ILOCANO PINAKBET
Pinakbet is a Filipino dish native to the northern regions or Ilocos. It is made with a medley of vegetables and seasoned with fish sauce.
Equipment
- 1 pot
Ingredients
- 1 small onion sliced
- 1 inch knob ginger crushed
- 1 tomato sliced
- 100 grams eggplant
- 100 grams beans
- 75 grams okra
- 25 grams pork scratchings
- 1-2 tbsp fish sauce
- splash water
Instructions
- Add all the aromatics, onion and ginger to the pot.
- Add the vegetables according to how long they will take to soften, in this recipe add the eggplants, beans and okra.
- Put in the pork scratchings.
- Pour the fish sauce and the splash of water.
- Put the lid on, put the heat on to medium-high and then let it reach a boil.
- Turn the heat on low and gently simmer until the vegetables are cooked and shrivelled for around 10 minutes.
- Check the vegetables for doneness, and taste to be sure the seasoning is right, it should be salty and turn the heat off.
- Serve with a bowl of rice.
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Notes
Layer the vegetables according to the length of time the vegetables will cook. If adding pumpkin, add the sliced pumpkin first and then followed by softer vegetables.
Add pork scratchings, fried pork or fish or grilled fish. The protein is already cooked so, lay that on top of the vegetables. This will add umami flavor to the dish.
Once cooking has started, it is essential not to disturb it while cooking.