Pork Embutido (Filipino-Style Meatloaf)

If my mother has her pinakbet (sauteed native vegetables in shrimp paste), I, on the other hand, have pork embutido as the very first recipe I mastered. Over the years, I have tweaked this recipe so many times~from adding liver spread to mixing in cheese~until I arrived to this version that is now a frequent request by my family and friends.

The thing I like about these pork loaves is, not only can they be an impressive presence on a party table, but they can grace a breakfast plate along with fried eggs and garlic rice, and serve as a cold sandwich filling for a mid-afternoon snack, equally well. Once or twice a month, I’d roll up my sleeves and roll up a dozen or so of this filipino-style meatloaf. Stocking them up has saved me from worrying about dinner on many hectic days!

Makes 15 Logs (around 12-inch long and 3-inch wide)

Ingredients

10 lbs ground pork
1 cup sweet pickle relish
1 dz eggs
2 cups crushed pineapple
2 cups raisins
6 medium-sized carrots, finely shredded
1 cup banana catsup or sweet chili sauce
10 to 12 pieces vienna sausages, cut to long strips (around 6 out of each vienna sausage)
2 onions, finely chopped
3 tbsps salt
1 1/2 tbsps black pepper
vegetable oil

Procedure

Boil six of the eggs. Peel and cut into strips (around 6 out of each egg).

In a pan, heat oil. Saute onions until tender.

In a large mixing bowl, combine ground pork, carrots, sauteed onions, sweet pickle relish, catsup, crushed pineapple, the remaining eggs (raw), salt and pepper. Mix well.

Spread around 1 1/2 cups of pork mixture on a 15-inch x 12-inch sheet of foil. Start at the edge closest to you and continue to spread to halfway of foil. Arrange sliced egg and vienna sausages on top and at the edge of pork mixture. Pull end (the side with mixture) and roll. Crimp sides to fully enclose mixture inside foil.

Pour water on a roasting pan. Arrange foil-wrapped rolls on a roasting rack. Position rack on top of water-filled pan. Cook “bain-marie style at 400 F until juice runs clear when pork rolls are pierced with a knife, around 50 to 60 minutes.

To serve, peel off foil, and pan fry embutido logs until lightly browned on all sides. Let stand for around 3 to 5 minutes before slicing.

TIP:
Ground chicken can also be used in place of ground pork.

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Written by Lalaine · Filed Under Pork, Truly Pinoy

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11 Responses to “Pork Embutido (Filipino-Style Meatloaf)”

gloria taduran on February 19th, 2008 3:34 am

I had tasted so many embutido, and Lalaine’s recipe is the best! Everytime, I buy embutido from Filipino store or restaurant, I am always disappointed. Nothing can compare to Lalaine’s embutido.
Lalaine Manalo on February 19th, 2008 9:14 am

Oh stop with the compliments…it’s too obvious we are family, hehehe.
Rally on March 2nd, 2008 5:38 pm

Perfect recipe! Can you post your recipe for kare kare? That’s my all-time favorite. Thank you.
Lalaine Manalo on March 2nd, 2008 10:52 pm

Hi Rally.

I am glad you enjoyed the recipe.

I’ll try to post my kare-kare recipe in a few days. Last week was the first time I made it from scratch (without help from Mama Sita and her mixes). It was a successful attempt but the photos were BAD! I’ll try to cook it again tomorrow and hopefully, I’ll have better pictures. Thanks for visiting.
rose on March 12th, 2008 10:29 am

wow!
Lalaine Manalo on March 12th, 2008 7:58 pm

Hi Rose.

I hope WOW is a good thing hehehe.
tutubi philippines on March 24th, 2008 3:27 am

wow! will try this at home. i’m in a search for the “pinaka” embutido in town. thanks
jyan sharjah (uae) on September 14th, 2008 4:19 pm

cooking made easy with your recipes Lalaine, your version of embutido is the BEST!!
Lalaine on September 15th, 2008 5:00 am

Jyan,

You just made my day! Thanks for trying and enjoying my recipes…
anna on May 20th, 2009 7:43 am

what’s bain-marie style? thanks!
Lalaine on May 21st, 2009 8:08 pm

Hi Anna!
A bain marie is a cooking technique wherein one container with food to be cooked is placed in another, larger pan containing water that is at the simmering point.

I usually place my prepared embutido rolls on a roasting rack and place that rack on a large pan containing water. I then cook everything in the oven. Hope this helps.