Easy Recipe Series: Garlicky Pork

This new series just came to mind after I have posted the first Financial Series entry. I thought why not share the easiest and instant recipes based on my own experiment and discoveries that could help working individuals like me. I might help those who are always in dilemma on what to cook after a day’s work. As you can see, us, working 8 to 5 always opt to eat at fast food chains which are sometimes costly and could be non-healthy, too.

This series talks about practical, handy and easy recipes, not the ones you encounter in cooking shows and made by expert chefs. This is a guide that could be helpful even to those who have not cooked in their entire lives.

So basically this first entry is not really uncommon perhaps you might have done this at home already.

Shellyn's Garlicky Pork

Shellyn’s Garlicky Pork

Ingredients

½ kilo pork
½ cup oil
¼ teaspoon iodized salt
1 bulb Garlic
Maggi Magic Sarap
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoon vinegar

Pre-cooking preps:

Pork marinade

1. Mix the pork with soy sauce, vinegar, Maggi Magic Sarap and salt.

2. Marinate for 5 minutes and set aside the mixture.

One bulb of crushed and minced garlic

3. Simultaneous with the marinade, crush garlic and slice it into small cubes. Set aside.

How to Cook:

1. Ensure frying pan is well-heated then add the oil.

2. Heat the oil well. For first time cooks, let the oil boil.
3. Add the crushed garlic.

Frying the garlic

4. Ensure that it turns into brownish color before adding the pork.
5. Let the pork fry for 15 minutes.
6. You can see that it is well-cooked already if the garlic are starting to get crispy.
7. Don’t overcook the garlic as it will become black and could add a bitter taste to the pork.
8. Serve.


Health Benefits

Almost done

The presence of abundant garlic in itself is already a plus factor for your health. As Wikipedia said, garlic is claimed to help prevent heart disease (including atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure) and cancer. This would balance the cholesterol content in pork and oil.

Try partnering this dish with tea or milk to avoid the unpleasant smell after eating. You'll surely enjoy the crunchy and sumptuous taste of pork.

Till next recipe J