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Pochero

Pochero is a Filipino stew dish that was inherited from the Spanish. It is called Puchero in Spain and is also prepared in Mexico and other South American countries.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kilo meat cubed (chicken, beef, or pork)
  • 2 pcs medium tomatoes diced
  • 1 pc medium onion diced
  • 1 tsp garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp whole pepper corn
  • 1 small can tomato sauce
  • 1 cup chick peas (garbanzos)
  • 1 pc plantain banana (ripe) large , chopped
  • 1 pc potato medium sized, cubed (sweet potato optional)
  • 1 pc cabbage small, quartered
  • 100 grams long green beans
  • 1 bunch bok choy (pechay)
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 pc chicken cube
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • Sugar to taste

Instructions

  • Heat cooking oil in a cooking pot
  • Sauté garlic, onions, and tomatoes.
  • Add meat and cook until the color turns light brown.
  • Add-in chicken cube, whole pepper corn, and tomato sauce. Stir.
  • Add water and let boil. Simmer until meat is tender (about 30 to 40 minutes).
  • In a separate frying pan, fry potatoes and saba until golden light brown. Set aside.
  • Add-in potato, saba, and chick peas. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
  • Add cabbage and long green beans. Cook for 5 minutes.
  • Stir-in the bok choy. Cover the pot and turn off the heat.
  • Let the residual heat cook the bok choy (about 5 minutes).
  • Season with salt, pepper and sugar according to desired taste.
  • Transfer to a serving plate and serve with rice, eat the Filipino way and enjoy!