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Pork Pochero Recipe
Try this Filipino Pork Pochero recipe using pork belly. A tomato-based stew that has ripe plantain bananas that set it apart from any other!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 1417 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Asian , Filipino
Ingredients
- 2 pounds pork belly - cut into cubes
- 2-3 tablespoons oil
- 2 ripe plantain bananas - each cut into 3 pieces
- 1 small carrots - cut into chunks
- 1 big or 2 medium potatoes - cut into quarters
- 2 cloves garlic - minced
- 1 medium onion - chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes - cut into chunks
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- ⅛ teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 cup chickpeas (garbanzos) - canned
- 2-3 cups pork broth - or water
- 1 bunch pak choi - the base cut
Instructions
- Boil pork belly in water until it becomes tender. Separate the meat and broth when ready to cook.
- Heat oil in a deep pan or a pot and fry the potatoes, carrots, and bananas until the edges are slightly browned. Remove from oil and transfer to a plate.
- In the same oil saute garlic, onion, and tomato until limp.
- Add the pork belly cuts and the tomato paste. Season with fish sauce and ground pepper.
- Next, add back the fried potatoes, carrots and banana plantain (saba) and also the chickpeas.
- Pour in the broth/water and let it simmer to cook the potatoes and carrots and until the broth turns into a thicker sauce.
- Lastly, add the pak choi and turn off the heat. Cover the pot for 3 minutes to cook the pak choi.
- Serve hot with rice.
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Notes
- If the plantain bananas are not sweet enough, add a teaspoon of sugar.
Nutrition Information
Calories
1417kcal
(71%)
Carbohydrates
35g
(12%)
Protein
30g
(60%)
Fat
129g
(198%)
Saturated Fat
44g
(220%)
Cholesterol
163mg
(54%)
Sodium
1391mg
(58%)
Potassium
1556mg
(44%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
14g
(28%)
Vitamin A
11720IU
(234%)
Vitamin C
115.3mg
(128%)
Calcium
279mg
(28%)
Iron
4.7mg
(26%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1417
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 1417kcal | 71% |
| Carbohydrates | 35g | 12% |
| Protein | 30g | 60% |
| Fat | 129g | 198% |
| Saturated Fat | 44g | 220% |
| Cholesterol | 163mg | 54% |
| Sodium | 1391mg | 58% |
| Potassium | 1556mg | 33% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 14g | 28% |
| Vitamin A | 11720IU | 234% |
| Vitamin C | 115.3mg | 128% |
| Calcium | 279mg | 28% |
| Iron | 4.7mg | 26% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.