Pork Adobo with Fruit Cocktail

Though it’s one of their favorites, my kids got tired of my usual Adobo.  I told myself that I must come up with another variety.  In the commercial, Juday’s version has pineapple in her adobo.  But we have allergy in pineapple!  Too much pineapple is not good for us.  Maybe I can try fruit cocktail, since it has less pineapple.  And it worked!  Kids and hubby love my new adobo.

Ingredients:
500 g Pork Kasim (shoulder pork cut “picnic”)
400 g Fruit Cocktail in heavy syrup
2 cloves Garlic (minced)
1 tbs. Brown Sugar
½ cup Cane Vinegar
½ cup Soy Sauce
2 pc. Laurel Leaves
5-10 pcs. Black Peppercorn
2 cups Water

Procedures:

1. Cut pork into small bite proportion.
2. Drain fruit cocktail, set aside and save syrup.
3. Dissolve brown sugar in fruit cocktail’s syrup.
4. Add vinegar and garlic.  Stir.
5. Marinate pork in the syrup for an hour.
6. In a saucepan, cook the pork with the syrup and add 2 cups water.
7. Bring to boil and remove the white bubbles.
8. Lower the fire and simmer pork until tender.
9. From time to time stir the pork while simmering.
10. Do not let it dry while cooking. 
11. When pork is almost tender, add soy sauce, laurel leaves & peppercorn.  Stir.
12. Turn off fire when pork is tender and add fruit cocktail.  Stir.
13. Serve while still hot.

Makes 4-5 servings.


Tip:  If it tends to dry while cooking, add small amout of water from time to time until meat is tender.

Bistek ni Kikay

Bistek is the Pinoy version of Beef Steak.  And here is my own version.





Ingredients:
½ kilo Beef Sirloin (thinly sliced/tapa slice)
2 pcs. White Onion (cut into rings)
5 tbs. Soy Sauce
1 tbs. Oyster Sauce
1 tbs. Worcestershire Sauce
½  tbs. Calamansi/Lemon Extract
1 tsp. Brown Sugar
Pinch of Powdered Black Pepper
1 ½ cups Water


5 tbs. Canola Oil

Procedure:

1. In a mixing bowl combine soy sauce, oyster sauce, Worcestershire sauce, calamansi, sugar & blackpepper.  Mix thoroughly until sugar is dissolved.
2. Marinate beef for an hour.
3. Transfer beef in pressure cooker with its marinade sauce and add water.
4. Let it boil and close cooker.  Pressure cook it for 5 minutes.
5. Remove beef and set aside sauce.
6. Heat oil in a frying pan and toss fry the beef.  (Do not put beef all together in the pan.)
7. Set aside beef.
8. Using the same oil and pan, pour sauce and onion rings.
9. Simmer for 1 minute then add beef and stir.
10. Serve while hot.

Makes 3-4 servings.

Tip: do not overcook beef in pressure cooker for it might dry up and burn.