Yummy Pork Sinigang
Sinigang is a Philippine dish famous for the variety of ingredients one can use as well as for its taste. Sinigang is typically sour and is most often likened to Thailand's tom yam.
Sinigang often incorporates stewed fish, pork, chicken, shrimp, or beef. Sinigang's characteristic taste is attributed to the ingredient that gives its sour taste, not to the meat's flavor.
Pork sinigang, the most common variety, is usually prepared with tamarind (which provides the sourness), tomato, leek, taro and onion. Other vegetables cooked in sinigang may include okra, spinach, radish, green pepper and string beans. The other popular varieties include bangus (Philippine freshwater milkfish) sinigang, as well as prawn sinigang.
Another variety is prepared with guava and is less sour than those with tamarind. Raw mango, calamansi and kamias can also be utilized. However, vinegar is not used for making sinigang sour. Powdered soup base or bouillon cubes for sinigang are also used in place of natural fruits.
Chicken sinigang is called sinampalukan (from sampalok, Filipino for tamarind). Sinampalukan is made with shredded tamarind leaves, ginger, onions, and tomatoes. Sinampalukan is sometimes prepared to be a little spicier than the other sinigang dishes.
It is the best for me as i know it is my favorite. SO is the rest of my family.
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My Pork Sinigang Recipe
* 1 Kilo Pork (cut into chunk cubes)
* 12 pcs Tamarind (Sampaloc) (or one packet of sinigang mix)
* 1 big Onion (diced)
* 6 big tomatoes (quartered)
* 2 pcs Radish (sliced)
* 1 bundle Sitaw Stringbeans (cut into 2" long)
* 1 bundle Kangkong (cut into 2" long)
* Salt and Patis to taste
* 6 cups water
Procedure
1. Boil Tamarind to soften. Pound and strain all juices and set aside.
2. In a casserole, bring pork to a boil, lower fire and simmer until pork is tender.
3. Add onions, tomatoes and Tamarind juice (OR sinigang mix).
4. Add in all the vegetables.
5. Season with salt and Patis to taste.
6. Serve hot.
You can make variations of this recipe by using different ingredients. Like for the meat you could substitute pork with beef, fish or chicken. And to sour the soup you could substitute tamarind with calamansi(lemon), kamias, guava or green mango.
Filipino Foods in General
You probably are disgusted by now, but we eat this because it is delicious... I had one experience when my husband came to the Philippines. I cooked fish sinigang for him. :) He was staring at the fish head floating in the bowl. And I asked him, what's wrong? He said, what is that? I said it is sour fish soup. Then he explained that in western countries, you cannot see fish head floating in a bowl of soup...
Most westerners are used to having thick soup and it is not used as a viand but only as a part of the dinner course. Here in the Philippines, soup is our viand together with fish or any fried foods...
Different cultures, different taste of food...
The Top Five Filipino Foods
- Pork Sinigang,
- Afritada
- Chicken Adobo,
- Empanada
- Chicken Inasal
- Bistek Tagalog
- Kinilaw
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JaguarJulie wrote...
I just cooked with leek for the first time ever. Never tried Filipino foods, but I think I'll have to now after reading your lens! 5*****
Posted September 01, 2008
Doncarlin wrote...
Hmmmm, my Filipina exwife makes some good sinigang, but her pancit was heavenly. Thanks for bringing back good memories :)!
Posted June 03, 2008
clouda9 wrote...
Oh I remember the flavor of tamarind as a child growing up in the Philippines. Did not appreciate it then...totally imagine I'd love it now! As I remember it...a fig-like confection with lemony undertones. Obviously its flavor left me with an impression :) Please add your recipe.
Posted April 30, 2008
