Gising-Gising
{serves 3}
Ingredients:
- 2 cups chopped string beans
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 150 grams ground pork
- 3 pieces chili fingers, sliced diagonally
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 - 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
- small piece of ginger, pounded
- about 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- salt and pepper to taste
How to Cook:
- Heat oil and saute the onions, garlic, and ginger until limp. Add pork continue sauteeing until it changes in color. Season according to your preference.
- Add the chopped string beans, finger chili, and pour in the coconut milk. Simmer for a few minutes then turn off the heat and serve.
Notes to Consider:
- Most recipes use chopped green beans for this, I opted to use the string beans because it was much cheaper. :)
- For the coconut milk, you can use whatever kind is available - freshly squeezed coco milk, or those in cans or powdered form (dilute it in warm water first if you're using this kind).
When I served this, sister said this would be much better if I used shrimp paste (bagoong alamang) to season it. We had a bottle of shrimp paste in the fridge, so what I did was to get some and mixed it in my rice (with some gising-gising), and when I tasted it, it was really wonderful. I love spicy foods, so this (I think) is much delicious if it's on the spicy side.
*** Jenn ***
I come from a family who loves cooking and eating. I never had any formal training in cooking and that I taught myself how to cook based on the handed down recipes, but I could say that I can cook good food. In 2008, I started documenting my food trips for my