Philippines

Pork Humba

Name: Pork Humba
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: 700 g Pork belly; 4 tbsp Soy sauce; 2 tbsp Palm or brown sugar; 1 tbsp Fermented black beans; some of each Garlic & bay leaf; 2 tbsp Vinegar

Sweet braised pork belly of the Visayas

Pork humba is a sweetish pork belly braise from the Visayas, related to Chinese hong shao rou.

Soy sauce, palm sugar, fermented black beans and banana blossom give the dish its depth.

Servings4

Time90 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Pork belly700 g
Soy sauce4 tbsp
Palm or brown sugar2 tbsp
Fermented black beans1 tbsp
Garlic & bay leafsome of each
Vinegar2 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Sear the pork belly.
Add garlic and black beans.
Deglaze with soy sauce, vinegar and sugar.
Braise soft with bay leaf for a long time.
Reduce until the sauce is thick and glossy.

Make it original

Fermented black beans are in the Asia Boutique.

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