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Pinakbet

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Pinakbet — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons (30 ml) vegetable oil
  • 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 small (4 ounces / 115 g) yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 2 plum tomatoes (about 8 ounces / 225 g), cored and chopped
  • 2 ounces (¼ cup / 60 g) bagoong alamang
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 ea. (about 8 ounces / 225 g) bitter melon, halved lengthwise, seeded, and sliced ¼ inch thick
  • 1 small (about 8 ounces / 225 g) sweet potato, peeled, quartered, and cut into ¼-inch slices
  • 8 ounces (225 g) string beans, stem ends trimmed and beans cut into 2-inch lengths
  • 1 medium (about 6 ounces / 170 g) eggplant, halved lengthwise, and sliced ½ inch thick
  • 8 ounces (225 g) okra, caps trimmed, pods cut in half on the bias
  • Cooked white rice, for serving

Instructions

  1. 1
    Heat a skillet over medium heat.
  2. 2
    Add the oil, then garlic to the pan. Sauté briefly until aromatic.
  3. 3
    Add the onion, and cook until softened.
  4. 4
    Add the tomato, bagoong alamang, and salt; simmer for 5 minutes.
  5. 5
    Add the bitter melon and sweet potato. Cover and cook until almost, but not quite, tender.
  6. 6
    Add the string beans, eggplant, and okra. Cover and cook for a few minutes until all the vegetables are tender.
  7. 7
    Serve the vegetables with rice.

Recipe Attribution

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