Bicol Express

Name: Bicol Express
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 500g pork belly, cubed; 6 long red chillies, sliced; 4 siling labuyo (bird's eye chillies); 400ml coconut milk; 100ml coconut cream; 1 onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; shrimp paste (bagoong) 2 tbsp

A very spicy Bicolano stew of pork and chillies cooked in coconut milk until thick and intensely hot.

Total time

50 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Filipino

Ingredients

500gpork belly, cubed

6long red chillies, sliced

4siling labuyo (bird's eye chillies)

400mlcoconut milk

100mlcoconut cream

1onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

shrimp paste (bagoong)2 tbsp

Instructions

Fry pork belly until fat renders and edges brown.

Add onion and garlic. Cook 3 minutes.

Add shrimp paste. Stir and cook 2 minutes.

Add all chillies and coconut milk. Simmer 20 minutes.

Add coconut cream. Simmer until sauce is thick and oily. Season. Eat with lots of rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

984

Protein

15.7g

Fat

98.9g

Carbs

12.7g

Fiber

3.9g

Sodium

64mg

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