Filipino cuisine is delicious and simple to prepare. Serve alongside a hot cup of rice.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 4-ounce servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, or as needed
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 head garlic, crushed
- 2 pounds pork belly, cut into 1-inch squares
- ¾ cup soy sauce, or to taste
- ¼ cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoons whole black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- ¼ cup cane vinegar
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar, or more to taste
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried basil leaves, or more to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a skillet over high heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add pork; cook just until evenly browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Stir in soy sauce, water, peppercorns, and bay leaves. Reduce heat to low and cover stockpot. Cook until liquid is at a simmer, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Uncover stockpot, add vinegar, and cook without stirring until vinegar dissipates and liquid thickens, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in brown sugar and basil, cover stock pot, and cook until pork is tender and cooking liquid has thickened to sauce consistency, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Pork belly can be substituted with pork tenderloin, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 288 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 41 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 2221 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I like adding vegetables to my adobo so I added snow peas, diced carrots, and potatoes. It turned out really good!!
I made this dish.easy recipe to follow. I’ve lived in Hawaii now for 18 yrs. And I will definitely be making this dish again. Only thing I didn’t have was cane vinegar. I used Apple cider vinegar instead.