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Recipes with pork

Dinardaraan (pork blood stew with crispy pork belly)

Dinardaraan (pork blood stew with crispy pork belly)

Dinuguan, Filipino pork blood stew, is found across the archipelago. But there are regional variations. The sauce can be thick, the stew can be soupy and, in the case of dinardaraan, the dish is oily and the sauce is cooked until almost dry.
Cook time: 1 hour hour
Servings: 6 people
Ramen with chashu and soy sauce egg

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 hours 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 people
Pork and chicken adobo with sweet peanut butter sauce

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 hour 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Singapore noodles (curry bee hoon) with crispy pork belly

Singapore noodles (curry bee hoon) with crispy pork belly

A stir fried noodle dish flavored with curry powder which, despite its name, did not originate in Singapore. In this recipe, Chinese sausage, crispy pork belly, mushrooms and vegetables are tossed with the noodles to make a one-bowl meal.
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Sticky rice pearl meatballs

Sticky rice pearl meatballs

Seasoned ground pork is formed into balls, rolled in soaked sticky rice and steamed until the rice grains puff. Chinese pearl meatballs make a delicious and filling snack.
Cook time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 24 balls
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