PINAKBET

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This is a vegetable dish from the Philippines that can be served as an everyday dish or when you have company. Since it also contains pork and prawns, you can eat it as a one-pot meal.

Provided by lola

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Filipino

Time 1h

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ pound pork loin, chopped
½ pound peeled and deveined prawns
salt and pepper to taste
1 tomato, chopped
¼ pound zucchini, seeded and cut into bite-size pieces
¼ pound fresh okra, ends trimmed
¼ pound fresh green beans, trimmed
¼ pound eggplant, cut into bite-size pieces
1 small bitter melon, cut into bite-size pieces

Steps:

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir the onion and garlic in the hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the pork and cook until completely browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir the shrimp into the mixture; season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking until the shrimp turn pink, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato to the pot, cover, and let cook 5 minutes. Stir the zucchini, okra, green beans, eggplant, and bitter melon into the mixture; cover, and cook until the vegetables are all soft to the touch, about 10 minutes more. Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 183.6 calories, Carbohydrate 9.4 g, Cholesterol 75.4 mg, Fat 10.3 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 14.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.2 g, Sodium 110.6 mg, Sugar 3.5 g