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Pork Hamonado Recipe

Tender and enriched by a brilliantly sweet marinade, Pork Hamonado is a local favorite that really knows how to shine as a dish. This is due to a rich, truly inviting taste that comes from the likes of brown sugar, beef broth, and even pineapple chunks to make it just a bit sour and at…

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By: Vanjo Merano 15 Comments Updated: 4/21/23

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Tender and enriched by a brilliantly sweet marinade, Pork Hamonado is a local favorite that really knows how to shine as a dish. This is due to a rich, truly inviting taste that comes from the likes of brown sugar, beef broth, and even pineapple chunks to make it just a bit sour and at the same time sweet.

Pork Hamonado Recipe Panlasang Pinoy
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Hamonado Versions
Pata Hamonado
Chicken Hamonado
Pinatuyong Pork Hamonado
How to Cook Pork Hamonado
1. Marinating the pork
2. Frying the marinated pork
3. Adding the remaining marinade
4. Sprinkling in some salt and pepper
Pork Hamonado Alternative Ingredients
Pork Hamonado Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information
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Another thing most cooks love about this dish is the ease in creating it. All you really have to do is marinate your pork, and then pan-fry. After that, all there is left is simmering just to let all of the flavor of our seasonings seep in nicely. This is definitely a meaty Pinoy dish you will want to indulge in! 

In case you need a refresher, hamonado refers to meat dishes marinated in a delicious pineapple sauce. This has become very popular in the Philippines, which has led to numerous appetizing variations. Let me show you a few that you can also cook up!

The thing that I liked most about this Pork Hamonado Recipe is its simplicity. Imagine cooking a great tasting dish in only 3 steps: marinating, pan-frying, and simmering. This dish can easily be prepared even by novice cooks. Another thing that interests  me was the taste. I really liked the balance of flavor. I thought that it was magnificent.

Hamonado Versions

Pata Hamonado

Many Filipinos prefer to use pata or pork hock in their dishes for a good reason. This meat cut is filled with flavor, and collaborates perfectly with a variety of flavors. And one of them happens to be the delightful sweetness of the hamonado sauce. This Pata Hamonado, however, presents a bit of a challenge in tenderizing the pork. But I use a pressure cooker to really make sure we achieve the perfect texture for the meat.

Chicken Hamonado

You can actually make use of white meat as well for this kind of dish just to get less fat content. The Chicken Hamonado is also perfect for those who prefer a bit of a milder base in terms of flavor. Our use of chicken for this type of recipe is also great because its more neutral taste gets a great boost from our soy sauce, pineapple tidbits and other components for hamonado. If you really want more depth in the flavor though, I would suggest marinating the chicken overnight, or reducing the sauce by cooking the meat longer with low heat.

Pinatuyong Pork Hamonado

For those of us who prefer their hamonado without the stew, my smokey and absolutely delicious Pinatuyong Pork Hamonado would be the perfect match. This is still coated with our great hamonado sauce so you will not have to miss out on the irresistible sugary flavor. And if you are having trouble imagining the taste, this is pretty similar to Pork Humba.

 

How to Cook Pork Hamonado

1. Marinating the pork

Combine 2 cups of pineapple juice, 5 tablespoons of brown sugar, and 3 tablespoons of soy sauce in a large bowl. Mix these well. Then add your 2 lbs. of pork butt or loin so we can marinate the meat for 1 to 3 hours. Remember that the longer marinating time, the more flavorful this can get. Afterwards, transfer the pork to a different container, and just set the remaining marinade aside as we will use it later.

2. Frying the marinated pork

Put 3 tablespoons of cooking oil in a pan. Once the oil is hot, you can place your marinated pork from earlier inside the pan. We will fry this up until the meat becomes light brown, which would likely take 3 to 5 minutes.

3. Adding the remaining marinade

To really utilize the flavor from our rich marinade, we will pour the remaining mixture we set aside a while ago into the pan. Also put 2 cups of pineapple chunks, and 1 cup of beef broth inside. Just let this simmer for 45 to 60 minutes. 

4. Sprinkling in some salt and pepper

For our final touch, we will just add as much salt and pepper as preferred. Then put your dish in a serving bowl or container of choice. And make sure to eat this while it is freshly cooked and hot!

Now if you find you are still missing a couple of components for this dish, here are a few substitutes you could use.

Pork Hamonado Alternative Ingredients

Ready with your Pork Hamonado ingredients? Let me show you how to make this famous Filipino dish!

 

Brown sugar – Utilizing a different ingredient may affect the thickness of our sauce. But a fitting substitute in terms of flavor would be a mix of white sugar with some maple syrup. Both are pretty common components, and so this should be quite easy to whip up at home. But if you do not have maple syrup, you can also achieve that satisfying sweetness just from white sugar.

Pork butt – When it comes to the meat, you can actually pick from a wide variety of ingredients. As I showed you earlier with the many other versions of hamonado, this sauce works great with numerous types of meat. But if you want a similar flavor, you could go for pork shoulder or ham.

Got questions about recreating this Pork Hamonado dish? Just put them in the comments section!

I invite you to try and see this Pork Hamonado Recipe for yourself. Please be the judge and let me know what you think.

You may also want to try our simple pork hamonado recipe.

Did you make this? If you snap a photo, please be sure tag us on Instagram at @panlasangpinoy or hashtag #panlasangpinoy so we can see your creations!

Pork Hamonado Recipe

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Prep: 1 hour hour
Cook: 45 minutes minutes
Total: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs pork butt about 1 kilo
  • 2 cups pineapple juice
  • 2 cups pineapple chunks
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 5 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp. cooking oil
  • 1 cup beef broth

Instructions

  • Mix the pineapple juice, sugar, and soy sauce in a large bowl
  • Marinate pork with the pineapple juice, sugar, and soy sauce mixture for about 1 to 3 hours
  • Remove the pork from the marinade and set the remaining mixture aside
  • Heat the oil in a pan and fry the marinated pork until the meat turns light brown (approximately 3 to 5 minutes)
  • Pour in the remaining marinade mixture together with the pineapple chunks and beef broth and simmer for 45 to 60 minutes
  • Add salt and pepper to taste
  • Serve Hot. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Serving: 5g Calories: 480kcal (24%) Carbohydrates: 39g (13%) Protein: 37g (74%) Fat: 20g (31%) Saturated Fat: 4g (20%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g Monounsaturated Fat: 10g Trans Fat: 0.1g Cholesterol: 109mg (36%) Sodium: 906mg (38%) Potassium: 920mg (26%) Fiber: 2g (8%) Sugar: 35g (39%) Vitamin A: 52IU (1%) Vitamin C: 18mg (22%) Calcium: 68mg (7%) Iron: 3mg (17%)
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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. LILLIAN WOLFF says

    Posted on 9/8/20 at 3:36 pm

    Thanks. I need to complete the Pork Hamonado ingredients and will try to cook tomorrow. I hope it will look and taste good.

    Reply
  2. eleazhar calma says

    Posted on 8/24/18 at 9:45 pm

    thanks for the recipe. I will try it.

    Reply
  3. Anna says

    Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:07 pm

    I’ve tried this recipe. Its too sweet for me, maybe reduce the sugar to 3tbsp. Thanks for this recipe.

    Reply
  4. rossel hamili says

    Posted on 9/20/15 at 3:56 am

    Thank you P.P.for making all of this recipe …right now I am dependent but soon ill practice it all ..

    Reply
  5. edlin says

    Posted on 1/29/12 at 1:17 am

    your recipes are making me feel closer to home. thanks and more power! 🙂

    Reply
  6. iyaiyaiya says

    Posted on 10/28/11 at 4:54 pm

    Thanks for recipe! I tried it and I used lechon cebu.. It’s so mouthwatering.

    Reply
  7. shanxue says

    Posted on 10/27/11 at 5:37 pm

    wow,,, looks yummy,its simple and very easy to cook

    Reply
  8. jenny says

    Posted on 10/20/11 at 9:21 pm

    i love this website since i love cooking…so i got a lot of idea thank you so much panlasang pinoy more power:-)

    Reply
  9. Kathy says

    Posted on 9/26/11 at 1:34 pm

    Kuya,

    Thanks for sharing your recipe….I learned how to cook by following your recipe and my husband and 2 kids always give 10 points to all the foods the I cooked.

    Thanks again. more power…

    Kathy

    Reply
  10. qjflores says

    Posted on 2/24/11 at 12:43 pm

    i learned a lot from your recipes… thanks for that! im looking a recipe for pork huck or pork leg not cooked with soy sauce & vinegar or hoisin sauce or oyster sauce & maliban sa lauya nilagang baboy…. can u suggest any, if u do, is it possible to email it to me instead…. thanks a lot & more power!

    Reply
  11. mary says

    Posted on 1/3/11 at 4:38 pm

    thank you for sharing your recipe. It was easy to follow. I would like to try hamonado this weekend hope my friend would like it. thanks again. Hope to read more recipe to come.

    Reply
  12. kaye says

    Posted on 4/13/10 at 6:06 am

    can i do this with chicken? tnx!

    Reply
    • Panlasang Pinoy says

      Posted on 4/13/10 at 6:03 pm

      sure kaye

      Reply
  13. liza says

    Posted on 1/28/10 at 3:45 am

    you’ve been great in your recipe,..i love cooking,..and most of your style are also what i practice,..thank you so much…you’re such a big help to expand my knowledge in cooking,..hope you wont get tired sending me your mouth watering recipes…god bless you

    Reply
  14. yzet says

    Posted on 12/27/09 at 1:26 am

    thank you very much! i’ll try this tonight 🙂

    Reply

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