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Bas-uy Recipe (Pork and Liver Soup with Lemongrass and Chayote)

Bas-uy is a soup dish composed of pig liver cooked with ginger, lemongrass, and a variety of vegetables. This popular Ilonggo dish

Difficulty Hard
Time 45 min
Servings 3
Ingredients 10
Steps 12
Bas-uy Recipe (Pork and Liver Soup with Lemongrass and Chayote)
Cuisine not specified Updated 1/24/2014

Ingredients

Measured from the catalog payload.

  • 1 lb pork shoulder sliced
  • 1/2 lb pig liver sliced
  • 2 pieces chayote sliced
  • 1 ginger
  • 1 yellow onion minced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 stalks lemongrass
  • 3 tablespoons cooking oil
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

12 cooking steps

  1. Heat the cooking oil in a cooking pot.
  2. Once the oil becomes hot, sauté onion and ginger until the onion becomes soft.
  3. Add the sliced liver. Continue to sauté for 2 minutes. This will remove the gamy taste and aroma. Remove the liver and temporarily place in a clean plate.
  4. Put-in the garlic. Saute until color turns light brown.
  5. Add-in the pork. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
  6. Pour-in the beef broth. Let boil.
  7. Put-in the lemongrass. Cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes.
  8. Remove the lemongrass. Put-in the chayote and cooked liver. Continue to cook in medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Add water, if needed.
  9. Add-in the green onion or onion leeks. Cook for 2 minutes.
  10. Add salt and pepper to taste. You can also use fish sauce if you prefer.
  11. Serve hot with rice.
  12. Share and enjoy!

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