How to cook Menudo

  Ingredients:

1/2 kilo pork meat, diced
1/4 kilo pork liver, diced
1 cup water
2 onions, sliced
5 tomatoes, sliced
1/2 cup cooked chick-peas
1 carrot, diced
1 pc, red bell pepper, thinly sliced
2 pcs chillies, sliced
1 pc big potato, diced
1 tbs minced garlic
3 pcs bay leaves
salt and pepper

Procedures:

- Marinate pork for at least 15-30 minutes in lemon/calamansi and soy sauce mixture.
- In a casserole, heat the olive oil. Over medium-high heat, brown pork pieces until the meat is no longer pink. Set aside on the casserole. Add the garlic and chopped onions, tomatoes until cooked well.
- Add the tomato paste, 1 tbsp soy sauce, bay leaf and 1 c. of water. Season with salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for an hour or until pork is tender. Check the amount of liquid once in a while. Add more broth or water, if necessary, about half a cup at a time. When the pork is tender, increase the heat to medium-low and add the liver cubes. Cook for about 2 minutes. Add cooked potato and carrot cubes, sweet peas and diced bell pepper. Adjust the seasonings. Stir to distribute ingredients. Serve over rice.