asado

PORK ASADO

Asado is actually a spanish term cut meats wich are cooked in open grill. In Philippines on the other hand, asado is an interesting dish with meat. We can use the left-over in making the fillings of the popular chinese buns "Siopao".

Ingredients:

A 1 kilo pork (cut in bite size pieces) you can choose the part with some fats and some meat to make the dish much juicy

1 onion, chopped

1 head of garlic minced

3 large potatoes peeled and quartered

3 cups of vinegar

4 tbsp. cooking oil

some salt, pepper to taste

some bay leaf

2 tablespoos of soy sauce

some achute juice for coloring

3 large tomatoes cut into small pieces

2 cups of water

Procedure:

Put the pork in a saucepan and add vinegar, pepper and half of the pounded garlic. Later, add the salt, bay leaf and soy sauce. Allow it to boil for 2 minutes. Add 2 cups of water and let boil until pork is tender. Fry the potatoes until golden brown, then set aside. Saute garlic, onion, and tomatoes, then add pork mixture, potatoes and atchuete juice, to the mixture and cook until done.

Serve hot.