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Ground Pork Menudo

Ground pork and vegetable stew in white bowl beside pot of stew on concrete counter top.
Photo by Allie Lehman

Menudo is a Spanish-influenced stew that is popular in Filipino cuisine. Traditional menudo is commonly eaten for lunch or dinner and consists of cubes of pork simmered in tomato sauce, with vegetables added afterwards. This recipe uses ground pork instead, which is a practical variation and an easy way of making menudo.

Ingredients

4 servings

2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 lb (450 g) lean ground pork
1 tbsp (15 ml) fish sauce
1/2 cup (120 ml) tomato sauce
1 1/2 cups (350 ml) water
1 cup (128 g) diced carrots
1 large potato, peeled and diced
1 red or green bell pepper, seeded and diced
1/2 cup (75 g) frozen green peas
1/2 cup (75 g) raisins
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Steamed rice, for serving
  1. Step 1

    Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and onion, and sauté until the onion begins to soften, about 2 minutes.

    Step 2

    Add the ground pork and cook, stirring regularly, for 5 minutes or until the meat is lightly browned. Stir in the fish sauce.

    Step 3

    Add the tomato sauce and water. Stir, cover and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

    Step 4

    添加胡萝卜、土豆和甜椒和厨师for 10 minutes. Add the green peas and raisins, and cook for another 5 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with steamed rice.

FromQuintessential Filipino Cooking: 75 Authentic and Classic Recipes of the Philippines© 2018 by Liza Agandlog. Reprinted by permission of Page Street Publishing. Buy the full book fromAmazon.
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  • Taking note of the reviews, we added some smoked paprika to give it depth, which was really nice. Added more veggies and potatoes, it took longer to cook them than 10 minutes.

    • andreahad

    • Geneva, Switzerland

    • 5/8/2020

  • Very mild and bland. Easy but with all the veggie prep and various steps, took me almost an hour to make. No need to precook the potato.

    • eastaf40967

    • Chicago

    • 1/5/2020

  • For an easy, healthy, filling weeknight meal -- this is great! I'm the only one in our household who loves spice, so I was able to easily add zip to mine, but didn't have to modify the recipe for the rest of the family. The spouse, the four year old, and the two year old all LOVED it. It's not the most exciting thing I've ever made, but they ate it, so that's a WIN. Feeling like #momoftheyear -- at least until someone complains about breakfast tomorrow morning.

    • Anonymous

    • 12/11/2018

  • This was good, but lacked a little zip, so we added fresh-squeezed lime. That seemed to give it some brightness. It was definitely easy, and I zapped the potato for about 5 minutes in the microwave before adding it, but I'm not going to be in a huge hurry to make it again.

    • robneri

    • Portland, OR

    • 10/26/2018

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