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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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 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
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!
charo says
Hi Vanjo! Can i substitute the white vinegar instead of red wine vinegar? Thanks!
jayselle says
made this tonight and it was really delicious! thank you kuya!!
Vanjo Merano says
Thanks for the feedback, Jayselle. You are welcome.
Thelma says
How much garlic to use? There’s no garlic listed in the ingredients list.
Vanjo Merano says
3 cloves of garlic is needed
Janet Gilbert says
Can you make this with pork chops or some other part that has less fat?
Vanjo Merano says
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.
sarap_pinoy says
hey can i with some potato with that to?
Vanjo Merano says
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.
Deni says
Can I put some Pak Choi?
Vanjo Merano says
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.
Merlie says
How to make SUMAN malagkit
Vanjo Merano says
Merlie, you can refer to our suman sa ibos recipe.
Bl Becool says
Pls give me rcipe how to cook beef w pine apple.
Emmy says
Good afternoon,
How can I print the recipe alone?
Thank you
Vanjo Merano says
Emmy, there should be a print button on the upper right side of the recipe.
elma says
Wow,this is my favorite.yummy