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Pakbet Ilocos Recipe

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Ingredients:
• 1 kg pork belly (liempo), cut into strips
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Cooking oil
• 1 bulb garlic, minced
• 2 onions, sliced
• ½ kg tomatoes, cut into wedges
• Bagoong isda (fermented fish sauce), to taste
• 1 cup cubed kamote (sweet potato)
• Native ampalaya, sitaw, sigarilyas, and bunga ng singkamas
• Water (enough to cover veggies)
• Native talong, siling haba, bulaklak ng kalabasa, and okra
• Fried liempo
• Flaked tinapa (smoked fish) meat

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Instructions:
1. Simmer the pork belly in water just enough to cover it.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook until the water dries up and the fat renders.
• Add oil and fry until golden brown. Remove and set aside.
2. In the same pan, sauté garlic until brown.
• Add onions and tomatoes; cook until soft.
3. Add bagoong isda and sauté well.
4. Add kamote cubes and cook until tender (you can mash some for a thicker sauce).
5. Add ampalaya, sitaw, sigarilyas, and bunga ng singkamas.
• Pour just enough water to cover the veggies.
• Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Add talong, siling haba, bulaklak ng kalabasa, and okra.
• Add back the fried liempo and tinapa meat.
• Simmer until all vegetables are cooked.
7. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.

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