Lutong Bahay... (Home Cooked Foods)

           Filipinos love to talk about mga lutong bahay and lutong Pilipino meaning Filipino cooking, and mga lutong bahay and lutuing bahay meaning home cooked food. Any Filipino can draw up the best healthy and easy Filipino foods recipes from the compilation of lutong bahay recipes from the Philippines. 

         

       It is undeniable that this dish is always present in all gatherings and town fiestas. Every region in the Philippines has their own version of this dish. Whether with hotdog, liver spread, raisins, green peas or garbanzos, it all boils down to its good tasting meat cooked perfectly in the tomato sauce. 

Pork Menudo Recipe:

Estimated preparation & cooking time: 50 minutes

• In a pan or wok, heat cooking oil and atsuete oil.1/2 kilo pork (cut into small chunks)
• 1/4 kilo pork liver (cut into small cubes)
• 5 pieces chorizo Bilbao (also cut in small pieces)
• 4 potatoes (peeled, cut in small cubes, fried)
• 1 green and 1 red bell pepper (diced)
• 1 cup chickpeas
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 cup pork or chicken stock
• 2 teaspoons of patis (fish sauce)
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 tablespoon atsuete oil (optional)
• 3 tomatoes (diced)
• 1 small head of garlic (minced)
• 1 medium size onion (diced)
  
  
  Cooking Instructions:

• Saute garlic, onion. Then add the pork, liver, chorizo de Bilabo, tomatoes, bell pepper, paprika, patis and the stock.
• Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the pork is tender.
• Add the chickpeas, potatoes and raisins. Boil of another 2 minutes.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve hot with white rice
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