Filipino Steamed Rice, Cebu Style
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Cooking:
10 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Filipino Steamed Rice, Cebu Style

1. Pork belly, cut into 3/4-inch cubes - 1 pound
2. Chinese cooking wine - 2 teaspoons
3. Oyster sauce - 1 teaspoon
4. Cornstarch - 1 teaspoon
5. Sesame oil - ½ teaspoon
6. Salt - ¼ teaspoon
7. Ground black pepper - 1 pinch
8. Vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon
9. Minced garlic - 1 tablespoon
10. Fried shallots (Optional) - ½ tablespoon
11. Water - 3 cups
12. Light soy sauce, or to taste - 1 tablespoon
13. Dark soy sauce - ¼ teaspoon
14. Uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined - ¼ pound
15. Cornstarch - 1 tablespoon
16. Water - 3 tablespoons
17. Frozen peas - 2 tablespoons
18. Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
19. Minced garlic - 2 tablespoons
20. Cooked jasmine rice, cooled, or more to taste - 2 cups
21. Oyster sauce - 1 teaspoon
22. Light soy sauce - 1 teaspoon
23. Sesame oil, or to taste - 3 drops

How to cook deliciously - Filipino Steamed Rice, Cebu Style

1. Stage

Mix pork belly with cooking wine, oyster sauce, cornstarch, sesame oil, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Marinate in the refrigerator, at least 20 minutes.

2. Stage

Heat vegetable oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic and shallots; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the pork pieces; fry until browned, about 6 minutes. Pour in water, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce. Cover with a lid and bring stew to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until pork becomes tender and water is reduced by half, about 30 minutes.

3. Stage

Cut shrimp into 3/4-inch pieces. Mix cornstarch and water together in a bowl.

4. Stage

Bring stew to a boil. Add the shrimp and peas; cook until shrimp changes color, about 2 minutes. Quickly stir in the cornstarch mixture. Cook and stir until gravy is thickened, 7 to 10 minutes.

5. Stage

Heat oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Saute garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute. Increase heat to high. Add rice; cook, breaking up the rice with a spatula, until loosened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add oyster sauce and soy sauce. Cook and stir until rice is fluffy and heated through, about 3 minutes. Add remaining sesame oil.

6. Stage

Divide fried rice between 3 or 4 bowls. Portion the pork and shrimp stew equally over the rice.