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Liempo Estofado Recipe

Liempo Estofado is a sweet stew composed of pork belly (liempo), saba banana, and carrots. The components are cooked in mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar. This estofado recipe is a mild version similar to humba and adobo – this means that it is perfect with warm steamed white rice. Yum! Preparing liempo estofado…

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By: Vanjo Merano 17 Comments Updated: 9/2/18

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Liempo Estofado is a sweet stew composed of pork belly (liempo), saba banana, and carrots. The components are cooked in mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar. This estofado recipe is a mild version similar to humba and adobo – this means that it is perfect with warm steamed white rice. Yum!

Liempo Estofado

Preparing liempo estofado is simple. Just like most of the Filipino Stew recipes, the garlic needs to be quickly sautéed before the pork is added. The pork belly is made tender by simmering, and the rest of the ingredients are added towards the end.

It took me around 45 minutes to tenderize the pork belly. There will be a chance that the liquid will evaporate completely before the pork gets tender. In this case, try to add water before it happens.

Try this Liempo Estofado Recipe. Enjoy!

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Liempo Estofado Recipe

Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 10 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. pork belly sliced
  • 4 pieces ripe saba banana peeled and sliced
  • 2 medium carrots sliced
  • 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 3 pieces dried bay leaves
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar or cane vinegar
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed and minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • Heat the cooking oil in a cooking pot.
  • Sauté the garlic.
  • Add the pork and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Pour-in the soy sauce and water. Add the bay leaves and ground black pepper. Let boil and then simmer for 30 minutes.
  • Add the vinegar and sugar. Cook for 15 minutes. Note: add water if needed
  • Put-in the banana and carrots. Cook for 10 minutes.
  • Add salt to taste.
  • Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve.
  • Share and enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Serving: 4g Calories: 1200kcal (60%)
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Vanjo Merano is the creator of PanlasangPinoy.com. His goal is to introduce Filipino Food and Filipino Cuisine to the rest of the world. This blog was the first step that he took.

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  1. charo says

    Posted on 3/15/17 at 6:16 pm

    5 stars
    Hi Vanjo! Can i substitute the white vinegar instead of red wine vinegar? Thanks!

    Reply
  2. jayselle says

    Posted on 6/25/16 at 4:08 am

    5 stars
    made this tonight and it was really delicious! thank you kuya!!

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 7/30/16 at 3:33 pm

      Thanks for the feedback, Jayselle. You are welcome.

      Reply
  3. Thelma says

    Posted on 6/16/16 at 8:34 pm

    How much garlic to use? There’s no garlic listed in the ingredients list.

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 6/23/16 at 8:27 am

      3 cloves of garlic is needed

      Reply
  4. Janet Gilbert says

    Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:36 am

    Can you make this with pork chops or some other part that has less fat?

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:52 am

      Sure Janet. You can even make this with tenderloin. However, do not overcook the meat because with lesser fat content compared to liempo, it can get dry.

      Reply
  5. sarap_pinoy says

    Posted on 4/3/16 at 5:34 pm

    hey can i with some potato with that to?

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 4/3/16 at 8:21 pm

      you can, but it is not recommended. It will be better off without potato. However, you can always try to experiment by adding the ingredients that you think can work.

      Thanks for asking.

      Reply
  6. Deni says

    Posted on 4/11/15 at 7:53 pm

    Can I put some Pak Choi?

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 4/3/16 at 8:23 pm

      Deni, Pak choi or Chinese cabbage can be used, but it is not necessary. If you persist of having greens in this dish, I suggest that you use bok choy instead.

      Reply
  7. Merlie says

    Posted on 8/13/14 at 10:03 pm

    How to make SUMAN malagkit

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 4/3/16 at 8:27 pm

      Merlie, you can refer to our suman sa ibos recipe.

      Reply
  8. Bl Becool says

    Posted on 8/13/14 at 4:38 pm

    Pls give me rcipe how to cook beef w pine apple.

    Reply
  9. Emmy says

    Posted on 8/13/14 at 3:13 pm

    Good afternoon,
    How can I print the recipe alone?
    Thank you

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 4/3/16 at 8:25 pm

      Emmy, there should be a print button on the upper right side of the recipe.

      Reply
  10. elma says

    Posted on 8/13/14 at 8:52 am

    Wow,this is my favorite.yummy

    Reply

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