Laing

Estimated cooking time: 30 minutes.

Laing Ingredients:

• 25 pieces gabi (taro) leaves, dried and shredded
• 1/2 kilo pork, diced
• 1/4 cup shrimp bagoong
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 red onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons ginger, minced
• 5 jalapeno pepper, sliced
• 1 cup coconut cream (katang gata)
• 2 cups coconut milk (gata)
• 1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG)
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• 1 teaspoon salt

Laing Cooking Instructions:

·       In a casserole, sauté garlic, ginger and onions then add the pork.

·       mix in the gabi leaves.

·       Pour in the coconut milk (gata) and bring to a boil then simmer for 15 minutes.

·       Add jalapeno, bagoong, salt and MSG and simmer for another 5 minutes.

·       Add the coconut cream and continue to simmer until oil comes out of the cream.

·       Serve hot with plain white rice.