Skewered Filipino Pork BBQ or simply pork barbecue are skewered marinated pork sliced. These are grilled until the pork is cooked and it is also being basted during the process to add flavor and keep the meat moist.
Pork barbecue are better if marinated overnight. This gives the dish extra flavor that makes it more enjoyable to eat. This can be eaten as it is, or with white rice. In the Philippines, pork BBQ is usually sold along street corners with other street foods such grilled pork isaw grilled chicken intestine.
You can use a gas grill or charcoal grill to cook this yummy pork bbq dish; just make sure that you turn it over around 5 minutes or so when grilling and always baste the top side using the remaining marinade mixture before you turn it over so your pork bbq will be flavorful and moist. It will also avoid your Filipino pork bbq from getting burnt quickly or getting dry.
Try this Skewered Filipino Pork BBQ Recipe. Let me know what you think.
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Filipino Skewered Pork BBQ
Ingredients
- 4 lbs. pork shoulder sliced into thin pieces
- 3/4 cup soy sauce
- 3/4 cup banana ketchup
- Juice from 2 lemons
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce, banana ketchup, lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and brown sugar in a bowl. Mix well. You can also microwave the mixture for 1 minute (optional). This will melt the sugar and make it easier for the other ingredients to dilute quickly.
- Arrange the sliced pork in a resealable bag or in a bowl. Pour-in the soy sauce mixture. Make sure that the mixture is in room temperature.
- Massage the pork slices and make sure that it is completely soaked in the soy sauce mixture. Seal the bag or cover the bowl. Place inside the refrigerator and marinate for at least 5 hours.
- Skewer the marinated pork slices in a bamboo skewer (this is also known as barbecue stick).
- Heat-up the grill. Grill each skewered pork for 5 minutes per side in medium heat. Brush some basting sauce on each side before turning it over. Do this cycle twice or until the pork is fully cooked.
- Transfer to a serving plate. Serve with vinegar dip.
- Share and enjoy.
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Airin says
Doing a picnic bbq with friends this coming Saturday. Im making this recipe. Gonna let you know how it went. Thanks
Vanjo Merano says
Please do. Thanks!
Amy says
Can you do this in an oven? I don’t have a grill but would love to be able to make this.
Sherri says
If you can’t find banana ketchup, here is a recipe —
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/02/banana-ketchup-recipe.html
Mark says
Just retired, and learning to cook… I thought I would begin the journey by making things that are nostalgic to me. I really like this site, and will be making a lot of these recipes… pansit, lumpia, adobo! Can’t wait!
I would like to mention a few things about this recipe. There’s really no substitute for Banana Ketchup, you could doctor regular ketchup but it just won’t be quite the same.
I remember lemon-lime soda (or 7up?) being an ingredient in this BBQ recipe?
Remember to soak the bamboo skewers in water so they don’t burn.
Reducing the marinade is important if you’re using it as a baste. It not only helps the baste to stick to the pork, it also kills any pork related bacteria, etc. This recipe is great for manok too!
The longer you can marinate the pork the better this will be… and don’t over-cook the pork!
Spicy Vinegar Dip:
1 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
3 to 4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp sugar
1 to 2 tsp of chili flakes
1/8 tsp freshly-ground pepper
1/4 tsp salt
Thank you for this site, and for sharing your recipes!
Marcy says
I don’t use banana ketchup. Is there a big difference if I use tomato ketchup?
Vanjo Merano says
There will be some difference. You can use tomato ketchup or just omit the ingredient.
Linda says
What is basting sauce? Is there a recipe for that? 😮
Vanjo Merano says
Basting sauce is a type of mixture used to brush or baste meat when grilling to keep it moist and to add more flavor. You can use the ingredients in the marinade. However, try to reduce the amount to a quarter because you wont need much.
Ken Landgren says
Basting sauce can be unused marinade, simple!
Marlon says
Hi Pls can you tell me how much if this recipe will be made for business?
Aaron W. says
I’m cooking this tonight, and looking forward to it. However, if I may make a suggestion. You have 2 versions of this recipe, same thing but with different measurements. Also in both versions, one you say serve with spicy vinegar, this one says with vinegar dip. Is vinegar dip just plain vinegar? What is Spicy Vinegar? Is it a recipe? If it’s a recipe why no link to how to make it. Banana Sauce was hard for me to find but I did get it, but maybe or those unable to get Banana Sauce you could link to a recipe for home made. Finally I follow and make lots of your recipes but rarely do you have serving suggestions, for side dishes, not all of the dishes you make get served Solo. What would likely accompany BBQ Pork traditionally. Since I have no insight, I am doing a Louisiana style Dirty Rice, a fusion of sorts Filipino Creole.
Vanjo Merano says
Hi Aaron. Vinegar dip is plain vinegar. Suggestions are either white vinegar or cane vinegar. Spicy vinegar, on the other hand, can refer to many Filipino spicy vinegar types. I recommend “sinamak” and the recipe can be found here Sinamak Recipe.
This can be eaten without side dishes, as pork barbecue (as we call it in the Philippines) are often sold by the streets. However, I enjoy eating this with simple steamed white rice or even Java Rice.
Maren says
Thank you for sharing this. I had this on my menu today. And everyone thought I’m a pro <3
PH Jensen says
What is banana ketchup? Never heard of it. Where can I find it?
Juanita says
you can buy them at the Filipino store/oriental store