Filipino
Pinakbet (Mixed Vegetables in Shrimp Paste)
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Pinakbet (Mixed Vegetables in Shrimp Paste) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oil in a wide pan and fry the onion, garlic, and ginger until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
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Add the chopped tomato and cook until it breaks down, about 4 minutes.
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Stir in the shrimp paste and water.
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Add the squash and simmer 5 minutes, then add the eggplant, okra, and green beans.
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Cover and cook until the vegetables are just tender, about 10 minutes, stirring gently once or twice.
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Serve hot.
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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 Pinakbet (Mixed Vegetables in Shrimp Paste), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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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. Pinakbet (Mixed Vegetables in Shrimp Paste) carries shellfish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Adobong Baboy (Pork Adobo) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| 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
- 140 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 380 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Pinakbet (Mixed Vegetables in Shrimp Paste) takes about 35 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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