This is mine:
Sinigang na Baboy
Whenever I’d come home from a trip abroad, this would be one of my immediate requests. “Mama, I want Sinigang when I come home ha.” Or when I’m feeling really down at work, I’d rush over to the food court and get myself a bowl of Sinigang. I’d feel significantly better afterwards.
I like the kick of Sinigang. A warm bowl of Sinigang comforts me heart and soul, then kicks my senses up a wee bit with that delicate sourness. I love munching on the kangkong, tomatoes and onions, feeling little bits of gabi melt in my mouth, nibbling on the pork ribs, mixing a bit of rice in my soup and being delighted with this hearty spoonful… ah, Sinigang na Baboy is one of the best Pinoy dishes ever.
I finally learned to cook the dish last weekend. I did cook Sinigang na Hipon before but iba pa rin ang Sinigang na Baboy. It’s a fairly easy dish to prepare that yields magnificent results. Here’s what I did:
1. I simmered the pork meat/ribs in pork broth for about an hour and a half. You can simmer the meat in plain water but the broth makes the dish even more flavorful.
2. When the meat is tender, slide in the chunks of gabi, sliced onions and sliced tomatoes.
3. Stir in a packet of Sinigang mix. I used (and recommend) Knorr Sinigang sa Sampaloc with Gabi.
4. 5 minutes before serving, slide in the sliced kangkong.
Serve steaming hot with rice.
Sinigang is best enjoyed with family and good conversations as I did last weekend. I enjoyed watching my family sip on the soup and give their approval. H was the proudest of them all. “Marunong na magluto asawa ko!” (My wife now knows how to cook!”) Uh… I wanted to tell him about all the other dishes I’ve cooked in the past but realized that apparently, his standard for me knowing how to cook was cooking a good Sinigang. Hahaha!
Kain na!
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
balikbayan_box
June 16, 2005 at 12:05 pm (19 years ago)hmmm kakagutom hehehe
ruth
June 16, 2005 at 4:05 pm (19 years ago)hmmm, nangangasim tuloy ako…. makapagluto nga!
Toni
June 16, 2005 at 4:12 pm (19 years ago)ayeza: Hehehe!
ruth: Pahingi! Hehe.
Christine
June 16, 2005 at 4:34 pm (19 years ago)Bea and Simon’s favourite filipino dish is SINIGANG. As in they loooovvveee it! I love it too. Whenever I come home for a visit, my bilin to my Mom is NO MEAT pls — just seafoods! haha
Hey toni, hope we can meet up when I visit ha
Daphne Laura
June 16, 2005 at 4:41 pm (19 years ago)Uy congrats on cooking sinigang! Thumbs up pa from your family and especially your hubby! 😉 I prefer sinigang na hipon though! Yummy!
Anonymous
June 16, 2005 at 5:49 pm (19 years ago)my god. how can you manage a dish as complicated as sinigang? I burn even the popcorn I make!!!
toni, let’s meet up! Please! I’ll email you the dates Julien and I will be in Manila (because I’m surprising my friends and they read my blog hehe, so I don’t want to write the dates down). Anyway Julien and I will definitely be passing by Makati, so let’s have a drink somewhere, what do you say? Pinayhekmi’s arriving too in July I think. I’m so excited! I hope to meet you!
-Kala
denden
June 17, 2005 at 2:08 am (19 years ago)i love sinigang. lalo na pag-maasim!!!
my fave though is sinigang na bangus with miso and mustasa. i want to go home na. hehe
ANNA
June 17, 2005 at 3:37 am (19 years ago)next to kare kare, sinigang is my favorite!!! with tortang talong! hahaha!
justice
June 17, 2005 at 3:44 am (19 years ago)i love sinigang kaya i had to learn how to cook it…specially now na nasa abroad ako, atleast pag nangasim ako i can eat my fave food.
in my case, when i go to manila, normally i go and request almost always, kinilaw na mangga…you know this binabad sa vinegar and other stuff thing.
Kat
June 17, 2005 at 3:46 am (19 years ago)I LOVE pork sinigang! I especially love it when my mom cooks it (though I can cook it as well with the help of the mix)! i love it extra sour. i also put patis with sili on each spoonful i shove in my mouth (i know, not healthy, but oh well!).
damn..so hungry right now! i read your blog right after batjay’s and you both talked about food!
jey
June 17, 2005 at 8:00 am (19 years ago)one of my ultimate favorites… sinigang!:)
Jeanny
June 17, 2005 at 8:14 am (19 years ago)Ang sarap naman. Mahilig din kami ni hubby sa sinigang.
What I do with our sinigang, I mashed the boiled gabi to make the sabaw a little bit flavorful. grabe parang gusto ko mag luto nyan tonight but Im scheduled to prepare tinolang manok, hmmmm sa Sunday na lang cguro 😀
Tin
June 17, 2005 at 12:09 pm (19 years ago)sinigang is one of my faves, apart from nilagang baka. naku, nagutom ako sa post mo! hehe.
Paparazzi
June 17, 2005 at 10:04 pm (19 years ago)Ok na sana, pero parang kulang sa asim, eh. Hehehe.
Am happy for you, Toni. Lahat na yata ng masasarap na ulam at dessert ay alam mong ihanda na talagang sobra ang sarap! Kainggit ka! Mamarazzi does not know how to cook but she is an excellent food taster.
manangjoy
June 21, 2005 at 5:42 am (19 years ago)Uyyy!!! Nagluto ng sinigang si Toni! Like you, the maasim it is, the better. Pork sinigang is also the best! I mean, yung buong pakete gagamitin – hindi kalahati. kasi I’ve seen that done before (by my mother in law) and I swear, kulang talaga, gusto kong budburan ng kalamansi or tamarind or kahit na ano basta umasim lang siya.
I’m happy for you Toni. thanks for the recipe… ita-try ko yan, kahit ako lang ang kakain (everybody thinks pag maasim ang soup, it’s funny – at my house… inis ‘noh?).
Toni
June 22, 2005 at 10:43 am (19 years ago)CG: Sinigang na Hipon is also terrific! Yum! And yes, let’s meet up when you come to Manila.
Daphne : Hubby prefers Sinigang na Hipon also but I prefer Baboy naman!
Kala: Sinigang’s one of the easiest dishes! And I’m no expert in cooking so trust me!
denden : Sinigang na Bangus with Miso and Mustasa sounds so delicious. I think I’ll have that for lunch… hopefully it’s available in our food court. Haha!
anna: That’s a great combo!
justice : I haven’t tried kinilaw na mangga yet. Masubukan nga!
Kat : Wow sarap! I like my Sinigang a bit spicy too!
jey: Mine too!
Jeanny : Magandang idea yan — mash the boiled gabi! Thanks for that tip!
Tin : Nilagang Baka di ko pa nata-try gawin. Next project ko naman yan!
Paparazzi : I’m trying to learn how to cook the basic Pinoy dishes! Wala naman ibang magluluto sa little household namin kung hindi ako hehe. I’m having fun experimenting with all the dishes! And hmmm… why don’t YOU cook for Mamarazzi? 😉
manangjoy : Best friend wavelength talaga tayo. Hehehe. Buong pack din ginamit ko. Bitin sobra pag kalahati lang!
Erik
June 23, 2005 at 3:35 pm (19 years ago)Same here. A hot steaming bowl of sinigang, in whatever form, is my post potatoes-and-steak-from-foreign-travel solution. I have something extra though. It must be shared with a certain T. since without a blow by blow account of my most recent escapade, homecoming would be incomplete.
Finally, I’m no longer an alien to your blog. Hugs!
Toni
June 23, 2005 at 4:15 pm (19 years ago)Erik: My best friend finally visits my blog. Haha! Yipee! And you know what, I don’t think we’ve had Sinigang na Baboy together.
dexie
June 28, 2005 at 10:21 pm (19 years ago)that’s my comfort food as well. plus pork adobo. sarap
Toni
June 30, 2005 at 12:31 pm (19 years ago)dexie: yum! nagutom tuloy ako.
kristen
February 16, 2007 at 6:44 am (17 years ago)i LOVE sinigung
my mom makes it all the time at the best part is that it taste so good and its healthy for you
she didnt learn how to cook it from you but i love that sruff
its my favorite food ever!
my mom is filapino so she learned from her mom
richard
September 16, 2007 at 10:36 am (17 years ago)hay bango. add nyo ko ha richard_talde@yahoo.com / hi rufa love you