Giniling na Baboy

Giniling na Baboy (Ground Pork) is one of the famous dishes in the Philippines. It is served in almost all street food house aka karinderia or Jolly Jeep. 

It's main ingredient is the ground pork. If you choose the ground pork that has fats in it then you can just cook it by it's own oil or with very little cooking oil else it will turn so oily. (FYI: Lean ground pork is more expensive that just ground pork with fat.) 

Giniling na Baboy is a dish that usually served in Filipino family meals but also in banquets or fiesta.

Ingredients:

1 kilo ground pork
1 cup carrots, minced
1/2 kilo potatoes, minced
1 tbsp. garlic, minced
2 medium onions, chopped

1 medium red bell pepper, cut into wedges
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup raisins

2 tbsp cooking oil

1/4 cup of water
salt
pepper

Procedures:

1. Add cooking oil and heat the cooking pan until hot. 
2. Sautee garlic until  light brown. 
3. Add onions and cook until translucent. 
4. Add ground pork and sautee until it turn to brown.
5. Add carrots and potatoes. 
6. Add water.
7. Cook for about 5 to 7 minutes until vegetables are tender, and half of the water is absorbed.
8. Add red bell pepper, raisins and tomato sauce.
9. Salt and pepper to taste.
10. Cook for another 3 minutes. 
11. Serve with steaming hot rice.

Variations:
Add 1/2 cup frozen green peas with bell peppers
Add 1/2 cup raisins with bell peppers
Add 1/2 cup hotdogs, sliced
Add cooked quail eggs or hard-boiled eggs before serving