Igado, Third Taste!

INGREDIENTS:
500g. pork, thinly sliced (kasim or pigue)
150g. liver, thinly sliced
1/4 k. heart and kidney, slice thinly, if available
1 tbsp. vinegar
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup crushed garlic
2 tbsp. cooking oil
2 tbsp. chopped garlic
1 large onion, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 medium red bell pepper, cubed
1 medium green bell pepper, cubed
½ cup green peas
1½ tsp. peppercorns

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

Marinate pork, heart, kidney and liver slices in combined vinegar, soy sauce and garlic for at least 30 minutes.
Heat oil and sauté chopped garlic, onion and tomatoes until wilted.
Stir in marinated meat and bring to a boil without stirring.
Lower the heat and continue simmering until pork is tender or about 20 minutes.
Add bell peppers and green peas.
Serve hot, with sili!

Second Taste: Bicol's Pinangat

Ingredients:

1 kg. gabi or taro leaves
50 grams ginger, chopped
5 cans sardines
2 cups vinegar
10 grams garlic, minced
6 cups coconut milk
50 grams onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

How to cook Pinangat na Laing:

Stuff gabi leaves with sardines and tie with their own vein.
Heat a little oil in a pan, and saute garlic,
onion and ginger until golden brown.
Pour in vinegar, then add the stuffed gabi leaves.
Add coconut milk. Simmer until mixture is reduced significantly.
Adjust taste by seasoning with salt and pepper.

Best serve with hot rice and siling labuyo!

Here's the famous the famous:

Bicol Express

Ingredients
1 kilo pork (sliced very thinly)
3 cups siling mahaba (julienne chili pepper)
1 small head of garlic (minced)
1 small onion (minced)
3 cup coconut milk
pinch of salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
Soak chili peppers in salted water for 30 minutes, rinse, then strain well.
In a pan, brown pork for a few minutes, put it on the side then saute garlic, onion, then mix pork once more.

Pour in coconut milk, bring to a boil and then lower the fire and let simmer for 10 minutes.
Add in baguio beans and siling haba and simmer until sauce thickens.

Season to taste.

Enjoy!

First Taste: Bicol's Foods

Together we will find out the whats and hows of Bicol's foods, so hang on folks!


First food to be tasted, Bicol Express.