

I didn’t grow up eating this dish, nor have tasted it until I searched for a recipe and tried it myself. It’s a sweet meat recipe, which Filipinos love–whether it be their fiesta ham, humba, tocino or barbeque! This dish actually started resembling tocino after re-heating, leaving the fat to render and the sugar to caramelise.
I took inspiration from two recipes followed by Vanjo Merano, author of the blog Panlasang Pinoy. He has his standard recipe, and a simple version too. I also threw in a star anise in the stew–that just makes it festive!


Ingredients:
750g pork belly (cut into 2-inch strips)
3 tbsp soy sauce
5 tbsp demerara sugar
vegeteable oil for sauteing
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 white onion (julienned)
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cube of beef broth
1 star anise
salt & pepper to taste
1 cup pineapple chunks
Procedure:
1. Marinate the pork in soy sauce, sugar and pineapple juice for a few hours or overnight in the fridge.
2. Saute garlic and onion.
3. Add the pork, stir and cover skillet/pot. Leave meat to cook in its own juice until dry and rendering.
4. Add pineapple juice. Cover and leave to boil. Drop the beef cube and make sure it dissolves completely. Add the star anise. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Add the pineappple chunks. Cover and let boil, then allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes.








I love how straightforward this pork is to make.
It’s not at all intimidating, I like it a lot!
It’s in the “everyday food” category back home (but usually fish sinigang, which varies a bit in ingredients)–throw everything in the pot, let the food cook itself while you carry on with whatever you’re doing 🙂
Amen to that! Cuz lord knows that’s what we all want 😀
LOL 😄😻
Hello. Thank you for sharing this recipe as I am looking for a pork recipe. Checking out the rest of your recipe’s as well.
You’re welcome, and thanks for checking the other recipes as well 🙂 I started posting them for my own reference (I tend to miss an ingredient or two if relying on memory, lol), but happy that readers are enjoying them too. Cheers 🙂 ⛄❄
Looks like a tasty dish!
Thanks, Rini. May not be for everyone, but those who have a sweet tooth would surely love this 🙂