Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins.
Cooking Time:1 hr. and 30 mins.

Pork Humba with Thick Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo pork belly, cut in serving pieces
• 1 tablespoon garlic, crushed
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 cup rice water
• 1/4 tablespoon ground black pepper (or whole peppercorn)
• 2 tablespoons salted black beans (tausi)
• 1/2 cup dried banana blossoms
• cooking oil

Cooking Tools Needed:

• bowls
• knife
• chopping board
• measuring spoons
• measuring cups
• casserole
• wooden spatula

Cooking Instructions:

1. Marinate pork in soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaves, and pepper for 30 minutes to one hour.
2. Saute garlic and onion.
3. Add pork from the marinade.
4. Stir fry for few minutes until pork starts to render its oily fats.
5. Add rice water and marinade. Bring to boil and then lower heat to medium fire.
6. Stew until most of the liquid has evaporated. Add brown sugar stirring once in a while. Simmer until an oily sauce consistency is achieved.
7. Balance seasoning with soy sauce, vinegar, or sugar according to your taste. Serve hot!

Cooking Tips:

• Adding 1 cup of pineapple juice along with the rice water and marinade will give you a better taste of Humba.
• Instead of using belly as your choice of pork, you can also use ham or hocks as substitute.

Video Tutorial:

Pork Humba with thick sauce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnI-wQxraw