Filipino Recipe for Puchero - Great Main Dish

I have here another Filipino recipe for you all to enjoy. It is puchero which is a stew. It is affordable and easy to cook. It is a great main dish for the entire family. Here now is the recipe for Puchero!

These are the ingredients that you need to have and how they should be prepared prior to cooking.

18 oz of pork
3 cloves of garlic that has been crushed
1 large onion that has been chopped into small pieces
1 small cabbage cut into 4 pieces
2 tbsp of margarine or olive oil
2 medium potatoes cut into 4 pieces each
4 saba bananas cut into two slices each
1 bundle or at least 5 string beans that have been each cut 3 to 4 inches long
2 cups of water
1 tsp of salt
¼ tsp of whole black pepper

Now that you have all your ingredients ready and prepared, let us go into the actual cooking.

1. Set your stove to a medium setting. Get a pan and preheat it for a couple of minutes.
2. When the pan has already been heated, put in the 2 tbsp of margarine or olive oil and wait another couple of minutes.
3. After you have done that, add the crushed garlic to the pan. Saute the garlic and you will know it is finished when it turns a golden brown color.
4. When you are finished with that, add in the onions and saute those as well for a couple of minutes with the garlic that is already in the pan.
5. Next you will want to put in the 18 oz of pork and saute it for a couple of minutes together with the other ingredients and your stove setting should be on low.
6. After you have sautéed the pork for a short while, put into the pan the 2 cups of water, bananas, potatoes, ¼ tsp of whole black pepper and let everything simmer for about 10 minutes.
7. After that time has passed, put in the string beans, 1 tsp of salt and let everything simmer again for another 10 minutes while you are constantly stirring everything.
8. Finally, put in the cabbage and let it simmer for a short time and then turn off the stove.

You can add more water if that's what you prefer. That is it! You are done! It is great to have as a main dish and as a soup because they are combined together. Happy eating!