Humba Recipe (Braised Pork Belly with Sugar)-Filipino style

One of the comfort foods of every Filipino household is the Humba Recipe (Braised Pork Belly). This food style of the Filipino is one of the well-known or shall we say It's a popular Filipino food dish especially somewhere in Visayans region and Mindanao regions.

Humba is one of the dishes I prepared during our recentsalo-salo (get together) with friends. Everyone loved it. I even heard one of them that he missed it a lot. This is usually serve in every occasions.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. pork (i usually used pork belly or pork hocks), cut into serving pieces
• 1 cup water
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 tsp. pepper or 1 tsp. peppercorns
• 1 tsp. oil
• salt to taste
• 3 potatoes, peeled and quartered (optional)
• hard-boiled eggs (optional)

Cooking Procedures :

1. Combine all ingredients in a big pot and bring to a boil.  Lower heat and simmer for about an hour or until pork belly or hocks is tender.  You may wish to adjust the taste according to your style and liking.
2. If you want to add some potatoes and hard-boiled eggs in this dish, potatoes usually cook about 15 minutes.  It's up to you whether you like it very soft or just tender to bite.  You may add it halfway of the cooking time or later.  As for the eggs let it sits for a few minutes before its done to let the sauces covered into it.
3. Remove bay leaf and peppercorns (if used) just before serving.  Serve hot.