Adobong Sitaw with Pork Belly

This Adobong Sitaw with Pork Belly is a simple, yet classic Filipino dish that combines tender pork belly and fresh string beans simmered in a savory adobo sauce. This adobong sitaw with oyster sauce dish is budget-friendly, easy to prepare, and packed with rich flavors that are loved in every Filipino home.  Perfect for the weekday paired with some freshly cooked rice.

Adobong Sitaw with Pork Belly

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Prep Time 7 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Filipino

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

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• 2 – 3 bunches string beans
• 300 grams pork belly chopped
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 medium onion sliced
• 2 small tomatoes chopped
• Pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 cup water adjust as needed
• 2 teaspoons oyster sauce

Instructions

 

• Gather all the ingredients. Slice the string beans into smaller pieces. Wash and set aside.
• In a pan saute the pork until it browns and the oil comes out. Add in the garlic and saute until aromatic. Mix in the onions and tomatoes.
• Once the tomatoes are soft enough to crush, add pepper to taste, soy sauce, and water. Mix well. Cover and simmer for 10 – 15 minutes or until the pork is tender.
• Add in the string beans and oyster sauce. Stir fry until well combined. Cover and cook for a minute. Serve with rice on the side.

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What are Filipino Long Beans?

Filipino Long Beans or what many Filipinos might call “Sitaw” are slender, extra-long green beans that are common in Filipino cooking. These have a slightly sweet earthy flavor and a slightly tender texture that turn crisp-tender when cooked. This texture holds up well in  stir-fries, sautés, and stews. It’s even a key ingredient in many traditional dishes like Adobong Sitaw, Pinakbet, Ginisang Sitaw, and many mixed-vegetable recipes. 

Beyond their versatility, these long beans are packed with health benefits—they’re rich in fiber, vitamins A and C, folate, and plant-based protein. All these combine to provide many health benefits like digestion, immunity, and overall wellness. Also, because they grow abundantly in the Philippines these green beans are budget-friendly and easy to find sold anywhere from the streets, dry market, grocery stores sometimes even outside people’s homes. These are also easy to grow at home. A staple vegetable in many Filipino households, loved for its flavor, texture, nutrition, and ability to stretch meals without sacrificing taste.

Read more about these here : “ What are String Beans ”.

Why is Adobo String Beans ( or “ Adobo Sitaw ” ) a popular choice for many ?

Adobong Sitaw is a popular choice for many households because of how filling, delicious, and affordable it is. It’s also incredibly easy to prepare. What makes this a stand out dish is how the string beans absorb the tangy, savory adobo sauce beautifully, creating a rich flavor that pairs perfectly with rice. This dish is also versatile-you can enjoy this plain just with the vegetables, add in meats like pork ( for the popular “ginisang sitaw with pork,”),chicken, fish,  and serve it with a side of rice to complete the meal.This recipe is a budget-friendly way to include vegetables in everyday meals, making it a staple in Filipino households that value flavor, practicality, and nourishment.

Adobong Sitaw with Pork Belly Ingredients

• String beans – a colorful crisp choice to add fiber into the dish.
• Pork belly – the choice of meat for the dish. The pork belly is a great choice since it has a good amount of fats that’ll keep the meat juicy when simmering.
• Garlic and Onion – aromatics to help enhance the flavor or the dish.
• Tomatoes – adds a slight tang and savory flavor into the sauce.
• Pepper – to taste.
• Soy sauce – for color and umami.
• Water – helps with simmering the pork.
• Oyster sauce – add savory richness into the dish.

How to Cook Adobong Sitaw

Ingredients 

• 2 – 3 bunches string beans
• 300 grams pork belly ( chopped )
• 4 cloves garlic ( minced )
• 1 medium onion ( sliced )
• 2 small tomatoes ( chopped )
• Pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 cup water ( adjust as needed )
• 2 teaspoons oyster sauce

Steps :

1. Gather all the ingredients. Slice the string beans into smaller pieces. Wash and set aside.

2. In a pan saute the pork until it browns and the oil comes out. Add in the garlic and saute until aromatic. Mix in the onions and tomatoes. 

3. Once the tomatoes are soft enough to crush, add pepper to taste, soy sauce, and water. Mix well. Cover and simmer for 10 – 15 minutes or until the pork is tender.

4. Add in the string beans and oyster sauce. Stir fry until well combined. Cover and cook for a minute. Serve with rice on the side.

Questions :

• Adobong Sitaw with Pork Belly Calories

Depending on the amount of fat the pork has, a serving with 60-64 grams of fat has around 660 to 700 calories.

• Additional Ingredients
  • Adobong Sitaw without Pork – you can absolutely make an Adobong Sitaw without Meat dish. Just omit the steps with pork, as well as add a bit of oil into the pan when sauteing the aromatics. If you do want to add protein without any meat you can fry or saute hard tofu into the dish. Soft tofu would crush too easily. Hard tofu will make a better substitute.
  • Adobong Sitaw with Chicken – you can substitute the pork with ground, shredded chicken, or other parts like the chicken leg, neck, thighs, breasts, or the whole chicken just chopped to parts.
  • Other meat choices are shrimp, fish, tofu, duck, goat, squid, liver, gizzards, or adding more vegetables like eggplants, potatoes or more.

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How to make Adobong Sitaw with Pork Belly ( Tagalog )

Mga Sangkap :

• 2 – 3 bungkos ng sitaw
• 300 gramo pork belly ( hiniwa ng maliliit )
• 4 butil ng bawang ( tinadtad )
• 1 sibuyas ( hiniwa )
• 2 kamatis ( hiniwa )
• Paminta panlasa
• 2 kutsara ng soy sauce
• 1 tasa ng tubig ( dagdagan o bawasan kung kinakailangan )
• 2 kutsarita ng oyster sauce

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ihanda ang mga sangkap. Hiwain ang mga sitaw ng maliliit. Hugasin at itabi.
2. Sa kawali, lutuin ang mga baboy hanggang magkayumanggi o hanggang matunaw ang mga taba nito. Haluan ng bawang at lutui hanggang mabango. Pagkatapos, haluan ng mga sibuyas at kamatis.
3. Kapag malambto na ang mga kamatis, haluan ng paminta, soy sauce at tubig. Takpan at lutuin ng 10 – 15 minuto o hanggang lumambot ang mga baboy.
4. Ihalo dito ang mga sitaw at oyster sauce. Takpan at lutuin ng 1 minuto. Ihanda kasama ng kanin.