Bicol Express

A fiery Filipino coconut stew with pork and chilies. Rich, creamy, and spicy enough to make you sweat through your tsinelas.

Ingredients:

• 12 pcs green Thai chili

• 12 pcs red Thai chili

• 1 whole sliced onions

• 3 tbsp bagoong (shrimp paste)

• 1 can coconut milk

• 1 can coconut cream

• 3.5 lbs sliced pork belly

• Egg plant 

• 1 whole minced garlic

• Olive oil

• 1/2 tsp black pepper

• 1 tsp salt

• Add sugar if coconut milk not sweet 

Directions: 

1. Pan fry minced garlic then sliced onions. 

2. Add salt and black pepper

3. Then stir in pork belly and cook with lid on.

4. After a few minutes, add bagoong and mix.

5. Add coconut milk and simmer for 5 minutes.

6. Add red chilis and simmer 5-10 minutes

7. Add coconut cream and green chili and simmer until all the liquid is mostly rendered