Pork Pochero(with Tomato Sauce)

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Ingredients

500g pork belly chopped
2 medium tomatoes diced
1 medium onion diced
1 teaspoon garlic minced

2 saba bananas, peeled and cut into chunks
1 large carrot, peeled and cut into chunks
1 medium sized potato cubed

2 to 2 1/2 tablespoons patis fish-sauce

1 tablespoon whole pepper corn
1 small can tomato sauce( or pork & beans)
1 cup chick peas garbanzos(optional)
1 small cabbage quartered
1 bunch long green beans
1 bunch bok choy pechay
1 cup water
2 tablespoons cooking oil



Cooking Instructions

1. Heat cooking oil in a cooking pot.  Fry the banana, carrot & potato, set aside

2. In the same pot, sauté garlic, onions, and tomatoes.  Add pork and cook until the color turns light brown.

3. Put-in fish sauce, whole pepper corn, and tomato sauce. Stir. Add water and let boil. Simmer until pork is tender (about 30 to 40 minutes).

4. Put-in potato, carrots, and chick peas. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes.  Add cabbage, banana and long green beans. Cook for 5 minutes. 

5. Stir-in the bok choy. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let the residual heat cook the bok choy (about 5 minutes).