Pork Nilaga with Monggo Beans, String Beans and Leaves in Bagoong Sauce

This is a typical Ilocano or Pangasinense dish which consists of Bagoong Monamon or Fermented Fish Sauce as its soup base.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg. pork (any parts of pork will do)
• 1 medium sized shallot/ onion
• 1 medium sized crushed ginger
• 2 cups cut into 2 inches string beans
• 2 cups talbos ng sitaw/ string beans leaves or tops
• 1 cup monggo beans
• 1/2 cup bagoong monamon

Procedure:

1. Boil the pork in a large pot with a liter of water together with the crushed ginger, onion and the monggo beans until tender. I prefer boiling them for at least 1 hour for the meat to be really tender.
2. Strain the bagoong in a bowl. Bagoong comes with residues like the little fishes. We only need the sauce. Combine it with at least a half cup of water before straining so you can extract all the juices.
3. Pour the strained bagoong in the boiling pork. Add some salt according to your preference. Let it simmer for at least 5 minutes.
4. Put the string beans. Let it simmer of at least a minute then add the string beans leaves.
5. Let it simmer until the leaves are done but not over cooked.
6. Then your done! Simple A? =)

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