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Batchoy Lugaw

Yields4 ServingsTotal Time3 hrs

Batchoy Soup Base:
 2 pieces 2-inch gingersmashed
 1 piece large white onionquartered
 ¼ kg chicken soup boneswashed
 ¼ kg pork soup boneswashed
 8 cups water
 ½ kg pork kasimwhole
 ¼ kg pork liver
  cup guinamos/bagoong isda
 1 tbsp black peppercorns
Lugaw:
 2 tbsp vegetable oil
 3 tbsp garlicminced
 ½ tbsp cup red onionsminced
 4 tbsp gingersliced into very thin matchsticks
 1 piece siling pangsigangfinely chopped
 5 ½ cup glutinous ricesoaked overnight
 1 cup rice
 2 cups dahoon ng sili
 56 cups batchoy soup
 cooked pork meat from soup basesliced into small pieces
 cooked liver from soup basesliced into small pieces
 1 1 pack coagulated pork/chicken blood
Blood curds (If Ready Made is Unavailable):
 1 cup pork/chicken blood
 ½ tbsp grated ginger
 ½ tbsp grated garlic
 Salt, to taste
 Ground black pepper, to taste
Toppings:
 Shredded pechay baguio
 Crushed chicharron
 Leeks, sliced
 Toasted garlic
 Hard boiled eggs
Make blood curds
1

In a heat-safe container, mix together the pork/chicken blood, grated ginger, and grated garlic. Season well with salt and pepper. Mix well and place in a steamer. Steam on high until the blood cooks through and forms a firm and solid block. Set aside to cool. Slice into matchsticks. set aside.

Make batchoy soup
2

Make batchoy soup. In a large pot/pressure cooker over medium heat, cover the pork and chicken soup bones with water and bring to a boil. Drain the scummy water and rinse the pot/pressure cooker and soup bones well. Return the soup bones to the pot/pressure cooker. Add the smashed ginger, white onion, peppercorns, whole pork kasim, pork liver, and new water to completely cover everything. Season well with salt. Boil until liver is tender then remove liver and slice into strips. Continue boiling soup for about 1½ hours. Uncover pot, add more water as necessary to make 5 -6 cups, and add the guinamos/bagoong isda. Boil uncovered until the fishy smell disappears then strain the soup and set aside. Slice tender pork kasim into thin strips.

Make lugaw
3

In a large, deep pot, saute the garlic, onion, ginger, and siling pangsigang in oil for a few minutes. Add the soaked glutinous rice, regular rice, and the batchoy soup. Simmer while occasionally stirring until lugaw is cooked through and reduced. Add the dahon ng sili, ¾ of pork strips, ¾ of the pork liver and ¾ of pork blood. Adjust seasoning as needed with ground black pepper. Serve and top with shredded pechay baquio, remaining pork strips, liver, and blood, crushed chicharron, sliced leeks, and toasted garlic. 

Nutrition Facts

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