Dinner · 75 min · filipino

Pork Menudo

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 lb Pork shoulder
• 1/2 lb Pork liver
• 2 Potatoes
• 2 Carrots
• 1 Bell pepper
• 1.5 cups Tomato sauce
• 1 Onion
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 1/4 cup Raisins

Steps

1. Sauté the onion and garlic 5 minutes, then brown the pork cubes on all sides, 8 minutes.
2. Stir in the tomato sauce and 2 cups water; simmer covered 35 minutes, until the pork is nearly tender.
3. Add the potatoes and carrots; simmer 15 minutes more.
4. Add the liver, bell pepper, and raisins for the last 8 minutes — the liver cooks fast and turns chalky if it goes in early.
5. The raisins are not a mistake: they melt into the sauce and balance the tomato’s acidity with quiet sweetness.
6. Season with salt and pepper. Serve over rice; menudo is a fiesta dish that happens to be perfect on a Tuesday.

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