Pork Binagoongan

Pork Binagoongan is a Filipino dish made of pork cooked in bagoong alamang (fermented shrimp paste), giving it a rich, salty, savory flavor often balanced with tomatoes, vinegar, and chili. It’s a bold comfort food best enjoyed with plenty of rice.

Ingredients:

• Pork belly cut into cubes
• Tomato cubed
• Eggplant sliced
• White vinegar
• Bagoong alamang
• Onion chopped
• Garlic chopped
• Granulated white sugar
• Ground black pepper
• Cooking oil

Instructions:

1. Heat oil in a cooking pot.
2. Saute onion, garlic, and tomato. Once the onion becomes soft, add the pork belly. Cook until the belly turns light brown.
3. Add shrimp paste (bagoong alamang). Stir. Cook for 5 minutes.
4. Pour vinegar. Let the mixture boil. Stir and cook for 2 minutes.
5. Pour the pork stock into the pot. Cover and let boil. Adjust the heat to medium and continue to cook for 40 minutes or until the pork gets tender. Note: add water or pork stock as needed.
6. Add eggplant. Stir. Cover the pot and cook for 3 minutes.
7. Season with sugar and ground black pepper.
8. Transfer to a serving plate. Serve. Share and enjoy!