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Intro to Philippine Food: Pork Sinigang

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Right up there with adobo, sinigang is a staple Filipino recipe . You’ll find it on the dinner table of every Filipino family at least once a month—maybe even once a week! It’s a soup that’s distinct for its sour, aromatic broth. What is Pork Sinigang? Pork sinigang is a soup that’s made sour using tamarind and a mix of aromatics. It typically contains pork (and sometimes fish or seafood) and several common vegetables such as eggplant, sitaw (string beans), and kangkong (water spinach). How to Make Pork Sinigang Sinigang is one of the easiest Filipino dishes to make because it only involves making the broth, then cooking the meat and vegetables, which you do in the boiling soup. The biggest challenge to making pork sinigang is getting that signature sourness. But that step’s often fast-tracked nowadays thanks to instant sinigang mixes. That said there’s a lot of value in learning how to make pork sinigang from scratch, especially if you’re learning the foundations of how to cook Fili