Pork Guisantes

Pork Guisantes is a pork stew cooked in a tomato based stock alongside other vegetables like green peas and capsicums. It is closely related to the Menudo but ingredients are simplified so it can be served in a regular basis making it one of the best examples of a simple common Filipino dish.

Pork Guisantes

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

50 mins

Total time

1 hour 5 mins

 

Serves: 3

Ingredients

• 500g pork shoulder, sliced into long strips
• 1 yellow capsicum, sliced into strips
• 1½ cups green peas
• 410g tomato puree
• 1½ cups beef stock
• 1 tsp dried sweet basil
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 onion, chopped
• oil
• fish sauce
• freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. In a pan add oil then sauté garlic and onions.
2. Add pork pieces then brown them on all sides, cooking roughly around 5 minutes.
3. Add tomato puree, beef stock, sweet basil and oregano, bring to a boil then simmer for 35-40 minutes in low heat.
4. Add capsicum and green peas then cook for 2-3 minutes.
5. Season with fish sauce and freshly ground black pepper. Serve with freshly cooked steamed rice.

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