A vegetable-based Filipino dish called pinakbet can be prepared both frequently and when you have guests. You can consume it as a single pot dinner because it also includes pork and prawns.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ pound pork loin, chopped
- ½ pound peeled and deveined prawns
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tomato, chopped
- ¼ pound zucchini, seeded and cut into bite-size pieces
- ¼ pound fresh okra, ends trimmed
- ¼ pound fresh green beans, trimmed
- ¼ pound eggplant, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 small bitter melon, cut into bite-size pieces
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; stir in onion and garlic and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
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- Add pork; cook and stir until browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
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- Add prawns; cook and stir until they turn pink, about 5 minutes.
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- Stir in tomato; season with salt and pepper, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
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- Stir in zucchini, okra, green beans, eggplant, and bitter melon; cover and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 184 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 75 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 14 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 111 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I didn’t have any bitter melon or okra. I used chicken instead of pork. I added vegetable bouillon, red pepper flakes, cilantro, creole seasoning, a cup of water & corn starch to thicken it up. It came out sooo delish. My daughter loved it. Definitely making this again.
This was very good. I grew bitter melon in my garden, and having no idea what to do with it led me to this recipe. I would make again!
I used chicken instead of pork as I had it on hand. It was good, loved all of the vegies, but I thought it needed more flavor.
I used a 12 can of v-8 tomato juice & cooked this in the slow cooker for about 4hrs. The seasonings from the v-8 made this really tasty…
Taste just like how it should without having to use a pinakbet pack from seafood city or something haha. Thanks!
It was an easy recipe. Instead of shrimp , I substituted with 3T bagoong alamang ( fermented baby shrimp ) and a dash of patis ( 3 Crab Brand). It was delicious. This is my new favorite vegetable dish.
This was a pretty good recipe of Pinakbet. I was always so fond of this dish growing up, being that it was always available at family parties and my grandma’s was hands down, the best! Some changes I made: I sauteed the onion, garlic, and tomatoes with patis(fish sauce) then added the pork. I added 1 cup of water with 1 tbs of bagoong alamang(no shrimp or prawns). I used butternut squash, because bitter melon is just not for me or my family. And I added zuchinni cubes. Brought everything to a medium boil for 15mins. But these are just my preferences, thanks for sharing 🙂
So easy for a very tasty weeknight dinner!
I loved this dish! The blend of vegetables and cooking method used here resulted in a hearty dish. Very lovely flavors. I had to slightly alter a few details due to lacking a few ingredients. Lacked the bitter melon so I decided to substitute extra eggplant in its place. Didn’t have prawns on hand so we used shrimp instead. This was a really good recipe, thanks for sharing.
I Love this recipe thank you very much!!!
Excellent and interesting side dish.
One of my favorites
A friend gave me some bitter melon, had no idea how to cook it. I found this recipe and had all the ingredients in my garden. I did not have any prawns so I omitted them. Did add 1 small fresh cayenne pepper, A little bland for us. It rocked. None left Will make this again!
This recipe was fantastic, my dad isn’t much a fan of Filipino and he said that he LOVED it. Thanx!
This Pinakbet was awesome. It’s not that same as my grandmas was but still very good.
thank you lola for giving me the recipe my mom never taught me give me 🙂
this recipe is very good since i can’t find fish sauce in the area where i live. thanks for posting this, lola!
excellent filipino recipe my mother makes this quite a bit