Chiken-Pork Adobo

Estimated cooking time: 50 minutes

Adobo Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo pork, cut in cubes

• 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces

• 1 head garlic, minced

• 1/2 yellow onion, diced

• 1/2 cup soy sauce

• 1 cup vinegar

• 2 cups of water

• 1 teaspoon paprika

• 5 laurel leaves (bay leaves)

• 4 tablespoons of cooking oil or olive oil

• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

• 3 tablespoons water

Adobo Cooking Instructions:

• In a big sauce pan or wok, sauté garlic and onions on cooking hot 2 tablespoons of oil.

• Add the pork and chicken to the pan. Add 2 cups of water, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, vinegar, paprika and the bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or when meat is tender.

• Remove the pork and chicken from the sauce pan and on another pan, heat cooking oil and brown the pork and chicken for a few minutes.

• Mix the browned pork and chicken back to the sauce and add cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken. Bring to a boil then simmer for an additional 5 minutes.

• Serve hot with the adobo gravy and plain rice.

Adobo Cooking Tips:

• You have the option to add crushed ginger to the onions and garlic when sautéing. Ginger adds a unique flavor to your pork/chicken adobo.

Pork Kilawin

Pork Kilawin Ingredients:

• 1 kilo pork

• 1/3 cup soy sauce

• 1/2 cup Vinegar

• 2 medium onions, chopped

• 4 cups of water

• 1 teaspoon salt

Pork Kilawin Cooking Instructions:

• In a casserole, put pork in water and some salt.

• Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes or until the pork is tender and the skin is soft.

• Remove pork from water.

• Slice the pork into bite sized pieces while still hot.

• Place in a bowl and add vinegar, soy sauce and chopped, uncooked onions.

• Serve immediately!

Sweet and Sour Pork

Estimated cooking time: 45 minutes

Sweet & Sour Pork Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo pork loin, sliced into pieces

• 1 small can pineapple chunks

• 1 large onion, quartered

• 1 red & 1 green bell peppers, sliced into strips

• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce

• 3 tablespoons of peanut oil

• 4 tablespoons of cornstarch

• 3 tablespoons of ketchup

• 1 tablespoon of sugar

• 1 teaspoon of salt

• 3 cloves of minced garlic

Sweet and Sour Pork Cooking Instructions:

• In a pot, boil pork in 2 cups of water with 1/2 teaspoon of salt until tender, then drain (keep the pork stock for later).

• Mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and soy sauce then coat the pork with the cornstarch mixture.

• Fry the pork in a skillet until golden brown, set aside.

• Dissolve the remaining 2 tablespoons of cornstarch on 1/2 cup of pork stock - set aside.

• Sauté garlic and onions on oil, then add the bell peppers, pineapple chunks (including the syrup), ketchup, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the dissolved cornstarch. Stir until sauce thickens.

• Pour over fried pork then serve with rice.