broth (optional). On medium to high...

i n g r e d i e n t s: 250g pork belly 🐽 1 can tuna hot n spicy 🐟 1 onion diced 8 garlic minced 1 tbsp mayonnaise Veggies - carrots, cucumber, cauliflower, or bellpepper, etc. - diced Spring onion for garnish 🥘  c o o k 1. Boil 250g pork in water with pinch of salt & bay leaves. 2. Drain water & set aside meat to  cool for a bit. 3. Roughly chop meat. 4 Heat oil in frying pan. 5 Saute garlic & half of minced onion in oil. 6 Add chopped meat . 7 Mix in 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp vinegar / lime / 🍋 lemon 8  Cook until meat is browned & a bit CRISPY . 7 Add tuna & some of its sauce. 8 Add carrots. 🥕 9 Add BELLPePPER. Season with salt & pepper. Add chili flakes. (Optional) 🥄 s e r v e Mix 1 tbsp mayo. Top with spring onion, sliced lime, runny fried egg & cracklings (chicharon). Serve hot on a sizzlin platter. 🔥   minus the sizzlin' platter, if you "serve hot immediately" 🏃♨, guaranteed it's still a ...

Craving for a tasty porky easy Japanese dish? Shogayaki ... tasty, porky, easy.  It rhymes! i n g r e d i e n t s: 500g pork shoulder butt.           (Suggestion: try bacon or collarbone or shabu2x thin pork cuts) Ginger 1 stub grated, keep the juice 1/2 onion grated 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp mirin** 1 tbsp sake** 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp oil **Alternative: daiso noodle sauce or tori-q sauce s t e p s: Marinate for 5mins Dry in paper towel Cook in oil The aroma in the kitchen as you cook this is amazing.  Even more so, the taste. It takes a few simple steps only, but the result is a really flavorful dish. This pairs perfectly with:  warm rice,  warm noodles, or crisp shredded cabbage & cucumber slices! crispy bread?  haven't tried, but  might just work, like a classic philly sandwich, japs twist...  As with my other pictures, the one below doesn't do it justice. Maybe a cleaned-out plate ...