Tocino, Anyone?
Dessert, Fruits, Main Course, Recipes No Comments »Me, me, me…I can hear myself fighting for my right to take a bite of this yummylicious Filipino-style sweetened cured meat. Pork tocino plus rice with egg is my favorite breakfast accompanied with a hot cup of coffee. Perfect, ain’t it?
We once hopped into an Oriental store and found a ready-to-cook tocino made in the Philippines. Despite my craving, its price tag hindered me to throw it in our basket. I search for recipes online and found them easy. However, remembering Country Bob’s all-purpose sauce, my experimental self decided to make her own tocino recipe.
I will be sharing the recipe here but please know that I am never accurate with measuring ingredients. I always trust on my instincts and fortunately, my recipes always came out good if not perfect. *WINK* *WINK*
My tocino ingredients include:
Garlic
Pepper
Apple cider vinegar
Soy sauce
Brown sugar
Country bob’s all-purpose sauce
Pork chops or loin
Procedure is not complicated at all. First is to cut meat into about ¼ inch thick. Mix all other ingredients then marinate meat. I keep the marinade refrigerated for at least 3 days before cooking.
When cooking, I heat skillet then place meat on it. I don’t add water since the meat will produce its own juice eventually. In the case where you want your tocino to have a little sauce, you can pour some more of the marinade sauce on it when cooking. I never timed how long it gets cook. I just make sure it’s on medium heat and watch close til it looks like it’s done.
Thanks to country bob’s all-purpose sauce and looking forward to try out the recipes they sent with the sauce…
Philippines is just simply blessed for the abundance of mango fruits. Many tourists knew and tasted mango only when they arrived here, and fell in love with this juicy fruit. And personally, this is my favorite fruit too. 
And since it’s summer time, my refrigerator is full of different juice flavors and of course, I wouldn’t miss mango juice for that. Though a mango shake would be great, but, with my on the go schedule, I doubt if I will have the luxury to make one for myself. And besides, I don’t have a blender in my apartment. Heheh. So, instead, I just buy those bottled mango juice available in the supermarket. And no, I just don’t pick anything. My favorite is the Mango Nectar of Drysdale though, it’s a little bit pricey for me. I also love the Mango bits in can.
