Lasang Pinoy 22 Entry-Binagoongan Rice
Through the kindness of another food blogger, Gay of A Scientist in the Kitchen, I discovered this blogging event called Lasang Pinoy 22, the Rice Challenge. If you read through her comments section, you’ll discover a person nice enough to help another. Thanks Gay!So here I am, RICING to the occasion with my recipe for Binagoongan Rice. I am providing a recipe for that here but check out my shrimp fried rice recipe for a discussion of the Filipino rice culture and another way to make use of leftover rice.
Makes 4 Servings
4 cups cold rice
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 tomatoes, finely chopped
1/4 cup bagoong (shrimp paste)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 lb pork belly
1/4 cup vinegar
1 bay leaf
vegetable oil
2 cups water salt and pepper
In a sauce pan, boil pork belly with vinegar, bay leaf, garlic, and water until tender, adding more water as necessary.
Remove from heat. Drain and reserve juice. Slice to thin strips.
In a wide pan or skillet, heat oil. Saute onions until tender.
Add pork slices. Saute until pork is slightly browned.
Add in bagoong and continue to stir for around 3 to 5 minutes.
Add in tomatoes, stirring until tomatoes soften.
Pour in reserved pork juice.
Simmer until pork is very tender and most of the juice is absorbed, with the natural oils from the pork seeping through.
Add in rice, stirring to combine with the sauteed pork and bagoong mixture.
Serve hot.
TIPS:
1) As the flavors of the rice are already overpowering, pair it with lightly seasoned fish such as broil-in-foil tilapia (broiled mojarra) and grilled eggplants. Yum!
hello classmate!!! congratulations on this project!!! for people like me who are not really very good kitchen “warriors” , this site is a welcome help since you make cooking seem really simple….thank you so much
omg, two of my favorite things in one dish!
Welcome to Lasang Pinoy, thanks for submitting an entry. This is great! I just tried making binagoongan for the first time not too long ago. Next time I’ll have to remember to make this with the left over!
Hello, Racquel. Kumusta na?
I really appreciate the overwhelming support and interest our highschool group has extended to me and my little “pet”. The site is pretty new (2 months old) but I am just so excited to see how far I can drive it. Keeps my fire burning, that’s for sure!
Happy holidays to you and your family!
Jmom,
Thank you for allowing me to be a part of a community that shares my passions. What a better way to start a Lasang Pinoy relationship but with rice? Thanks again. Happy holidays!
Wow, ang bilis ko magpost for this event. I still have make my own this. This looks good.
Hi, Lalaine!
I just had binagoongan for dinner tonight - in fact, it was a leftover from today’s lunch. Yum! Thank you for participating and welcome to Lasang Pinoy! Hope to see you in the future events . . .
Thank you for the warm welcome Mike.
I definitely am attending our Lasang Pinoy “parties”!
Hello Lalaine! Welcome to Lasang Pinoy. Hopefully you participate in future events too. I’ve never made binagoongan before, but perhaps I will give it a try. Maybe I can use bacon instead of pork belly.
i love this topped with an egg. (gawd, the cholesterol! LOL) but this is indeed yummy… maybe i’ll have the Thai Bagoong Rice at Bento for lunch.
Hey, Marvin! You had me rolling today~chicken caesar..
Bursky, oh my! Egg and binagoongan rice~pinagutom mo ako, nagdefrost tuloy ako nang pork!
Hi Lalaine, welcome to Lasang Pinoy!! Great first entry, I hope you join us again!! Ako naman ang naglaway ngayon sa bagoong rice. Guess what we’re having for supper!!!
fabulous. i love binagoongan but i haven’t made it myself at home fearing that the smell (which i think is absolutely beautiful and appetising) might drive my hubby to move out , he he. this is such a classic filipino dish, sarap.
Steff, Dess, thank you for the support. Every minute na lang yata check ako kung may nag comment sa blog ko. Ganito yata talaga ang banong…masyadong excited!