I decided to visit Sprouts today since I figured its been a while since I 've last been here. Luckily, I stumbled upon a bag of fresh green beans. Knowing how much Car loves Gising-gising, which is a Philippines dish consisting of ground pork and green beans, I immediately bought a bag and checked out so that I can start cooking.
Ever since she first had it a couple of years back, Car has been crazy for gising-gising. We'd always have it at home after that however, mom would make a simpler, modified version so that everyone in the family could enjoy it. You see my dad's not a big fan of spicy food, so our gising-gising got downplayed a bit to a more subtle dish. But since tonight was just gonna be Car and I, I opted to try to go as traditional as I can in trying to recreate the original gising-gising.
So here goes nothing..
GISING-GISING
INGREDIENTS:
1 pound green beans, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces
1/2 pound ground pork
1 1/2 tsp shrimp paste
1 can coconut milk
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 medium onion, minced
3 pieces red chili, minced
Salt and pepper
METHOD:
-chop the beans, trying to make them as uniform as possible
-in a pan set on medium-high heat, saute minced onions and cruched garlic in a little bit of oil
-once translucent, add in the pork
-brown the pork and then add the shrimp paste
-at this point you can add in the chili peppers
-pour in 1 can of coconut milk
-and cover the pan and set the heat on medium-low. Allow to simmer for about 20 minutes, letting the meat soften and the flavors to marry.
-after 20 minutes, toss in the chopped green beans
-let it simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes to soften the beans but still keeping a nice crunch in them
Serve on top of hot white rice
Yes, it must be white rice!
A smooth, creamy sauce mixed with hearty ground beef and crisp green beans. With just the right amount of heat that lingers in your mouth, I think I did a pretty good job in capturing traditional Gising-gising.
Miks