Pork Adobo sa Gata {Pork Adobo with Coconut Milk}
inspired by…a recipe my mom saw in the newspaper
Ingredients
Scale
- 1Kg pork belly, cut into pieces
- 1½ cups thick coconut milk
- 4 cups thin coconut milk {Or you can use canned coconut milk if fresh is not available}
- ¼ cup vinegar
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 8 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 2 pcs bay leaf
- 3 tbsp shrimp paste
- finger chilies {optional}
Instructions
- Combine vinegar, soy sauce and brown sugar in a bowl and mix well.
- Add pork belly and marinate for 1 hour.
- Heat oil in a pan and sauté garlic until aromatic…
- Add peppercorns, bay leaf and shrimp paste.
- Add pork belly and brown it a little then stir in the thin coconut milk.
- Add chili and simmer until tender.
- Stir in the thick coconut milk and simmer until sauce is really thick.
- With the pork and the coconut milk, this will yield a large amount of oil, you might wanna skim it from the top.
- Serve with steamed rice