Pork Kare Kare

A great way to enjoy kare kare minus the oxtail (my least favorite part of this dish).  I can eat rice with sauce and just bagoong (shrimp paste).    

What I used

• 500 grams pork cubes without fat
• around 5 cups of water
• 1 pc knorr pork broth cube
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced thinly
• 1 onion, peeled and diced
• 2 eggplants, ends chopped off, sliced lengthwise then cut into serving pieces
• 5 long string beans, ends snapped off then cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 pack mama sita's kare kare peanut sauce mix

What I did

• in a deep sauce pan, submerged the pork cubes in water and let it boil for about 45 minutes, threw out the fat that rose to the surface
• transferred some of the liquid into a cup and dissolved the pork broth cube then returned it to the pan and let it boil for another 15 minutes
• removed the pork and broth from the saucepan, i had about 3 cups of broth
• sauteed the garlic and onion in the same pan
• browned the pork
• poured in the kare kare mix which I dissolved in about a cup of pork broth
• returned the remaining broth to the pan
• when the sauce has thickened, added the eggplants and string beans, stirred continuously
• added a few spoonfuls of water when the sauce was too thick

This was a very easy instant dinner if you don't count the long boiling process.  The meat came out very soft and the sauce was thick and peanuty.  It smelled heavenly too.  I would add more sauce next time and dissolve the kare kare mix very well before pouring it over the pork.  I would also add more vegetables and maybe even try cooking it with some oxtail and beef used for stews.