Pork Ribs Caldereta

Pork Ribs Caldereta is a deliciously rich and meaty Filipino dish made by marinating pork ribs in pineapple juice, soy sauce, and black pepper for an hour before searing. While creating the base made of aromatics and tomato paste, adding in the seared ribs, marinade and water. Add in your choice of vegetables, liver spread, sweet pickles, and cheese for texture and flavor. Optionally; add bell peppers and chillies for color and spice. Try out this boldy flavored yet comforting home-cooked short ribs caldereta recipe from Yummy Kitchen down below!

How to make this Recipe?

The Caldereta sometimes spelled as “Kaldereta” is a common but still beloved Filipino dish-stew that typically uses goat meat, but some households use beef, pork or chicken as these are easier to find and clean. Made with a medley of rich, tangy, savory, and subtly sweet ingredients, the usual Filipino flavor profile. The meat is seasoned for a few hours or overnight before being seared to give it color and structure before being simmered in a tomato base until tender, adding vegetables for color and additional taste, cooked all together till it’s thick and hearty.

Yummy Kitchen’s version of the Pork Ribs Caldereta with Pineapple Juice by marinating the ribs in a bowl with pineapple juice to help remove any foul tastes as well and help tenderize the meat helping the sauces penetrate the meat better, some soy sauce for umami, and pepper for a bit of heat. Leave this for an hour. While marinating, cook the chopped potatoes and carrots till they’ve browned on both sides, setting it aside. Then sear only the ribs till it’s slightly charred on both sides, keeping the marinade for later. Saute the aromatics, garlic and onions till they’re soft before adding in the tomato paste, mixing these before adding the ribs, marinade, and some water. Cover and let this simmer till tender. Mix in the liver spread to add to the creaminess and savory taste, some pickles to help cut through the oily taste that the pork might have. Lastly adding the cooked carrots, potatoes, cheese for more creaminess, and bell peppers for pops of color. Give it a good stir and cover to help the flavors meld together. Give it a taste and add some salt if needed, and some chillies if you’d like to add some spiciness. Mix well before serving with some freshly cooked white rice. Try this delightfully delicious stew now!

Easy Pork Ribs Caldereta Recipe :

Ingredients :

• 1 kilo pork ribs, chopped separately
• ⅓ cup pineapple juice
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 medium potatoes, chopped
• 1 small carrot, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 – 3 cups water
• 1 can liver spread
• 2 tablespoons sweet pickles
• ½ cup cheese
• 1 Red and green bell peppers, chopped
• Salt to taste
• Red chillies (optional)
• Oil for searing

Steps :

1. Place the ribs in a bowl, pour in pineapple juice, soy sauce, and pepper. Mix well and let this marinade for 1 hour.

2. Heat oil in a pan, add in the potatoes and cook until lightly browned, set aside. Repeat for the carrots, and set these aside as well.

3. With the remaining oil. Sear the pork ribs till both sides have browned. Set aside. Save the leftover marinade.

4. Add garlic into the pan cook till aromatic, then add in the onions saute till soft before adding the tomato paste and saute this for a minute.

5. Place back the ribs and give it a good mix, pour in the leftover marinade and water. Cover and let this simmer for 40 – 45 minutes till the meat is tender. This should easily be pierced by a fork to know if it’s tender enough.

6. Add a can of liver spread and pickles. Mix well. Add in the carrots, potatoes, cheese, and bell peppers. Mix before covering and cooking for another 5 – 8 minutes at low heat.

7. Add salt to taste, and some red chillies if you like it spicy. Mix well before serving.

Questions:

• Other ways of cooking the caldereta?

Aside from having to stew this in a pot oven, an oven or electric stove, you can also use a  pressure cooker or slow cooker to minimize time. Try out the slow cooker pork ribs caldereta version.

• Additional ingredients you can add?
  • Instead of water, try using Sprite to make “Caldereta with Sprite” or Coke to make “Pork Caldereta with Coke”, sodas help keep the ribs tender and juicy, it also adds a bit of sweetness into the dish.
  • If you add half a tablespoon of worcestershire or “Caldereta with Lea and Perrins” it adds aintinteresting sweet, tangy, and strong umami taste.
  • To make a spicy pork ribs caldereta recipe, add 2 – 3 red chillies, adding more after simmering it together if you want it hotter. If you don’t have chillies on hand, add your favorite hot sauce at the end of simmering the ribs.
  • To make a creamy kaldereta dish create “Pork Spare Ribs Caldereta with Gata” (Pork Kaldereta sa Gata) add a can of coconut cream or milk instead of the water, giving it a good stir to avoid the milk from curdling.
  • For those preferring a nuttier taste make some “Pork Ribs Caldereta with Peanut Butter recipe” (Pork Kaldereta Recipe with Peanut Butter) add 1 – 3 tablespoons of peanut butter depending how strong you like it to be while simmering the ribs till tender.

• How to cook caldereta without tomato sauce?

Add in 2 – 3 cups of diced tomatoes with 1 – 2 teaspoons of salt and let this simmer till soft before adding the aromatics and ribs back. Like the recipe below, you can use a tablespoon or 2 of tomato paste if the tomato sauce or tomatoes are not available.

• Don’t have liver spread? Use this instead:

How to make Pork Ribs Caldereta without liver spread (pork ribs with liver spread) ? This ingredient helps make the dish thicker, creamier, and even more savory. To substitute, use the same amount of liverwurst, or pâté, or if there is none, to help thicken the sauce, make a cornstarch or potato starch slurry, mixing this in the middle of tenderizing the ribs.

Other Yummy Pork Ribs Recipes!

• Pork Ribs in Sweet Sarsa ( ribs glazed with a savory sweet sauce )
• Sinarsahang Pork Ribs ( a saucy dish, the sweeter version of the caldereta )
• Sweet and Spicy Pork Ribs
• Braised Pork Ribs
• Pork Chop

Pork Ribs Caldereta Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 1 kilo pork ribs, hiniwa ng isa’t isa
• ⅓ tasa pineapple juice
• 3 kutsarang soy sauce
• 1 kutsaritang paminta
• 2 patatas, hiniwa ng malaki
• 1 maliit na karot, hiniwa ng malaki
• 4 butil ng bawang, tinadtad
• 1 malaking sibuyas, hiniwa
• 2 kutsarang tomato paste
• 2 – 3 tasa tubig
• 1 lata liver spread
• 2 kutsarang sweet pickles
• ½ tasa keso
• 1 pula at berdeng paminta, hiniwa
• Asin panlasa
• Pulang sila (opsyonal)
• Mantika panluto

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ilagay ang mga ribs sa isang mangkok at haluan ito ng pineapple juice, soy sauce, at paminta. Imarinate ng 1 oras.
2. Initin ang mantika sa kawali, lutuin ang mga patatas hanggang mag kayumanggi, itabi. Ulitin ito sa mga karot, itabi pagkatapos.
3. Gamit ang natitirang mantika, itabi nag marinade at iluto ang mga pork ribs hanggang mag kayumanggi ang magkabilaan. Itabi.
4. Lutuin ang bawang hanggang mabango, isama ang mga sibuyas at lutuin hanggang lumambot bago haluan ng tomato paste, lutuin ang mga ito ng 1 minuto.
5. Ibalik ang mga ribs at haluan ng natirang marinade at tubig. Takpan at pakuluin ng 40 – 45 minuto hanggang lumambot.
6. Malalaman pag malambot na ito kung mabilis ito tusukin ng tinidor. Haluan ng liver spread at pickles. Pagkatapos haluan ng carrots, potatoes, keso, at pula at berdeng paminta. Takpan at lutuin ng 5 – 8 minuto sa mababaw na init.
7. Haluan ng asin kung kinakailangan, samahan ng sili para dagdagan ng anghang. Haluin bago ihanda.

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