Pork Ribs in Black pepper sauce

The first time I tasted this recipe in one of the Chinese restaurants here, it tasted like our Filipino food "lechong kawali". The sauce is closely the same, yet they use pork ribs. I went to the supermarket and look for a black pepper sauce. I found this "Life" brand and made an experiment on it. First time i cooked it i used pork liempo, my family loved it and it has been one of their most requested meal since then. I used pork ribs as well, but i used different cooking procedure. here it is"






1 kg pork ribs/pork liempo
1Tbs Ginger (chopped)
1 pc Onion (big) (chopped)
1Tbs Cooking Oil
2Tbs Vinegar
1/2c Black Pepper Sauce
1Tbs Sugar
2C Water
1c Mixed vegetable (optional)





Heat cooking oil in a pan, put ginger then onion. Put the pork ribs, saute until golden brown. Put black pepper sauce, mix for 2 minutes. Put the water, vinegar and sugar. Simmer until the meat is tender and the sauce thickens.



Note: for Pork liempo -

Roast/deep fry the pork liempo then chop. Mix water (reduce to 1c), 1/4C black pepper sauce, 1tsp sugar, 1Tbs vinegar. Saute ginger and onion. Put liempo, mix for about 1 minute, put the mixed sauce then fry for 2 minutes until sauce thickens.



Enjoy.....



You can choose your own brand of black pepper sauce in your nearest supermarket.

oxtail soup in black beans

This is another family's favorite. My mother used to cook this recipe using pork pata. I sometimes use the same meat, but usually i use beef ribs or oxtail. i don't know what it's called so i just named it oxtail soup in black beans. She cooks this without the green vegetables, so i thought of adding the green vegie ang i guess my husband loved it.

1kg oxtail /pork pata

1 cup black beans (soaked overnight)

5 pcs Medium-sized tomato

1 pc/L Onion

1L Water

2pcs beef Knorr cube (chicken cube will do)

2Tbsp Fish sauce

2 cloves Garlic , chopped

1 bundle spinach (any type of spinach will do)

Chopped onion and tamatoes. Put Oxtail in the pressure cooker together with the water, tomato, onion, beef cube, black beans and fish sauce. Cover and let it boil in 30 minutes or until the meat is tender. In a separate pan, saute garlic, put the spinach, saute not more than 1 minute.

Serve on top of the oxtail soup.

Ginisang Munggo/Green Beans

Munggo or Green Beans, I remember my neighbor back home, this is what she cooks every Friday i guess until now. I don't really eat munggo, I just usually have its sauce or soup. People cooks it differently, some got a bit of sauce, some cooks it just like a soup. Since this is one of my husband's favorite food, I tried to make my own version of it. Timesaver, simple yet a very tasty one. Here's the recipe...

1/4 Green Beans (munggo)
1/2 kg pork ribs/ pata / etc. (any meat bones you like)
3 cups water (depends on the qty of green beans
1-2 pcs Knorr Chicken cube
1 bundle Alukbati white (Australian spinach) or any green leafy vegetables you want
3 cloves garlic
1 small onion
1 Tbs cooking oil

Put the washed green beans and pork ribs + the small onion (chopped) with the 3C of water and Knorr chicken cube in the pressure cooker, bring into boil about 15 minutes or just about its sauce thickens a bit. Cool it down. In a separate pan, saute garlic and put the Australian spinach. Stir it not more than 2 minutes. Put the vegetables on top of your cooked green beans when serving.

Note: if no pressure cooker, bring it to boil until the meat is tender. Maybe 15 minutes longer.
Pressure cooker is a big help, it saves a lot of time. It's worth the buy.

I will try to post its pix, next time i cook it.