Pork Ginataan with Squash and String Beans

April 03, 2017

Pork Ginataan with Squash and String Beans

Ginataan recipes are popular to the Filipinos because the simmered coconut milk not only adds flavor to any dish, but it also heightens whatever flavor the main ingredients already has. Traditionally, the preparation time for any ginataan dish is rather long, as you have to get the coconut, and shred the coconut meat yourself using your “pangkayod.” However, with the ingenuity of the coconut vendors in the town markets; having the coconut milk shredded once the coconut is opened, has made following this pork ginataan with squash and string beans recipe easier. This then cuts the preparation time and makes it an appealing dish to make. Lastly, the combination of meat and vegetables is perfect for meat-eaters and veggie eaters alike.

Pork Ginataan with Squash and String Beans

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

50 mins

Total time

1 hour

Author: Dokumentaryong Pinoy

Serves: 4

Ingredients

1½ lbs. pork, cubed
1½ cup beef broth
2 cups coconut milk
¼ cup shrimp paste (bagoong)
1 small butternut squash, cubed
1 small bundle of string beans, cut into 2 inch pieces
1 medium yellow onion, sliced
1½ teaspoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons cooking oil
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Salt to taste (optional)

Instructions

Heat the cooking oil in a cooking pot.
Once the oil gets hot, saute the garlic and onion.
Add the ground black pepper. Stir and then add the pork. Cook the pork until the color turns light brown.
Pour the beef broth in the cooking pot. Let it boil.
Add the coconut milk. Stir and allow to boil once more. Cover and cook in low to medium heat until the pork gets tender.
Add the squash. Stir, cover and cook for 8 to 10 minutes.
Add the shrimp paste. Stir.
Add the string beans. Cover and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add salt only if needed.
Transfer to a serving plate. Serve.
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