Filipino Pork Sinigang Recipe (Pork Stew in Tamarind)
Sinigang, the Filipino sour tamarind soup, made with pork the clean way: blanched pork, a taro-thickened broth, no ginger and vegetables added in order.
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Filipino home cooking, from sour sinigang and sizzling tuna sisig to paksiw na salmon, with swaps for ingredients that are hard to find abroad.
Sinigang, the Filipino sour tamarind soup, made with pork the clean way: blanched pork, a taro-thickened broth, no ginger and vegetables added in order.
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