Pinakbet

Name: Pinakbet
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 200g pork belly, sliced; 1 bitter melon, sliced; 200g squash, cubed; 1 cup okra; 1 eggplant, sliced; 2 tbsp bagoong shrimp paste; 1 tomato, diced; 1 onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic; 200ml water

Filipino vegetable stew with shrimp paste, bitter melon, okra and squash. Tossing the vegetables gently only once or twice while they steam-cook keeps them intact instead of breaking down into mush.

Total time

40 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Filipino

gluten-free

Ingredients

200gpork belly, sliced

1bitter melon, sliced

200gsquash, cubed

1 cupokra

1eggplant, sliced

2 tbspbagoong shrimp paste

1tomato, diced

1onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic

200mlwater

Instructions

Fry pork until browned. Add garlic, onion and tomato.

Add shrimp paste and stir 2 minutes.

Add squash and water. Cook 5 minutes.

Add bitter melon, okra and eggplant.

Cover and steam-cook 10 minutes until vegetables are tender.

Do not over-stir — toss gently once or twice only.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

307

Protein

6.5g

Fat

26.8g

Carbs

11.2g

Fiber

4.2g

Sodium

21mg

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