Someone handed me a bag of raisins and that gave me the idea of making Menudo. Menudo is a staple in almost every Philippine gatherings and almost a comfort food. Everyone has different interpretation when it comes to this dish. I used Chicken and Pork with this recipe as well as Cayenne Powder instead of Paprika to give it a kick. Also, since I cannot find pork liver, I used chicken liver instead.
Ingredients:
2 lbs pork, cubed
1/2 lb chicken liver
1 chicken leg quarter, cubed
4 hotdogs, sliced
4 small potatoes, cubed
4 medium carrots, cubed
4 large plum tomatoes, diced
1 medium yellow onion, diced
1 yellow pepper, diced
3 tbsp garlic powder
3 tbsp cayenne powder
1 can (10 oz) chicken stock
1 cup raisins
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
3 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 tbsp fish sauce (patis)
Cooking Procedure:
Variation:
Ingredients:
2 lbs pork, cubed
1/2 lb chicken liver
1 chicken leg quarter, cubed
4 hotdogs, sliced
4 small potatoes, cubed
4 medium carrots, cubed
4 large plum tomatoes, diced
1 medium yellow onion, diced
1 yellow pepper, diced
3 tbsp garlic powder
3 tbsp cayenne powder
1 can (10 oz) chicken stock
1 cup raisins
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
3 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 tbsp fish sauce (patis)
Cooking Procedure:
- Combine soy sauce and fish sauce in a boil. Add in pork and chicken and marinate for 10 minutes.
- Heat cooking oil in a pot. Add in onion and garlic powder, saute for a minute.
- Add in pork and chicken and cook until brown. About 5 to 7 minutes
- Pour in chicken stock. Add in cayenne powder, hotdogs and chicken liver.
- Stir in tomato paste. Add in raisins, potatoes, carrots and yellow pepper.
- Once its boiling. Lower heat to simmer. Simmer for 10 - 15 minutes.
- Serve with rice.
Variation:
- You can cut down on the cayenne powder if you don't want it to have too much of a kick. Or use paprika instead.
- Use tomato sauce instead of tomato paste.
- Pork liver instead of chicken liver. If you are using pork liver, make sure you saute it first in garlic to remove the gamey smell.
- Instead of fish sauce, use calamansi or lemon.
