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Bicol Express

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Bicol express is a Filipino pork dish with coconut milk and chili peppers. Popularized in Malate, Manila, the dish took its name from a passenger train from Bicol Region going to Manila and vice versa. Bicol Region is famous for cooking dishes using coconut milk and chili peppers.

Ingredients

  • 1 spoon cooking oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 head garlic, minced
  • 1 kg pork belly
  • ½ kg bagoong alamang (shrimp paste)
  • 15 pieces siling labuyo (bird's eye chili)
  • 2 spoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • Monosodium glutamate (optional) (optional)
  • 1 can (400 ml) coconut milk

Instructions

  1. 1
    Heat a frying pan over medium heat, then add the cooking oil.
  2. 2
    When the oil is hot, add the onion and garlic. Sauté until fragrant and aromatic.
  3. 3
    Add the shrimp paste, siling labuyo and the pork belly. Stir fry the mixture until the pork is browned on all sides.
  4. 4
    Add the sugar, pepper, and monosodium glutamate if using.
  5. 5
    Stir in the coconut milk, and simmer until the meat is cooked through.
  6. 6

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Bicol_Express