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Simon Mayo is joined by our resident chef Nigel Barden for another Foodie Thursday, who'll be cooking up Pork Adobo! Plus there's a brand new confession and all the usual sport, money and travel news.
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Nigel's Pork Adobo

Pork Adobo Allegra McEvedyfromBought, Borrowed & Stolen (ConranOctopus)
Adobo-ing is part of the National Culinary Curriculum in thePhilippines, & vinegar is the defining factor of the adobo.Not for the faint-hearted though, because aswell as being totally delicious, or ‘masarap’ as they say. It’sfull-on-flavour, so eat it with plain rice.
Serves 4-6
Prep time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 1hr
Ingredients
60ml / 2½ fl.oz groundnut (peanut) oil
10 cloves of garlic, sliced
700g/1lb 6oz pork belly (no bones but skin on), cut intochunks about 5 x 2.5 x 2.5cm / 2 x 1 x 1”(you can ask your butcher to do thisor just go at it yourself)
2 red onions, peeled & thickly sliced
2 red or green peppers, cut into large bite-sized pieces
a good thumb of ginger, trimmed, washed & coarselygrated
½ tbsp paprika
250ml / 8 fl.oz white wine vinegar
125ml/ 4 fl.oz light soy sauce
6 bay leaves
1 level tbsp peppercorns
salt
Method
1. Heat the oil in a large, wide pan (around 25cm /10” across & at least 7cm / 3” deep) over a high heat.
2. Drop in half the garlic slices, give them aswirl & after a couple of mins when they are golden, take them out with aslotted spoon & put on kitchen paper.
3. Keeping the heat high, add the pork pieces tothe pan & let them sizzle for about 10 mins, until golden brown.
4. When they are starting to stick to the bottom ofthe pan, chuck in the onions, peppers, ginger & the rest of the garlic(don’t worry if your pan is pretty full – it’ll all collapse in time).
5. Give it all a bit of a mix, cover, turn down theheat & cook for about 5-7 mins, giving it the odd stir, until the veg arestarting to soften.
6. Add the paprika & mix well, then pour in thevinegar & soy, along with 500ml/17fl.oz of water.
7. Once the liquids are in there, chuck in the bayleaves, peppercorns & a couple of big pinches of salt.
8. Bring to the boil, then turn the heat down to asteady but busy simmer.
9. Cook & reduce for about 50-60mins, stirringfrom time to time, until the liquid has a thick, coating consistency.
10.Sprinklewith the fried garlic before serving.
Broadcast
- Thu 21 Mar 2013 17:05ѿý Radio 2