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Pork Estofado Recipe
Pork with plantains and carrots cooked with sweet Filipino adobo sauce.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings:
6
people
Calories:
999 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Filipino
Ingredients
- 3 lbs pork cubed
- 3 pieces bay leaves dried
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorn whole
- 1 1/2 cup carrot sliced
- 4 plantain sliced diagonally (1 inch thick
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 3/4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 5 tablespoons garlic minced
- 1 cup neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
Instructions
- Heat a frying pan and pour 3/4 cups of cooking oil.
- When the oil is hot enough, fry the sliced plantains until the color of each side turns medium to dark brown. Set aside.
- Pour 1/4 cup of cooking oil in a separate cooking pot then apply heat.
- When the oil is hot enough, put-in the garlic and sauté until the color turns light brown.
- Add the cubed pork and cook for 7 to 10 minutes.
- Put-in the soy sauce, water, whole peppercorns, and dried bay leaves then bring to a boil. Simmer until pork is tender.
- Add vinegar and wait for the liquid to re-boil. Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add brown sugar and carrots. Stir then simmer for 10 minutes more.
- Turn off the heat and transfer the contents of the cooking pot to a serving plate.
- Garnish with fried bananas then serve.
- Share and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Serving
6g
Calories
999kcal
(50%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
42g
(84%)
Fat
86g
(132%)
Saturated Fat
21g
(105%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
15g
(88%)
Monounsaturated Fat
45g
(225%)
Trans Fat
0.1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
163mg
(54%)
Sodium
1775mg
(74%)
Potassium
875mg
(19%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
5402IU
(108%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
79mg
(8%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 999
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 6g | |
| Calories | 999kcal | 50% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 42g | 84% |
| Fat | 86g | 132% |
| Saturated Fat | 21g | 105% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 15g | 88% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 45g | 225% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 163mg | 54% |
| Sodium | 1775mg | 74% |
| Potassium | 875mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 5402IU | 108% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 79mg | 8% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.