Filipino
Humba (Braised Sweet Pork Belly)
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Combine the pork, vinegar, soy sauce, smashed garlic, and bay leaves in a pot and let it sit 15 minutes.
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Bring to a boil without stirring, then reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook 40 minutes.
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Uncover and add the brown sugar, pineapple juice, and water.
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Continue simmering, turning occasionally, until the pork is fork-tender and the sauce has reduced to a sticky glaze, about 30 minutes.
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Serve hot with steamed rice.
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Serve it with
A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Humba (Braised Sweet Pork Belly), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Humba (Braised Sweet Pork Belly) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 48 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 17 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Humba (Braised Sweet Pork Belly) takes about 90 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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