Pochero

Name: Pochero
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6-8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 kilo pork cut into cubes; 50 g cabbage (half a head) chopped; 100 g pechay or bok choy with the base cut; 4 ripe plantain bananas sliced; 4 potatoes or sweet potatoes cut into quarters; 6 longyard beans cut in 2 inches; 1 big can pork and beans or chickpeas/garbanzos; 2 links chorizo (semi-cured Spanish sausage) quartered; 1/2 cup tomato sauce; 2 cups water; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 4 cloves garlic minced; 1 medium onion diced; Cooking oil; to taste Salt and pepper

Missus C @cook_3444903

Another Filipino stew heavily influenced by the Spanish peasant stew "Puchero", which is also made of meat and sausage, chickpeas/beans, and vegetables. The Filipino version, however, has tomato sauce and plantain bananas giving it a slightly swee lt taste.

Missus C @cook_3444903

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Ingredients

50-60 minutes

6-8 servings

1kilo pork cut into cubes
50 gcabbage (half a head) chopped
100 gpechay or bok choy with the base cut
4ripe plantain bananas sliced
4potatoes or sweet potatoes cut into quarters
6longyard beans cut in 2 inches
1big can pork and beans or chickpeas/garbanzos
2 linkschorizo (semi-cured Spanish sausage) quartered
1/2 cuptomato sauce
2 cupswater
2 tablespoonsfish sauce
4 clovesgarlic minced
1medium onion diced
Cooking oil
to tasteSalt and pepper

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Steps

50-60 minutes

1

Heat pan and cook pork in oil for 30 minutes or until brown and tender. To lessen oil, you can also try using an air fryer to cook meat. Set aside.
2

Using the same pan, add garlic until and cook light golden brown on low heat. Add onion and cook until translucent. Add potatoes and cook for about 5 minutes. Add chorizo and cook for another 5 minutes.
3

Add sliced plantain bananas and water. Bring to a boil. Add pork and beans, fish sauce, tomato sauce, and cabbage. Simmer for 10 minutes.
4

Add yardlong beans and pechay. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer for another 2-3 minutes. Turn off heat.
5

Serve with steamed rice.