Auntie’s Ilocano Pinakbet
Auntie’s Ilocano Pinakbet

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, auntie’s ilocano pinakbet. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

I want to share the recipe of my dad's Authentic Ilocano Pinakbet or One Pot Ilocano Pinakbet to all of you guys, this is very easy to make. Pakbet Ilocano or pinakbet is a popular vegetable dish that originated from one of the northern provinces of the Philippines Try this delicious Pakbet Ilocano recipe. Let me know what you think.

Auntie’s Ilocano Pinakbet is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Auntie’s Ilocano Pinakbet is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have auntie’s ilocano pinakbet using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Auntie’s Ilocano Pinakbet:
  1. Make ready 5-6 tbsp salted fish sauce
  2. Take 1/2 cup water
  3. Get 5 cloves garlic; minced
  4. Prepare 2 tomatoes; roughly chopped
  5. Make ready 4 green onion stalks; cut into 1” pieces
  6. Get 1/2 kabocha squash; cut into 1.5” cubes
  7. Make ready 1 bittermelon; cut into 1” cubes
  8. Make ready 12 okras; cut in half
  9. Take 1 bunch string beans; cut into finger-length size
  10. Make ready 2 eggplants; cut in half lengthwise, and into 3” pieces
  11. Take Chicharron

The word is the contracted form of the Ilokano word pinakebbet, meaning "shrunk" or "shriveled." Great recipe for Auntie's Ilocano Pinakbet. So I was helping Auntie in the kitchen, cutting up some bittermelon. She said, "Oh, this is a different kind of pinakbet. Cut the pieces in bigger chunks".

Instructions to make Auntie’s Ilocano Pinakbet:
  1. Prep yo ingredients.
  2. In a large stock pot, put in the water and salted fish sauce. These are the brands she uses. Heat on high until bubbly.
  3. Add (in this order) kabocha squash and a handful of chicharron.
  4. Add in half the tomatoes/onions/garlic. Then layer in the string beans. (We’re basically layering this like a lasagna).
  5. The rest of the tomatoes/onions/garlic + another handful of chicharron. Feel free to add more water as you see fit.
  6. Okra, bittermelon… (the bittermelon is optional)
  7. And last but not least, the eggplant. Cover and heat on med-high until cooked. So easy! Enjoy!

Pinakbet, or Pakbet an Ilocano dish, is stewed vegetables of eggplant, bitter melon(ampalaya), okra and tomatoes and seasoned with bagoong isda or thick salted fish sauce. This was a pretty good recipe of Pinakbet. I was always so fond of this dish growing up, being that it was always This Pinakbet was awesome. It's not that same as my grandmas was but still very good. I learned this recipe from my Ilocano dad.

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