Sinigang na Baboy (Pork)

Sinigang na Baboy (Pork) is the most common way of cooking Sinigang, because #1 reason is that Pork isn't that hard to find plus it is a lot cheaper compared with other produce, and most of the time it doesn't require pro long cooking like beef.

Ingredients

• 1 Kg of Liempo (Pork Belly) - You can use any other part of the pork, I just prefer pork belly because it is a lot softer than other parts, plus you have the combination of lean meat and a little bit of fat and it makes the dish a lot better.
• 1 Medium Radish (Labanos) - Chopped
• 1 Onion - Sliced
• 1 Tomato - Sliced
• 1 Stack of String Beans (Sitaw) - Cut (2" length)
• 5pcs of Okra - Cut in half
• 1 - 2 Stack of Water Spinach (Kangkong) - Cut (2" length, remove the bottom part which is hard just take the soft part of the Water Spinach)
• 3 - 4 pcs of Long Green Chili/Finger Chili (Siling Mahaba)
• 500g of Tamarind (You can use ready made tamarind powder or Sinigang Mixes but nothing beats the original. :D)
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 750ml of Water

Procedure

• Tamarind Procedure
• Wash and clean the Tamarinds
• Boil Tamarind in a Separately, cook until tamarind is soft
• Remove the Tamarind from boiled water (do not throw away the water)
• Get a bowl and mash the tamarinds add a cup of the boiled water
• Strain the mixture when all is mashed to remove the seeds and skin of the Tamarind
• Set aside the strained mixture of Tamarind
• In a large pot add the 750ml of water, bring to a boil
• Add the pork belly, let it cook for 5 - 10mins in a medium heat
• Remove or skim the floating scum that is on top of the pot, this is a must for me
• Add onions, tomatoes, long green chili/finger chili and radish
• Add salt and pepper, Cook for another 10mins, medium heat
• Now this is the delicate part, add the strained mixture of tamarind, you need to taste it while adding the mixture, it can be too sour or less sour depending on your taste, I suggest add a little portion at a time. Bring to a boil.
• Add the string beans, cook for another 10mins.
• Add Okra, cook for 5mins (low heat)
• Finally add the water spinach, cook for another 10mins (low heat)
• Now the dish is ready to serve and best eaten with fish sauce as a condiment, get the long green chili's and mash it with a 2 tbsp of fish sauce. Enjoy :) 

#sinigangnababoy #porksinigang #pilipinoexpress