Description
Higadillo is a FIlipino dish of pork and liver slowly simmered on vinegar, lechon sauce and soy sauce with lots of garlic giving a sweet, sour and savoury flavour.
Ingredients
- 800 g pork belly, sliced into strips
- 350 g pork liver, sliced into strips
- 1 cup lechon sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/4 cup cane vinegar
- ¾ cup water
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 pcs bay leaf
- 1 red onion, minced
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- oil
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a pot heat oil then brown pork slices. Remove pork slices from the pot the set aside.
- Using the same pot sauté garlic, ginger and onion.
- Add the pork liver then stir fry for 2 minutes.
- Add the pork back, place the bay leaves on top then pour the soy sauce, lechon sauce and water, bring it to a boil then simmer for 30 minutes in low heat adding water if needed.
- Pour the vinegar and sugar simmer for 10 more minutes or until pork is tender.
- Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper then serve.