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Pork Sinigang Recipe
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5 from 3 votes

Pork Sinigang Recipe

Pork soup in sour broth with okra, kangkong, eggplant, and string beans. This dish is best during the cold weather.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: filipino sinigang, pork, pork sinigang, pork soup, sinigang, sinigang na baboy
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 892kcal
Author: Vanjo Merano

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs pork belly or buto-buto
  • 1 bunch spinach or kang-kong
  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 12 pieces string beans sitaw, cut in 2 inch length
  • 2 pieces tomato quartered
  • 3 pieces chili or banana pepper
  • 1 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 2 quarts water
  • 1 piece onion sliced
  • 2 pieces taro gabi, quartered
  • 1 pack sinigang mix good for 2 liters water

Instructions

  • Heat the pot and put-in the cooking oil
  • Sauté the onion until its layers separate from each other
  • Add the pork belly and cook until outer part turns light brown
  • Put-in the fish sauce and mix with the ingredients
  • Pour the water and bring to a boil
  • Add the taro and tomatoes then simmer for 40 minutes or until pork is tender
  • Put-in the sinigang mix and chili
  • Add the string beans (and other vegetables if there are any) and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes
  • Put-in the spinach, turn off the heat, and cover the pot. Let the spinach cook using the remaining heat in the pot.
  • Serve hot. Share and enjoy!

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Notes

  • This recipe can also be used for beef, chicken, and fish. 
  • Souring agents also include tamarind, bilimbi, unripe mango, and calamansi. I used "sinigang mix" for this recipe  for convenience. It also gives the exact amount of sourness that I like for my sinigang.
  • Taro is nice to have. It will give your soup a thicker texture. However, you can still make this dish without it.
  • Sliced daikon radish are used in some version. Feel free to add some if preferred.
  • I used spinach for this recipe. A more traditional approach is the use of water spinach (kangkong). 
  • If spinach or water spinach are not available, you can use bok choy. 

Nutrition

Serving: 6g | Calories: 892kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 83g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Cholesterol: 108mg | Sodium: 1067mg | Potassium: 1070mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 6710IU | Vitamin C: 42.8mg | Calcium: 157mg | Iron: 4.5mg