Filipino🥩 Meat

Pork Estofado

Name: Pork Estofado
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: ~1½ kg pork; ~½ cup soy sauce; ~¼ cups vinegar; ~1 tsp cracked peppercorn; ~6 cloves garlic; ~2 saba banana; ~200 g baby carrots; ~2 cups beef broth; ~2 tbsp brown sugar

⏱ 65 min

A classic Filipino pork dish marinated in soy sauce and vinegar, then braised with fried carrots and banana until tender. The meat cooks in a savory-sweet sauce made with beef broth and brown sugar, creating a perfectly balanced comfort food that's easy to prepare at home.

Adapted from a video by Panlasang Pinoy

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Ingredients

pork~1½ kgest.
soy sauce~½ cupest.
vinegar~¼ cupsest.
cracked peppercorn~1 tspest.
garliccrushed~6 clovesest.
saba bananaor plantains if not available~2est.
baby carrots~200 gest.
beef broth~2 cupsest.
brown sugar~2 tbspest.

Steps

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1
Marinate the pork in soy sauce, vinegar, cracked peppercorn, and crushed garlic for at least 30 minutes.
2
While waiting for the marinade, fry the saba bananas and baby carrots separately until lightly browned, then set aside.
3
Drain the pork from the marinade and separate the garlic from the liquid marinade for later use.
4
Pan fry the pork for about 2 minutes on each side until browned.
5
Add the separated garlic and sauté for about 1½ to 2 minutes until it starts to brown.
6
Add the marinade and beef broth, cover the pan, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer until the pork is completely tender.
7
Add brown sugar and continue cooking until the sauce reduces to half its volume.
8
Add the fried carrots and saba bananas, and continue cooking for 5 minutes. Season to taste and serve.

Pork Estofado

Ingredients

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