Humba Recipe

                                

 

 

 

Ingredients: 

• 1 kg pork belly or any pork meat with fat on it
• 250 ml pineapple juice
• onion sliced
• minced garlic
• 2 and half tbsp.  salted black beans in can
• 2 tbsp. toyo or soy sauce'
• 5 pieces bay leaves
• 2 and half tbsp. white vinegar
• 2 tbsp. brown sugar
• 1/3 cup banana blossom (dried)
• 1 tsp. whole peppercorn
• cups of water

Method:

1. Cut or slice pork meat into desired sizes.
2. Sprinkle salt and put in a pan, continuously cooking until oil comes out and meat turns slightly  brown.
3. Drain some oil and just leave a little bit  for sautéing the rest of the ingredients.
4. Sauté the onion and garlic with the meat until soft.
5. Add in soy sauce and water, boil for up to 30 minutes to or until so tender of your desired tenderness.
6. Add the pineapple juice.  Keep adding water if needed.
7. Simmer for about 30 minutes.
8. Put in peppercorn, bay leaves, vinegar. Simmer for 2 minutes.
9. Add the brown sugar and black beans and simmer for another 5 minutes.
10. Put in the banana blossom and simmer for 3 minutes.
11. Enjoy!

* Adjust taste with salt, black beans is already salty.