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Pork menudo
Pork and liver tomato stew
Small cubes of pork and liver in tomato sauce with carrots, potatoes, peppers and raisins
Filipino menudo is a fiesta stew from Luzon of finely diced pork shoulder and pork liver, cooked in tomato sauce with little cubes of potato and carrot, red pepper and raisins; it has nothing in common with the Mexican tripe soup of the same name. Because everything is cut small, it is easy to spoon onto a crowded fiesta plate, and big trays of it are cooked in advance and kept warm for guests arriving all day. It tastes savoury, gently sweet from the raisins and a little sharp from calamansi. Serve with steamed rice. Chef's tip: dice the pork, liver and vegetables all the same size, about 1.5 cm, so every spoonful holds a bit of everything.
- Total time
- 75 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the marinade
- 1 ½ lb pork shoulderin 1.5 cm dice
- 3 tbsp tamarior gluten-free soy sauce
- 2 tbsp calamansi juiceor lemon juice
For the stew
- 7 oz pork liverin 1.5 cm dice; or chicken livers
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onionchopped
- 5 cloves garlicchopped
- 2 tomatoeschopped
- 1 cup tomato passata
- 1 ½ cups water
- 2 potatoesin 1.5 cm dice
- 2 carrotsin 1.5 cm dice
- 1 red bell pepperin 1.5 cm dice
- 1 ¾ oz raisins
- 2 ⅞ oz green peas (optional)
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
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Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Mix the 1 ½ lb pork shoulder with the 3 tbsp tamari and 2 tbsp calamansi juice, cover and leave in the fridge for 15 minutes.
3 minStep 2: Heat the 3 tbsp vegetable oil in a wide pan over a medium-high heat and fry the 2 potatoes and 2 carrots for 5 minutes, until lightly golden at the edges. Lift out and set aside.
6 minStep 4: Add the 2 tomatoes, 1 cup tomato passata, 1 ½ cups water, 2 bay leaves and ½ tsp ground black pepper, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer over a low heat for 25 minutes, until the pork is tender.
25 minStep 5: Return the potatoes and carrots with the 1 ¾ oz raisins and simmer 8 minutes, until the vegetables are soft.
8 minStep 6: Stir in the 7 oz pork liver, 1 red bell pepper and 2 ⅞ oz green peas and simmer 5–6 minutes, until the liver is firm and cooked through with no pink inside and the pork reads at least 160°F. Common mistake: adding the liver at the start with the pork; it turns hard, dry and grainy.
6 minStep 7: Taste, add salt if needed, remove the bay leaves and serve hot with rice.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 24 g
- Fat
- 20 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does pork menudo take?
- About 75 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 55 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
- What can I use instead of garlic?
- ½ tsp garlic paste or ⅛ tsp garlic powder per clove.
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