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Pinakbet

Pinakbet/pee-nahk-BET/
Pinakbet
About this dish

A mixed vegetable dish flavored with fermented fish or shrimp paste.

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Ingredients
🍆1 eggplant, chunked
🫛1 cup okra
🎃1 cup squash, chunked
🦐2 tbsp shrimp paste (bagoong)
🥩150g pork belly, sliced
Method
Serves 2
1
Fry the pork belly until crisp, then set aside.
2
Sauté garlic and onion, then add shrimp paste and tomato.
3
Add the harder vegetables first (squash), then softer ones like eggplant and okra.
4
Cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender but not mushy.
5
Top with the crispy pork and serve with rice.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Pinakbet is a well-known Filipino vegetable dish, especially associated with the Ilocos region, valued for its savory, umami-rich flavor.

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