When I was younger, I was totally unadventurous with my food. If I didn’t grow up eating it, couldn’t pronounce it, or it looked unfamiliar, I just wouldn’t eat it. And since Filipino food wasn’t something familiar to me, I never ate it.
Thankfully, things have changed. Now, I enjoy trying new recipes and sharing new foods with my kids. So of course, when my husband offered to teach me how to make a Filipino dish he grew up eating, Pork and Peas or Pork Guisantes (guisantes = peas), I was more than happy to try it.
Delicious and easy one pan meal - Pork and Peas!Pork and Peas
If you need to feed a lot of mouths and don’t like a kitchen full of dishes, this recipe is for you. It’s super easy, incredibly tasty, and can be made in only one pan!
Step 1. First, sautee all the veggies until the onions begin to caramelize.
Step 2. Add the pork and cook for about 5 minutes.
Step 3. Next, add in the seasonings and pimentos. Bring to a boil. Cover the pan, reduced the heat, and simmer for 20 minutes. Then, add in the peas and cook for another 10 minutes. When it’s done, serve over rice for a great one pan meal!
I hope you enjoy this one pan meal. What’s your favorite pork dish?
Pork and Peas - Easy One Pan Meal
asy pork and peas recipe, a one pan Filipino meal.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. pork shoulder - cut into 1/2" to 3/4" cubes or slightly smaller (can be cut into strips too)
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 2 Tbsp. chopped bottled garlic or 3 cloves chopped fresh garlic
- 1 medium onion - sliced
- 1/2 cup bell peppers - sliced
- 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp. fish sauce
- 1 cup water or chicken stock
- 1 6 oz. can tomato paste
- 1 4 oz. bottle pimentos
- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 oz. frozen peas or half of a 13 oz. bag
- salt/pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large pan on medium high heat. Add onions and bell peppers. Cook until the onions begin to caramelize. Lower heat to medium and add chopped garlic and pork. Stir until all sides of the pork are browned - about 5 minutes.
- Add soy sauce, fish sauce, tomato paste, water, pimentos, bay leaf, and sugar to pan. Stir until well blended. Add salt and pepper to taste. When the sauce starts to boil, cover the pan. Lower heat to simmer and cook for 20 minutes. Add in peas and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Serve over rice.
Notes
Fish sauce can be omitted, but it adds a unique flavor to the dish.
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Made this with ground pork and it worked out great!! Love the fish sauce and pimento flavors.
That’s a great idea to use ground pork. Thanks for trying the recipe and stopping by.
How many people can your pork and peas recipe feed?
It depends on how much each person eats, but it feeds my family of 6. Two boys, hubby, two daughters, and myself.
So simple BUT so good! Thanks for for the recipe. Now find me a recipe for Split Peas and Rice and you will be my BESTEST friend forever. Barb
Tried this recipe tonight for the first time. It was easy to make and it tasted amazing. I am going to make it this way from now on. Thank you!
Glad you like it and thanks for letting me know.
Fish sauce when?? Mix it wish the soy sauce, water etc,, i guess??
Oh yes, sorry I missed that in the directions.
Can’t wait to make this…thank you for sharing!
Loved your recipe for Pork and Peas – Easy One Pan Meal..Thank you so much for joining us on #PureBlogLove link party! I hope to see you this Thursday night at 8 pm EST
Thanks Heidy. I love quick meals that can be made in one pan.
Very yummy! I will definitely save this one. Thanks for sharing at the Homestead Blog Hop, hope we see you there again this week.
Thanks for visiting Nicole. I’m scheduling all my parties now and will hopefully get to more parties soon.
This is fabulous! I love it. Pinned and tweeted. Thanks for being a part of our party! I hope you stop by on Monday at 7 pm. We love to party with you. Merry Christmas! Lou Lou Girls
Thanks. My kids really enjoy this dish and I love that I can get some veggies in them.
This is a great recipe and I just stumbled it.
Thank you so much for stumbling and visiting.