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Nilagang Liempo with Upo (Pork Belly with Bottle Gourd)

January 8, 2020 by Manny 3 Comments

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This pork belly dish is boiled with bottle gourd, commonly called “upo” in tagalog dialect. Honestly my knowledge about cooking upo is only ginisang upo (or sauteed bottle gourd) with ground pork and some shelled shrimp. And when it comes to nilagang liempo, the vegetable that I usually see is either pechay, cabbage, Chinese cabbage and potatoes. My first impression of this dish is that it will taste bland because the ingredients are very simple but I’m wrong. It is very tasty and I’m sure you will love it.

To cook nilagang liempo with upo; Remove the skin of pork belly and cut into 3/4 inch thick. Cut the sliced pork into at least 1 to 1/2 inch length. Peel the upo (or bottle gourd) and slice it into 1 to 1/2 inch squares. In a stainless pot, let boil about 2 liters of water. Then put the pork belly and let it boil until you see scum on the surface and remove it. Add in onion, ginger and peppercorn. Continue boiling for an hour or until the pork is tender. Add in the upo and continue boiling until the upo is cooked but be careful not to overcook the vegetable because it will become soggy. Season with patis and granuled seasoning and adjust if necessary. Optional: you can serve it with soy sauce and calamansi dipping sauce.

 

Nilagang Liempo with Upo
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How to Cook Nilagang Liempo with Upo (Pork Belly with Bottle Gourd)

This pork belly dish is boiled with bottle gourd, commonly called "upo" in tagalog dialect.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time35 minutes mins
Total Time45 minutes mins
Course: Pork Recipe
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: nilagang baboy, nilagang liempo, nilagang upo
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 276kcal
Author: Manny

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo pork liempo or pork belly
  • 1 upo or bottle gourd about a foot length
  • 50 grams fresh ginger cut and pounded
  • 1 medium size onion quartered
  • 1/2 Tbsp whole black peppercorn cracked
  • 2 Tbsp patis or fish sauce
  • 1 tsp granule seasoning Magic Sarap

Instructions

How to cook Nilagang Liempo with Upo:

  • Remove the skin of pork belly and cut into 3/4 inch thick. Cut the sliced pork into at least 1 to 1/2 inch length.
  • Peel the upo (or bottle gourd) and slice it into 1 to 1/2 inch squares.
  • In a stainless pot, let boil about 2 liters of water. Then put the pork belly and let it boil until you see scum on the surface and remove it.
  • Add in onion, ginger and peppercorn. Continue boiling for an hour or until the pork is tender.
  • Add in the upo and continue boiling until the upo is cooked but be careful not to overcook the vegetable because it will become soggy.
  • Season with patis and granuled seasoning and adjust if necessary.
  • Optional: you can serve it with soy sauce and calamansi dipping sauce.

 

Nilagang Liempo with Upo

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Filed Under: Pork Recipes Tagged With: bottle gourd, calabash, nilagang liempo, upo, white gourd

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Manny Montala is a webmaster and admin of this blog and one of his interest is on the area of Filipino dishes and recipes. Please visit this blog often and bookmark. Please read my about page for details. Thanks for visiting.
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  1. Manny

    May 24, 2023 at 10:14 am

    Correction: In some of the comments below, star ratings were mistakenly included. These have now been removed for transparency. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

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  2. Jeaneth Coloma

    January 8, 2020 at 8:04 am

    5 stars
    Thank for this very easy to cook Filipino soup dish! I love upo and I think I will love this dish too!

    Reply
    • Manny

      January 13, 2020 at 12:35 am

      Hi Jeaneth, Thank for taking your time to post a comment!

      Reply

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