Binagoongan Baboy, Pork in Salted Shrimp Paste

Binagoongan Baboy, Pork in Salted Shrimp Paste. If you live in a flat or building and have neighbors of other nationality then cooking bagoong na alamang is a change you have to take and hoping your neighbors wont come knocking at your door. I my self live in a flat lucky for me, our neighbors in the same floor are Filipino. If you really want to have this dish then you have to use bottled pre-sautéed salted shrimp paste. The shrimp paste is to be added only in the last few minutes of cooking and keep it covered.

Ingredients:

1/2 c. bagoong alamang (pre-sautéed salted shrimp paste)
1 k. pork liempo or any other part, cut into big cubes
1 large size onion, coarsely chopped
2 large size tomato, coarsely chopped
1/2 head garlic, chopped
3 pcs. bay leaf
1 tsp. pepper corns
1/4 c. vinegar
1 tbsp. sugar
cooking oil

Cooking procedure:

Wash pork thoroughly put in a sauce pan add 3 cups of water, vinegar, bay leaf and pepper corn bring to a boil and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until tender and start to render oil. Remove scum that rises add more water as necessary. Stir fry fork until color turn to light brown and start to sizzle, set aside. In the same pan, sauté garlic, onion and tomatoes for a few minutes until soft and wilted. Add bagoong alamang, sugar and the pork. cover and cook for another 2-3 minutes stirring occasionally until done. Serve hot with a lot of rice.

Try our other Binagoongan recipes; 

Pork Binagoongan sa Gata 
Binagoongan Kamias at Baboy 
Crispy Pork Binagoongan 
Binagoongan Manok, Chicken in Salted Shrimp Paste