This Laing recipe or Bicol laing is a dish indigenous to the Bicol province. Rich and creamy, it's made from dried taro or gabi leaves and coconut milk.



INGREDIENTS
  • 4 cups Dried Taro Leaves
  • 1/2 pound Pork loin or shoulders, boiled and cut in strips
  • 2 cans Coconut Milk
  • 1 piece Long Chili Peppers, cut in strips
  • 3 cloves of Garlic, minced
  • 1 medium Onion, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 thumbsize Ginger, cut in strips
  • 2 tablespoons Sauteed Shrimp Paste(Bagoong Alamang)
  • 1 tablespoon Cooking Oil for sauteing

COOKING TIME : 20 minutes

  • Saute the garlic, onion and ginger in cooking oil. Add the pork and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients and let it simmer for 15 - 20 minutes, stirring from time to time.
  • Cook until the taro leaves have fully absorbed the coconut milk and almost rendering fat.
  • Serve with rice.
 
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