The Peach Kitchen’s Pork Adobo
Ingredients
Scale
- 600g pork belly, cut into squares
- 4 cloves garlic + 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 3 pcs bay leaf
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground oregano
- 1/2 tsp peppercorns
Instructions
- Put pork belly pieces in a small pot.
- Add water, soy sauce, vinegar, crushed garlic, bayleaf and peppercorns.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes until the pork belly becomes tender.
- Heat cooking oil in a wok, sauté garlic until oil gets infused with the flavor of garlic.
- Remove pork belly from the sauce it was simmered in and fry in oil until a bit brown on the edges.
- Pour in the sauce.
- Add a bit of water if you want it more saucy.
- Bring to a boil without stirring. Simmer for 10 minutes then add sugar and ground oregano.
- Mix well. Adjust seasonings. You can add more vinegar if you prefer a more sour adobo.
- Simmer for a few more seconds then turn off heat.
- Serve with steamed rice.
Find it online: https://www.thepeachkitchen.com/2014/04/pork-adobo/