This morning, my husband woke up early and went to the market alone, and when he returned home, he bought a pound of pork cuts. Every time he buys pork, especially in the morning, I already know what it means. He wants to eat his favorite breakfast recipe, which he calls PINAKUPSAN.
Pinakupsan is when pork is cooked and reduced in a pan with a small amount of oil until it becomes golden brown, leaving the outside a bit crunchy while assuring that the center part of the meat cut is well-cooked also.
So, I immediately prepared his dish. Below is the recipe for how I made the Pinakupsan.
**Step 1: Wash the pork cuts thoroughly. Make sure that you buy fresh, newly butchered pork to have the best taste and texture. **
Step 2: Prepare the ingredients for the pork and the sauce. For the pork, you need a tablespoon of cooking oil, a pinch of ground black pepper, a small sachet of instant seasoning, and a dash of salt. For the sauce, you need an onion, spring onions, a tablespoon of soy sauce, and vinegar.
Step 3: Coat the pork cuts with ground black pepper and seasoning. Slightly rub it with your hands to let the seasoning absorb into the meat.
Step 4: In a pan, pour a tablespoon of cooking oil and heat the pan. After a while, put the pork cuts into the pan and you can flip the sides now and then to make sure even cooking on all sides. Make sure to cook over a slow to medium fire.
Step 5: While waiting for the pork to become golden brown with constant flipping on all sides, start to prepare the sauce. In a sauce bowl, combine the minced spring onions and onion bulb. Then pour a tablespoon of vinegar and soy sauce.
*In my case, I used Sinamak Vinegar. Sinamak is a bottled coconut vinegar with ground ginger, garlic, galangat roots, and fresh ground chillies. This vinegar is locally known, and almost every home in this part of the country has Sinamak in every kitchen. *
This is how the sauce looks after mixing vinegar, soy sauce, onions, and spring onions in a small bowl.
Step 6: When the pork is totally brown, crunch outside and the center is already cooked, transfer it to the serving bowl. The cooking process is around 30 to 40 minutes over a slow to medium fire.
Step 7: In a rice bowl, put newly cooked rice and top it with Pinakupsan with sauce at the side.
**Step 8: Prepare hot coffee to have a perfect breakfast experience. **
Tips: Make sure to use low to medium fire, high fire may cause over-browning without cooking the center of the cuts.
Patience is a virtue. The flipping of cuts can be tiring, but for sure you surely want more rice with this pork recipe.
All photos are originally mine. I used Canva to do the photo collage.
I hope you enjoy reading my recipe. Have a wonderful day, my Hive friends.
