Pork Giniling (Sauted Ground Pork Pinoy Style)

It's been a long time since I added a recipe to my blog.
Pork Giniling is one of my favorite filipino dishes. I love eating it with rice and tomato ketchup. Ketchup? You say. Yes, ketchup. Try it and maybe you'll like it too.
We have moved back to Manila and all my previous entries were written in the States. This means that I can be authentic with my ingredients but I will still try to cater my dishes to those that I know don't have access to Filipino ingredients.
I have been craving rice for meals since we moved back to Manila. I thought that I have already been "Americanized" in that I can live without rice in my diet. Anyway, today, I decided to make Pork Giniling (or Sauted Ground Pork Pinoy Style). I think it is similar to Pork Picadillo.

I know that some add diced potatoes to this dish but I don't just because I think you will already get enough starch from the rice which this dish is served with.

Pardon my ingredients list but some of them are approximations because I find myself adjusting my ingredients to taste.

Here are the ingredients that I used:
Vegetable Oil - You can use whatever oil you have. I only used a little bit just to grease the pot because the pork will give out a lot of grease as the dish is being cooked.
Onion - 1 medium and diced (With the one I made, I just sliced the onion)
Garlic - approximately 1 tablespoon
Ground Pork - 1/2 kilo
Tomato Sauce - approximately 2 tablespoons
Carrot - 1 piece diced
Raisins - approximately 1 tablespoon
Salt and Pepper to taste

To start, I greased the pan with some oil and then waited for it to get hot over medium heat. Once hot, I sauted the garlic and onion until they started smelling good. And then, I added the pork. I tried to flatten the ground pork in the pan to make sure it doesn't bunch up as one big piece as it cooks. I then added the diced carrots. Midway through the cooking process of the meat, I added the tomato sauce. After the meat is cooked, I then seasoned with some salt and pepper. I serve this dish with rice.

Paksiw na Pata (Stewed Pork Knuckle)

It's been almost a week since I my last post because it's been such a tiring week with my 6 month old who doesn't sleep well at night. Anyway, the other week I made paksiw na pata.

Paksiw na pata is another dish that I often had with my family in Manila and so again I wanted to recreate that here. Since pork knuckle mostly has pork skin and fat I opted for the leaner meat part and that is pork shoulder. I followed the same procedure and ingredients in cooking paksiw na pata and it tasted great. Like all other Filipino dishes, paksiw na pata also has vinegar and soy sauce as its base.

Ingredients:

1 lb. pork shoulder
4 cups water
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 bay leaves
5 cloves garlic
1/2 cup dried banana heart
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions:
1) Place pork in a pot with water and bring to a boil.
2) Add vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, bay leaves and garlic. Reduce heat and let simmer for 45 minutes or until pork is tender and sauce has thickened.
3) Add the banana heart and let simmer for another 30 minutes.
4) Season with salt and pepper and serve. Enjoy with steamed rice!

Pork Adobo

Ingredients:
1 lb pork tenderloin, cut into 1-2 inch cubes
1 tbs cooking oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
3 bay leaves
1 tbs pepper

Procedure:
Saute onion and garlic in oil. Add pork, soy sauce and vinegar and let simmer until pork is done. Segregate pork and leave sauce in pan. In a different pan add 1 tsp oil and pan fry pork for around 3 minutes. Add pork back to sauce and let simmer for another 2 minutes. Serve hot with rice.

Giniling na baboy (Ground Pork)

Ingredients:
1 tbs vegetable oil
1 lb ground pork
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 potato, diced
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
3 tbsps soy sauce
salt and pepper
1 bay leaf

Procedure:
Saute garlic and onion in vegetable oil. Add pork and saute until cooked. Add in onions, raisins, carrots, potatoes, red bell pepper, tomato sauce and bay leaf. Season with salt, pepper, and soy sauce and let simmer until potatoes are done.