Easy Adobong Kangkong Recipe

Adobong Kangkong is a dish made from Kangkong (Water Spinach or River Spinach). Adobo is a Filipino cooking method. Meats and vegetables are cooked and stewed in soy sauce and vinegar. Normal meats utilized are chicken and pork. There are a few varieties where other meats are cooked this way too. Vegetables can also be cooked via the adobo method like this post. String (long) beans are another vegetable option.

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Adobong Kangkong Recipe

Recipe by Yummy FoodCourse: MainCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

15

minutes

Total time

45

minutes

Adobong Kangkong is a dish made from Kangkong (Water Spinach or River Spinach).

Ingredients

• 1 big bowl of kangkong (river spinach)

• 1/4 kilo of pork, cut into small pieces

• 1/4 cup of vinegar

• 1/4 cup soy sauce

• 5 cloves of garlic, minced

• 1 onion, diced

• 2 laurel leaves (bay leaves)

• 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)

• 1 cup pork stock (broth) or bouillon pork cube dissolved in water

• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• Sauté garlic and onions in a big pan then add the pork. Allow the pork to brown and oil for a few minutes.
• Add a cup of pork stock (or bouillon cube dissolved in water or plain water), laurel leaves, soy sauce, some salt and bring to a boil.
• Let simmer then add the vinegar. Do not stir for 5 minutes.
• Add the kangkong stalks first and cook for 1 minute then add the kangkong leaves. Continue cooking until the vegetable is done.
• Serve hot with rice.

Notes

• Instead of kangkong, this recipe can be used to cook other vegetables like eggplant, spinach, cabbage, string beans or any other vegetable.

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