A Vegetable Recipe All Filipinos Love: Pinakbet Philippines Eduardo Joven | Feb 23, 2015

Pinakbet or Pakbet is a popular Ilocano dish, and one of our authentic Filipino dishes.

The word Pinakbet or Pakbet is the contracted form of the Ilocano word pinakebbet, meaning “shrunk” or “shriveled”. it is considered to be a very healthy Filipino dish.

Ingredients

* 1/4 kilo pork with fat, cut into small pieces

* 2 Ampalaya (bitter melon) sliced to bite size pieces

* 1/8 kilo shrimp, shell removed

* 2 eggplants, sliced to bite size pieces

* 5 pieces of okra, cut in two

* 1 head garlic, minced

* 2 onions, diced

* 5 tomatoes, sliced

* 1 tablespoon of ginger, crushed and sliced

* 4 tablespoons bagoong isda or bagoong alamang

* 3 tablespoons of oil

* 1.5 cup water

* Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions

* In a cooking pan, heat oil and fry the pork until brown, remove the pork from the pan and set aside.

* On the same pan, sauté garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes.

* In a casserole, boil water and add bagoong.

* Add the pork and shrimp in the casserole and mix in the sauté’ garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes.

* Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

* Add in all the vegetables and cook until the vegetables are done, careful not to overcook.

* Salt and pepper to taste.

* Serve hot with plain rice.

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