PINAKBET OF ILOCANO

Hello Everyone!
Today, I'm gonna cook PINAKBET.

Pinakbet is a tasty vegetable dish made-up of different fresh vegetables, pork, and fish/shrimp paste. This Pinakbet Recipe is our own version in my place Aparri, Cagayan Valley.

This Pinakbet recipe is comprised of different vegetables such as eggplant (talong), squash (kalabasa), string beans (sitaw), ampalaya (bitter melon), okra, and others. But here, I didn't find a better melon to add.

Ingredients
¼ lb pork, thinly sliced
egg plants, sliced
squash, chopped into 2x1 inch cubes
3 pieces large tomato, sliced
1 piece onion, chopped
1 tbsp ginger, minced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
6 to 8 pieces okra
1 bunch string beans, cut in 3 inches length
4 tbsp fish paste
1 cup water
3 tbsp cooking oil
salt to taste

Instructions
In a pot, put the pork and half cup water and let it simmer and dry then add 3 tbsp. cooking oil

Saute the garlic, ginger, onion, and tomato together with the pork. Cook until color turns light brown (about 5 to 8 minutes)

Put-in the fish paste and cook for 2 minutes.

Put-in first the squash and add the remaining vegetables.

Add 1 cup of water

Simmer for 5 minutes or until all the vegetables are cooked.

Serve hot with steamed white rice.

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