Friday, September 14, 2012

HOW TO COOK PORK INSARABASAB (ILOCANO STYLE SISIG)





Here is another version of Pork Sisig that I am sure you’ll like. This dish is called Insarabasab, an authentic Ilocano dish which is infact, a version of Sisig. Not most of us know about this dish particularly the Filipinos living in southern part of the Philippines, for we know, Ilocanos live in northern part of the country. Even the Katagalugan provinces like Nueva Ecija, Bulacan and Bataan barely know this dish. Pork Insarabasab is a very easy to cook pork dish. It does not require advanced knowledge in cooking, well, let me rephrase and put it this way; it is basic. I don’t know if most of the Ilocanos know how to cook Insarabasab since I am not an Ilocano native, but one thing is for sure; this dish is great. I know how to cook Insarabasab in several ways but what I am gonna share with you is the easiest and the simplest. Here is how to cook Insarabasab:

INGREDIENTS
1 lb of boneless pork
1 cup of onions (chopped into like ¼” x ¼”)
½ cup of Calamansi extract (lemon extract will do)
1 teaspoon of ground pepper
2 pieces of red chilli pepper (chopped into small pieces)
Salt to taste

COOKING PROCEDURE
  1. Roast the pork over a grill until the meat is cooked.
  2. Cut the pork into ¼” x ¼” sizes.
  3. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients.
  4. Mix thoroughly.
  5. And serve with cold beer.

2 comments:

  1. we call it dinakdakan...
    and we boil the meat first before grilling.
    -pork ear/maskara
    -kalamansi
    -utak ng baboy (steamed)
    -soy sauce
    -lots of onion
    -chili (optional)

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    Certified Ilocano here

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  2. @yourbeau

    dinakdakan
    insarabasab
    sisig
    kampukan
    these are just names. and i prefer not boiling the meat because i dont want to ruin the taste of pure meat by boiling it. id rather cook nilaga if i want to boil the meat. thanks for the comment though. happy cooking!

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