have a taste of my kare-kare !.. :D

I love to cook but because of my work, cooking is so infrequent. I don’t have much sleep last night because I was out partying with my college friends and the sun was about to rise when I came home. I don’t know if it’s just a sort of wanting to have a good shot with my parents after partying all night, maybe part of it.. hehe .. but then I decided to be in-charge for our lunch from buying to the market (at my own expense) to cooking . ^_^

So here’s my masterpiece.

Kare-Kare is a traditional Filipino stew (usually ox tail or pork leg) cooked in thick savory peanut sauce and served with bagoong (shrimp paste) on the side.

i forgot to take a picture of the shrimp paste i cooked
got this picture from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagoong

Actually, I didn’t cook it the usual way. Nowadays, we have lots of instant cooking mix or recipe mix you can buy from the grocery. Thanks to Mama Sita’s Kare-Kare mix, an easy way of cooking. 

INGREDIENTS:

1 ½ k Pork Leg

Garlic and onion (sliced)

1 tbsp. cooking oil

2 pouches of Mama Sita’s Kare-Kare mix

3 pcs. Eggplant

1 bundle Sitaw (string beans), cut into 2 inches lengths

1 bundle Petchay

2 small packs of peanuts (crushed)

½ cup Bagoong Alamang (sautéed shrimp paste)

STEPS:

• Boil pork leg and simmer until meat is tender.
• Sautéed garlic and onion in oil. Add pork leg and Mama Sita’s Kare-Kare Mix (dissolved in pork leg broth). Add the remaining broth and the crushed peanuts. Stir until sauce thickened.
• Add eggplant and string beans. Simmer for three minutes. Don’t forget to stir once in a while to prevent the sauce from sticking to the pan.
• Add petchay and simmer until vegetables are done. Serve with sautéed bagoong.

And.. DONE !!.. :D

Bottomline??.. They all loved it! (as always..choz! :D)