Ginisang Upo is bottle gourd sautéed in garlic, onions, and tomatoes. This Ginisang Upo recipe also makes use of ground pork for additional flavor and texture.
This Ginisang Upo Recipe is a simple Filipino vegetable dish that can be considered as an everyday food. Aside from ground meat, fish and other seafood can also be added when cooking this delicious dish.
For those who don’t have any access to bottle gourd, you can use Chayote (sayote) as a substitute. Try to go to the nearest Asian or Mexican grocery to find this vegetable.
Preparing this meal is so easy. It will only take you less than 20 minutes to complete everything.
Try this delicious Ginisang Upo Recipe and let me know what you think.
Ginisang Upo Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 3
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized Upo White Squash , sliced
- 5 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 medium sized onion diced
- 2 medium sized tomatoes diced
- 1/4 lb ground pork
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the pan and pour the cooking oil
- Sauté the garlic, onions, and tomatoes
- Put-in the ground black pepper and ground pork then simmer for 3 to 5 minutes
- Add the Upo (White Squash), cover the pan, and simmer for 6 minutes
- Add salt to taste
- Serve hot. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 3g
Fine Life Folk says
August 22, 2009 at 7:40 pmMmmm. I’ve only recently discovered or affirmed my love for anything ginisa because it appeals to my weird attraction to thunderstorms and cyclones. I loved sipping coffee beside the glass wall of the condo I used to rent in the middle of a thunderstorm. I don’t get to do that lately anymore. Ginisa for me is like that. There are stirring, combining stuff. It’s a beautiful chaos. And it’s a good excuse to get lots of onions, garlic and tomatoes in my mouth.
deutz says
October 15, 2010 at 7:30 pmHi! In our place upo is not availabe instead can I use zucchini? Thanks & God bless.
Joy Pascual says
January 10, 2014 at 2:35 amHi po…I’m a mother of two, married for more than a decade & I didn’t learn how to cook until I saw your website and I’m just very thankful for sharing the recipes…I’m very happy that I could cook now just by following your simple steps…I have been cooking from your recipes for a while now at hindi pa naman pumapalpak…whenever my husband ask me to cook something for him, my first step is to go to your website, get the ingredients, mamalengke, & simply follow your cooking instructions…I wish you well & more power…happy new year…happy cooking 🙂
Vanjo Merano says
January 10, 2014 at 10:08 amHi Joy. Thank you for your feedback. It feels good to be appreciated. Happy New Year! Cheers to good food and a better life ahead!
Vicky Horgan says
August 1, 2015 at 7:09 amHi Vanjo,
Could you please tell me what is the replacement that I can do with the batchoy, such as pig ear which my husband would not eat that stuff.
Best Regards,
Vicky