Humba (Braised Pork Belly) Recipe

Humba is a sweet pork dish is popular in the southern parts of the Philippines and is considered as one of the delicacies of the region somewhere in Visayas and Mindanao. Pork belly, pork hocks, and pork ham are the 3 most common pig parts used to make this delightful masterpiece.

In this Filipino pork dish, the traditional way of cooking humba is to slowly simmer of pork belly in a mixture of pineapple juice, tausi (salted black beans), vinegar, dark brown sugar, garlic, onions, peppercorns, dried banana blossoms and oregano.


To add more flavor, use oyster sauce instead of soy sauce  in sautéing Baguio beans.

Good for serving: 3-4 persons

Ingredients:
  • 1 kilo pork belly 
  • 1 cup Pineapple juice 
  • 1 large onion, diced 
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced 
  • 2 tablespoons salted black beans 
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce 
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar 
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar 
  • 1/2 cup dried banana blossoms 
  • 2 pieces dried bay leaves 
  • 1 star anise (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon whole peppercorn
  • 2 tablespoons dried oregano (optional)
  • 1/2 cup water
  • salt to taste
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Cooking Instruction:
  1. Heat the cooking pot then brown the pork belly with 1/2 cup of water and pinch of salt.
  2. Once the pork belly become oily, add the onions and garlic and cook until the onions are soft 
  3. Put-in the soy sauce, peppercorn, bay leaves, star anise, pineapple juice and let boil. 
  4. Simmer until the pork is tender (add water as needed) 
  5. Add the vinegar and wait for the mixture to re-boil. 
  6. Simmer for 3 minutes Spoon-in the salted black beans and brown sugar then simmer for 5 minutes 
  7. Add the dried banana blossoms and oregano and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes 
  8. Transfer to a serving plate and serve with rice!
  9. Share and Enjoy!
images from marketmanila.com

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