Pork Adobo Recipe

Let’s cook Pork Adobo, one of the Philippines’ specialties!

What you need:

1/2 kilo pork, diced into bite size

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/3 cup white vinegar

Juice of 6 calamansi (calamondin)

1tsp salt

2tbsp sugar

2tbsp cooking oil

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 red onion, finely chopped

1tsp ground black peppercorn

2 Bay leaves

Procedure:

1. Sprinkle salt onto the pork. Mix well, then set aside.
2. In a bowl, mix all of the following ingredients to make a mixture: soy sauce, vinegar and sugar. Mix well until the sugar is dissolved.
3. Heat a deep skillet to medium heat.
4. Pour cooking oil into the skillet.
5. Sauté garlic and onion until golden brown.
6. Add the bay leaves.
7. Put the pork into the skillet and fold.
8. Pour the soy sauce, vinegar and sugar mixture into the skillet, mix with the pork and cover with a lid.
9. Let the pork cook in this mixture and its own juices.
10. Fold from time to time until the oil from the pork comes out.
11. Let the pork fry in its own oil.
12. Add the calamansi (calamondin) juice. Fold.
13. When it’s dry, sprinkle some ground black peppercorn.
14. Fold until the ingredients are mixed well together.
15. Remove from stove and drain all the oil.

Now your pork adobo is ready to eat! This recipe is always preferred to be eaten with rice.

Good for 3 servings.