Filipino
Sinigang na Baboy
Sour tamarind pork soup, the Filipino answer to a cold day or a hangover. The broth should make you wince slightly - that is the point.
- Time
- 1 hr 15 mins
- Serves
- 6
- Steps
- 7
- Ingredients
- 10
Method
- 01
Put the pork, onion and tomatoes in a large pot with the water. Bring to a boil.
- 02
Skim off the grey foam that rises in the first 10 minutes, or the broth will stay cloudy.
- 03
Lower the heat and simmer for 45 minutes until the pork is properly tender.
- 04
Add the radish and cook 5 minutes, then the string beans and cook 3 minutes more.
- 05
Stir in the tamarind base and the fish sauce. Taste - it should be clearly sour before anything else.
- 06
Drop in the chillies and the water spinach and turn off the heat immediately; the leaves wilt in the residual heat.
- 07
Serve very hot with rice and a small dish of fish sauce for dipping the pork.
