Pork morcon is a pork version of the popular beef morcon. The traditional way of making morcon is using beef and thinly sliced until it turns into a flat piece of meat. Then fill it with stuffings like hotdogs or sausages, ham or bacon and veggies likes carrots and bell peppers. Then roll it like a jelly roll and tie it with strings. There is a technique in slicing it “morcon style” and usually the meat vendor knows how to do it. And you only need to ask them to do it for you. Otherwise you can make it yourself and its not as hard as you think. With a little practice I’m sure you can master it. Since we are using pork tenderloin, it will require less time in cooking to tenderize the meat.
Pork morcon is a pork version of the popular beef morcon. The traditional way of making morcon is using beef and thinly sliced until it turns into a flat piece of meat.
Prep Time12 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time57 minutesmins
Course: Pork Recipe
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: pork morcon
Servings: 4servings
Calories: 625kcal
Author: Manny
Ingredients
1/2kilo pork tenderloinsliced morcon style
1Tbsp.calamansi Juice
1Tbsp.soy sauce
2Tbsp.all-purpose flour
For the stuffing:
1pc egghard boiled, sliced into 4 wedges
1pc hotdogcut into 4 strips
4strips bacon
1pc carrotcut into 3 strips
1pc pineapple slicecut into strips
50gramscheddar cheesecut into strips
1pc red bell peppercut into strips
For the sauce:
2clovesgarliccrushed
1medium onionschopped
3medium tomatoeschopped
1/4cuptomato sauce
1bay leaf
1 1/2cupsbeef broth or water
1beef bouillon cubeoptional
1Tbsp.breadcrumbs
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
How to make pork morcon:
Flatten the pork tenderloin and pound in a clean flat surface. Marinate in calamansi juice and soy sauce for 10 minutes.
Lay on a flat surface and starting at the edge, arrange the stuffing in alternate fashion until all the ingredients are used.
Roll in a jelly roll fashion and tie securely with cooking twine. Then coat with flour and brown all sides in a pan with a tablespoon of cooking oil.
In a saucepan, heat some cooking oil and saute garlic and onion until fragrant. Then add in the tomatoes and stir cook until soft.
Add in the tomato sauce, bay leaf and beef broth. If you are using water instead of beef broth, add in the beef cubes. Bring to a boil then add the pork morcon and simmer for 30 minutes or until tender. Add more water if necessary.
Remove the pork morcon from the pan and slice. Heat the sauce and add the bread crumbs and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the sauce is thickened then pour over the sliced morcon. Serve and enjoy!
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This is so satisfying to cook. I always wanted to try my hand at making Morcon. I love how the pork tenderloin meat is not as stringy or tough as beef. Definitely a family favorite from now on.
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.
This is so satisfying to cook. I always wanted to try my hand at making Morcon. I love how the pork tenderloin meat is not as stringy or tough as beef. Definitely a family favorite from now on.
Hi Nicoletta, thanks for dropping by and sharing your thoughts! 😁