Ginisang Labanos is the Filipino term for sautéed daikon (or white radish). This is a simple vegetable recipe that goes well with hot steamed rice.
This recipe uses sliced pork and shrimp. Although there are some similar recipes that do not use meat or seafood (which makes it purely vegetarian), I opted to add pork and shrimp to enhance the flavor. I did this because daikon is one of the vegetables that require a little bit of an acquired taste to be enjoyed because of its mild bitter flavor. I liked the outcome because there is a collaboration of different flavors which makes it more attractive to the palate.
Aside from Ginisang Labanos, you can also use daikon when cooking pork sinigang or sinigang na hipon. This even makes a good appetizer known as ensaladang labanos or daikon salad.
Try this Ginisang Labanos Recipe and let me know what you think.
Ginisang Labanos Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb daikon (white radish), sliced into thick strips
- 1 medium carrot, sliced into thick strips
- 1 medium tomato, cubed
- 3/4 cup pork, thinly sliced
- 3/4 cup small shrimps
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
Cooking Procedure
- Heat oil in a pan
- Sauté garlic and onion
- Once the onion becomes soft, put-in the tomato. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the pork. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Pour-in water and let boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add-in the daikon and carrot. Stir. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Put-in the shrimp, fish sauce, and ground black pepper. Stir and cook for 10 minutes more.
- Transfer to a serving plate.
- Serve with hot rice. Share and enjoy!
Number of servings (yield): 4
Ibyang says
I will surely try this!!!!!
cheryl says
i was so excted to try this..
Richard says
Judging from this recipe it is easy to understand why most Filipinos are not healthy.
A nice vegetable like white radish belongs in a healthy dish without meat, fish or oil.