Pinakbet Ilocano

The most popular Ilocano recipe and it is best for vegetable lovers.




Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup fatty pork tissue, sliced
  • 1/2 - 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup tomatoes, sliced
  • 5 pcs native onion bulbs
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 small piece ginger, chopped
  • 2 tbsps. bagoong juice
  • 1 bundle string beans, cut about 5 cm long
  • 8 pcs ampalaya (small ones)
  • 10 pcs okra
  • 1/2 cup lima bean seeds
  • 6 pcs eggplant, slit
  • salt to taste
Procedure
  1. Extract fat from fatty pork tissue.
  2. Put extracted fat in a pot. Add all the ingredients, putting the eggplant last.
  3. Sprinkle with salt.
  4. Boil for about 10 minutes with the pot covered.
  5. Remove the pot's cover and cook for 5 minutes more.