Pork Guisantes
Guisantes, or "peas" in Spanish is where this stewy, one pot/pan Filipino dish gets its name. Pork and peas or cerdo y guisantes.
Some recipes for this dish call for ground pork, but I like to use thinly sliced sukiyaki style pork loin to give it a little more meaty texture. Start off by browning the pork with onion and garlic. When it's done browning, add a can or two of tomato sauce, a bay leaf, a tablespoon of paprika and a jar of diced pimentos, cover and let simmer for a bit, say ten minutes or so, while the rice that you should have started twenty minutes ago finishes cooking (forgot to mention that bit). Throw in frozen peas and continue to simmer another ten minutes. Once the peas are cooked, adjust seasoning with salt, pepper, soy sauce or Maggi seasoning and the dish is done. Serve over rice.
Some recipes for this dish call for ground pork, but I like to use thinly sliced sukiyaki style pork loin to give it a little more meaty texture. Start off by browning the pork with onion and garlic. When it's done browning, add a can or two of tomato sauce, a bay leaf, a tablespoon of paprika and a jar of diced pimentos, cover and let simmer for a bit, say ten minutes or so, while the rice that you should have started twenty minutes ago finishes cooking (forgot to mention that bit). Throw in frozen peas and continue to simmer another ten minutes. Once the peas are cooked, adjust seasoning with salt, pepper, soy sauce or Maggi seasoning and the dish is done. Serve over rice.
4 comments:
Lots of filipino restaurants around here put potatoes, carrots and green peppers in too, kinda like a stew. I love it that way!!
This Filipino dish is a hit in my family. I use baby back ribs and made a solar cooked version of this dish. If you'd like to check it out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ3w3KZ3Jgk
Anonymous, Thanks! I checked out your youtube channel and enjoyed your solar cooking adventures. The baby back rib guisantes looks like a winner and the Spanish lentil soup and Korean chicken dishes look ono too. I'll definitely have to give the recipes a try (even if I don't have a solar cooker yet, although we have more than enough sun here in Socal)
B
just a small correction, this is actually a portuguese dish in origin. Have a nice day!
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