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Monday, January 9, 2012

Pinakbet Filipino

The Pinakbet Filipino Recipe is a vegetable dish that can be served as an everyday dish or when you have company. Since it also contains pork and prawns, you can eat it as a one-pot meal.

Serve: 6
Prep Time: 30 Minutes 
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ingredients:
1 onion, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 small bitter melon, cut into bite-size pieces
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 pound pork loin, chopped
1/2 pound peeled and deveined prawns
1/4 pound fresh okra, ends trimmed
1/4 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
1/4 pound eggplant, cut into bite-size pieces
1/4 pound zucchini, seeded and cut into bite-size pieces
salt and pepper to taste
Added Shrimp

Method:
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir the onion and garlic in the hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the pork and cook until completely browned, 5 to 7 minutes. 

Stir the shrimp into the mixture; season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking until the shrimp turn pink, about 5 minutes. 

Add the tomato to the pot, cover, and let cook 5 minutes. 

Stir the zucchini, okra, green beans, eggplant, and bitter melon into the mixture; cover, and cook until the vegetables are all soft to the touch, about 10 minutes more. Serve hot.

Pinakbet Filipino