menudo Recipe
looking for a complete meal that comes with meat and vegetables? try this healthy dish from the Philippines! it's rich in tomato sauce which is known to have lycopene---a phytochemical. recent human clinical trials and clinical studies suggests that lycopene helps reduce heart diseases and certain cancer! as the word suggests," phyto-chemical" it's as if it fights bad elements in our body! and that's not all, this dish also contains plantain, green peas, chick peas, potatoes, carrots, to give you more of the essential nutrients and meat to give your muscles the protein they need. how's that for being complete?
Summary
Preparation Time7 MinCooking Time35 Min
Ready In42 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Health IndexHealthyServings6
Main IngredientPork
Ingredients
1/2 k pork, cut into half inch cubes
2 medium potatoes, cut into half inch cubes
3 medium carrots, cut into half inch cubes
1 cup chick peas, cooked
1 cup green peas, cooked
1 medium red bell pepper, cut into cubes
1 medium green bell pepper, cut into cubes
half cup raisins
4 cups tomato sauce
3 medium plantain (ripe), cut into cubes
1 medium onion, cut into cubes
5 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
half cup water
cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste
optional: string beans (quartered) as shown in the picture
for gourmet cooking: use different colors of bell pepper (as shown in picture; yellow and red), liver and black sweet raisins.
Directions
I.. saute pork cubes in garlic and onion until almost done.
II. pour water and add in potato and carrot cubes. bring to a boil.
III. add in tomato sauce, and bring to a boil.
IV. add in banana cubes, chick peas, green peas, and bell peppers. bring to a boil.
V. add salt and pepper to taste. add in raisins. stir and simmer for few minutes and serve.
II. pour water and add in potato and carrot cubes. bring to a boil.
III. add in tomato sauce, and bring to a boil.
IV. add in banana cubes, chick peas, green peas, and bell peppers. bring to a boil.
V. add salt and pepper to taste. add in raisins. stir and simmer for few minutes and serve.
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2pr says :
YES! oh, i so envy you! i really want to plant that tree here so i could have a calamansi of my own. there's none here and ive been searching for six month's already! i really like using it at anything (chinese noodles, juice or even a dip added with soy sauce). i really like the sour taste it gives that i think is way far from the real lemon. how did you have that calamansi tree? ^_^
Posted on: 29 April 2008 - 3:49pm
shantihhh says :
Is the Philippine lemon called Calamondin/Calamansi/Kalamansi ? I have a couple of trees of those. I use the fruits in drinks and for meat marinades. Always looking for ways to use these prolific fruits. One of my trees is a variegated Calamondin and so pretty.
Shanti/Mary-Anne
Posted on: 29 April 2008 - 3:39pm
2pr says :
i don't know if somebody in my country cooks menudo with a tripe, may be or may be not. can't really answer the question. but basing from my experience, never did i encounter yet a menudo with a tripe except of course if it's a menudo from mexico. however, we do have some dishes with a tripe an example would be "goto" (english:congee with tripe and juice of 1 philippine lemon or fish sauce and garnished with fried garlic). there are others more but i don't recall that they were call menudo but still i could be wrong though.
Posted on: 29 April 2008 - 3:36pm
