INGREDIENTS:
For the Pork:
- 800 g boneless pork belly
- 1 pack large sinigang mix
- 1 large tomato, quartered
- 2 pcs green chillies
- 1 large onion, quartered
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Cooking oil, for deep frying
For the Rice:
- 3 cups Jasmine rice
- 3 pcs medium tomatoes, quartered to garnish
- 2 tbsp sinigang mix
- 6 cloves garlic
- Cooking oil
For the Vegetables:
- 15 pcs okra
- 15 pcs kangkong leaves
- 1 cup of flour
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1½ cup ice cold water
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- Cooking oil, for deep frying
HOW TO COOK:
For the Pork:
- In a pot, boil enough water to cover the pork belly.
- Once the water is boiling, add- in the pork and let it continuously boil for 5 minutes.
- Drain the liquid and rinse the pork and the pot of any scum.
- Place back pork in the pot together with onions, chilli, and tomato then fill with enough water just to cover the meat.
- Add- in the sinigang mix then bring to a boil then simmer for 1 hour or until pork is tender. Season the soup with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Remove pork from the pot, reserve the stock, then rinse in cold running water, let it cool.
- For best results refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
- Prepare a wok filled with oil heated to about 180 C.
- Deep fry the cooked cold pork until crispy, remove from wok then set it aside.
For the Rice:
- Rinse the rice in running cold water.
- Place rice in a rice cooker together with 3 cups of saved broth from cooking the pork.
- Let the rice cooker cook the rice.
- Once rice is cooked, fluff it and let it cool.
- Once cool, refrigerate without cover overnight.
- For the day it will be served, prepare a wok, add oil then sauté the garlic.
- Fluff the rice again then add it into the wok, stir fry for 5 minutes.
- Add the sinigang mix then stir fry for 3 more minutes. Remove from wok then set it aside.
For the Vegetables:
- In a large mixing bowl, add ice cubes and place a smaller bowl on top.
- Mix all batter ingredients except for the oil and vegetables, mix lightly just enough to make the flour moist, do not over mix.
- Heat the oil to about 180 C in a wok or deep fryer.
- Dip a piece vegetable at a time in the cold batter into the wok.
- Cook 3 items at a time and give a good drizzle of the cold batter on top, this will give volume and more texture to the item that is cooked.
- Cook for no more than 1 minute or until it is light brown in color.
- Scoop out everything in the wok, place in a towel lined plate then cook the remaining ingredients.
Assembly:
- Place the fried rice in a bowl.
- Top it with crispy fried pork and tempura vegetables.
- Garnish with tomatoes then serve. Enjoy!
Note: Best when preparations are done a day ahead of serving.
IMAGE: gmanetwork.com
Also try: Bagoong Fried Rice