Pork Steak is a variation of Bistek Tagalog. Pork chops are used in this recipe. These are marinated in lime and soy sauce and then cooked with lots of onions. It is a good dish to cook for either lunch or dinner. Serve it with warm white rice.
How to Cook Pork Steak
Making your own pork steak at home is simple and easy. This recipe is intended for beginners. This means that you can make this dish even if you are a newbie in the kitchen.
Start by marinating the pork chops in lime and soy sauce. You can also use calamansi or lemon as a replacement for lime. Combine pork, lime, and soy sauce in a resealable bag, mix well, seal the bag and marinate for at least one hour. I prefer marinating longer for better results.
We’ll need to pan-fry the pork after marinating it to give the pork a good texture. Separate the remaining marinade and set it aside. Heat oil in a pan and start to fry one side of the pork for 3 minutes ones it gets hot. Flip the pork and do the same step.
Pour the remaining marinade into the pan with the fried pork chops. Add water and let boil. The pork needs to be tenderized by boiling. Cover the pan and boil between low to medium heat for 45 minutes or until the pork is tender.
I also add a bit of sugar, but it is optional. Put-in the onions and season with salt and ground black pepper. Cook for 3 minutes more. You may also add water if you like more sauce on your dish.
I like to eat pork steak with steamed rice. I usually pour the sauce over the rice and top it with lots of onions. When in the mood, I can consume two cups of rice with this dish.
We also have more recipes for pork that you can try. See the pork recipes section.
Try this Pork Steak Recipe and let me know what you think.
Pork Steak Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 pieces pork chops
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 pieces lime or calamansi
- 1/2 cup cooking oil
- 2 pieces onions sliced
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated white sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine pork chops, soy sauce, and lime juice in a large bowl or resealable bag. Marinate for at least 1 hour.
- Heat a pan then pour-in cooking oil.
- Pan-fry the marinated pork chops in medium heat for 3 minutes per side.
- Remove excess oil. Pour-in the remaining marinade and water and let boil. Simmer for 45 minutes or until the pork is tender. Note: Add water as needed.
- Add-in the sugar, salt, and pepper then stir.
- Put-in the onions and cook for 3 minutes more.
- Turn-off heat and transfer to a serving plate.
- Serve. Share and enjoy!
marj says
instead of using lime or lemon juice can i use kalamansi instead?thanks 🙂
randie says
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Vanjo Merano says
I appreciate it. Thanks
nash casaljay says
very easy and nice recipe…delicious !
Mary Grace Huang says
I made this for dinner and my husband loved it! Especially the onion, its his first time to taste Filipino Pork Steak.. BTW, what soy sauce can I use for this dish, today I used a mixture of light, dark, Singapore, and Japanese Soy sauce.. They all have different taste and smell, I can’t decide which one so I added a bit of them. Thank you so much….
merch says
thanks to kuya vanjo! i love it!
Joyce says
I want to cook this for my mom!
very easy procedure, hope she’ll like it..
kim says
can i use light brown sugar instead of granulated white sugar?thank u.. making in process 😉
cookie says
nice recipe…keep it up!!
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Vanjo Merano says
Maraming salamat sa napakagandang comment, tybuzz. Masaya akong malaman na malaki ang naitulog ng Panlasang Pinoy sa iyo.
You are welcome. Keep on cooking!
Jenny says
Hello, thank you for the recipe and all of the other recipes! This site is my official reference whenever I need to cook any Pinoy dish 🙂 please keep it up 🙂
Vanjo Merano says
Jenny -- thanks for the feedback. I am here for people like you.
Leah Gamboa says
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Vanjo Merano says
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Vanjo Merano says
Thanks Mids. Glad to be of help.
Niki says
I used dark soy sauce but found it very salty. Next time I may use 2.5 tablespoons of soy sauce and not 5 as food was too salty. overall a tasty meal. thanks
Mike says
Added 1 garlic clove Very tasty
Venus says
I’m cooking this for my boyfriend today! And he’s very excited to taste filipino food ❤
Thankyou!
Belle says
Thanks for the recipe! This was so good! I doubled the meat and the soy sauce and reduced the water to 1 cup and added some garlic as well. I feel like I could still have kept the soy sauce to 5 tbsp for 8 pork chops and it still would have been fine, but may not be as flavorful? I simmered for 55 minutes as I kept going back and forth on how low the heat should be. At any case, thanks again! Would definitely be making it again.
hfd says
Thank you..learning a lot from you!
More confident cooking Pinoy Menus!
Vanjo Merano says
My pleasure. Thank you for trying my recipes.