
How To Make Sinigang na Baboy
Sinigang na baboy is a Filipino soup made of pork with a tamarind-flavored broth that imparts a sour flavor to the savory dish.
Ingredients
- 2 lb pork spare ribs, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 8 cup water
- 2 tomatoes, large, quartered
- 1 onion, medium, peeled and quartered
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 6 gabi, peeled and halved depending on size
- 1 radish, (labanos), 6-inch, peeled and sliced to ½-inch thick half-rounds
- 2 chilies, (siling haba)
- long beans, (sitaw), ½ bunch, ends trimmed and cut into 3-inch lengths
- 1 eggplant, ends trimmed and sliced to ½-inch thick half-roundsnt
- 6 okra, ends trimmed
- 15 tamarind, large, or 1½ (1.41 ounces each) packages tamarind base powder
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- 1 bunch bok choy, or pechay, ends trimmed and separated into leaves
Instructions
- Rinse pork ribs and drain well.
- In a pot over medium heat, combine pork and enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, skimming scum that accumulates on top.
- Once broth clears, add tomatoes, onion, and fish sauce. Lower heat and simmer for about 1 to 1½ hours or until meat is tender, adding more water as necessary to maintain about 8 cups.
- Add gabi and cook for about 4 to 6 minutes or until tender.
- Add chili peppers and radish. Continue to simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add long beans. Continue to cook for about 2 minutes.
- Add eggplant and okra and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.
- If using packaged tamarind base, add to the pot and stir until completely dissolved.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add bok choy and continue to cook for about 1 minute. Serve hot.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 12g
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- Calcium: 145mg
- Calories: 836kcal
- Carbohydrates: 49g
- Cholesterol: 181mg
- Fat: 54g
- Fiber: 10g
- Iron: 4mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 19g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g
- Potassium: 1809mg
- Protein: 40g
- Saturated Fat: 17g
- Sodium: 811mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 825IU
- Vitamin C: 23mg
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