How to Cook Bicol Express (Pork) – Pinoy Recipe

How To Cook Bicol Express (Pork) - Pinoy Recipe

Learn How to cook bicol express in 10 minutes. Bicol Express known as Sinilihan native to Bikol is a popular Filipino dish popularized in the district of Malate, Manila but made in traditional Bicolano style. Bicolanos love eating and cooking, they often use coconut milk for their dishes, a regionally popular food.

Pork bicol express

Making it is simple and fast. It is a stew made from long chillies (siling mahaba in Tagalog), coconut milk, shrimp paste, onion, pork and garlic. 

Bicol Express is a spicy food made of pork, chillies, coconut milk, shrimp paste, garlic and onion. The dish was thought to have been invented by Laguna resident Cely Kalaw.

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How to cook Pork Bicol Express

pork bicol express ingredients

To cook pork bicol express is not a rocket science even a person without prior cooking experience can make this dish. In a medium size pan. Heat 2 to 3 tablespoon of  cooking oil. Pour 670 grams of cut Pork belly. Add  a dash of ground pepper. Cook until the meat turns light brown in color the transfer on a clean container. Set aside. In the same pan, saute 1 piece of sliced onion and 3 cloves of minced garlic until it turns light brown in color. Add the precook pork belly cuts let it pan fry for a while.


Put 2 tablespoon of shrimp paste. Stir to evenly spread the paste onto the pork belly cuts. Pour 1 cup of diluted coconut milk. Boil for a while or until half of the diluted coconut milk evaporates before adding 200 ml of pure coconut milk. Let it simmer for a few more minutes. Add 4 pieces of slice red chili and 5 pieces of slice green chili.


Gradually add 1 tablespoon of sugar(adding sugar is optional) , some salt and a dash of black ground pepper while stirring (add as needed) then let it cook for a while.  Pass on a platter. Serve and Enjoy!

Pork bicol express

Level: Moderate

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Cooking time: 40 minutes

We also have recipe for other Filipino signature dishes such as Menudo, Adobo, Sweet and Sour Fish Fillet and many more see our previous recipe. 

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Pork Bicol Express Recipe

Learn how to cook Bicol Express - Pork from this easy recipe.
Prep Time1 hour 40 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time2 hours 15 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: bicol express, pork bicol express
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 280kcal
Author: Edu Ang
Cost: $6

Ingredients

  • 670 g Pork Belly
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 1 pc Onion
  • 5 pcs Green Chili (Chili finger)
  • 4 pcs Red Chili
  • 2 tbsp Shrimp Paste
  • 200 ml Coconut Milk
  • 1 cup Coconut Milk diluted
  • 1 tbsp Sugar optional
  • Cooking oil
  • Salt
  • Black ground pepper

Instructions

  • In a medium size pan. Heat 2 to 3 tablespoon of  cooking oil. Pour 670 grams of cut Pork belly. Add  a dash of ground pepper. Cook until the meat turns light brown in color the transfer on a clean container. Set aside.
  • In the same pan, saute 1 piece of sliced onion and 3 cloves of minced garlic until it turns light brown in color. Add the precook pork belly cuts let it pan fry for a while.
  • Put 2 tablespoon of shrimp paste. Stir to evenly spread the paste onto the pork belly cuts.
  • Pour 1 cup of diluted coconut milk. Boil for a while or until half of the diluted coconut milk evaporates before adding 200 ml of pure coconut milk. Let it simmer for a few more minutes.
  • Add 4 pieces of slice red chili and 5 pieces of slice green chili.
  • Gradually add 1 tablespoon of sugar(adding sugar is optional) , some salt and a dash of black ground pepper while stirring (add as needed) then let it cook for a while. 
  • Pass on a platter. Serve and Enjoy!

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Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal

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