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Kaldereta sa Gata

Stewed Pork with Tomato cooked in coconut milk. This is a crossover between two popular Filipino dishes, Kaldereta and Ginataan. This mildly spicy dish is rich and delicious.

Difficulty Hard
Time 60 min
Servings 4
Ingredients 17
Steps 12
Kaldereta sa Gata
Filipino Updated 2/22/2019

Ingredients

Measured from the catalog payload.

  • 2 lbs pork belly sliced into cubes
  • 4 tablespoons liver spread
  • 6 pieces tomato chopped
  • 1 piece onion chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 cups pork broth
  • 2 cups coconut milk
  • 2 pieces potato cubed
  • 2 pieces carrot cubed
  • 1 piece green bell pepper chopped
  • 1 piece red bell pepper chopped
  • 3 pieces thai chili pepper
  • 3 pieces dried bay leaf
  • 2 cups pork broth
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons cooking oil

Instructions

12 cooking steps

  1. Heat oil in a pan.
  2. Sauté garlic until color turns light brown.
  3. Add chopped onion. Cook until soft.
  4. Add pork belly slices. Sauté until outer part turns light brown.
  5. Put the chopped ripe tomatoes into the pan. Cook until soft.
  6. Pour pork broth into the pan. Let boil.
  7. Add chopped Thai chili, liver spread, and dried bay leaves.
  8. Pour coconut milk. Stir and cover and cook between low to medium heat for 45 to 60 minutes or until tender. Note: add more broth or water if needed.
  9. Put-in carrots and potato and cook for 7 minutes.
  10. Add bell peppers. Cook for 7 to 8 minutes.
  11. Season with fish sauce and crushed whole peppercorn. Continue to cook until sauce thickens.
  12. Transfer to a serving plate. Share and enjoy!

Catalog details

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Main Course, Pork beef kaldereta, ginataan Public recipe Revision 1

Recipe notes

  • Take your time when tenderizing the meat. There is nothing like having a melt-in-your-mouth kinda tender pork belly.
  • This is best enjoyed with warm white rice.