Filipino adobo gets a makeover! Pork belly slices are skewered and braised in adobo sauce then grilled to char the surface.
Cook time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Skewered and grilled pork adobo
Pork belly
Chashu (Japanese braised pork belly for ramen)
To cook melt-in-the-mouth chashu, roll and tie a slab of pork belly, sear in hot oil then slow cook in a mixture of soy sauce, sake and mirin. Cool and chill overnight to make slicing easier.
Cook time: 5 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Pork and chicken adobo with sweet peanut butter sauce
Cook your pork and chicken adobo as usual, and pour in diluted sweetened peanut butter during the last few minutes of cooking. The result is a rich and subtly sweet stew with all the sour-salty-garlicky-peppery goodness of traditional Filipino adobo.
Cook time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Filipino pork adobo (slow cooker recipe)
Save yourself the trouble of waiting overnight while your adobo sits in the fridge to allow the flavors to blend and deepen. Cooking adobo in the slow cooker delivers the same results at a much shorter time.
Cook time: 4 hours
Servings: 4 people
Chinese red-braised pork belly (hong shao rou)
Pork belly slow cooked with soy sauce, rice wine, onion, ginger, garlic, cloves, peppercorns and star anise. Serve with rice for a delicious meal.
Cook time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings: 3 people