Adobong balon – balonan (gizzard) at kangkong (water spinach)

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Adobong balon-balonan (gizzard) at kangkong (water spinach)I don’t know why kangkong (water spinach) is so good with adobo; it just is. I’ve tried it with eel, pork and now with balon-balonan ng manok (chicken gizzards).

What exactly is balon-balonan or gizzard? Hyperdictionary, citing Webster, defines it as “the second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.” The most popular traditional way of cooking balon-balonan in the Philippines is as adobong balon-balonan at atay (gizzard and liver adobo). A current popular street food is the balon-balonan barbeque.

I have tried cooking balon-balonan with kangkong before with a rather sweetish sauce. But for lunch yesterday, we opted to use the same combination for an adobo dish instead. And using soy paste too instead of the usual soy sauce.

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August 8, 2004  Print This Post   
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13 Responses to “Adobong balon – balonan (gizzard) at kangkong (water spinach)”
  1. felixberto says:

    no matter what i do, i could not tenderize the gizzard. still comes out rubbery. i can chew on them all day. do i have to remove the tan lining? chickens swallow pieces of rock that end up in their gizzards to aid in crushing their food. do you have a recipe for chicken liver adobo? thanks.

  2. Connie says:

    it takes about 2 hours to make them really tender. and it’s the sides that have to be trimmed. and the sort of “wrapping” — dunno what it’s called.

    No liver only adobo recipe here, sorry. my kids don’t eat liver-only. has to be liver and something else.:razz:

  3. Sha says:

    tried it last night and it was good. I didn’t have access to soy paste so I used reg. soy sause, about the same portion but parang kulang lang ng onti sa lasa though accdg to hubby, masarap daw talaga! =) ang tagal palang lutuin! hehehe.

  4. Ahhh! Revelation! Kaya pala spinach ang substitute ng kangkong sa Sinigang! Well, not just because of the obvious reason that they’re booth green and leafy … eh, “water spinach” pala ang ingles ng kangkong! Sus… thanks Madame Connie for writing about these lil details.

  5. Carol says:

    interesting. I never thought of mixing Kankong with adobong gizzard before.
    We have gizzard in the fridge and I think I will try this one out.
    Cool concoctions!

  6. ogz says:

    i will try to cook this recipe today, yehey, bagong ulam ulit :P

  7. ogz says:

    i don’t have much time left to cook it, so, what i did was, i cut the kangkong stalks a little shorter than 1 cm, cut the gizzard almost the same size. It took me less than an hour of cooking and still taste good.
    Next week, when I’m gonna cook it, to impress my ever-loving mom-in-law, i shall follow the step by step method, i know it will taste even better, looks even better too, hahaha kasi nagmukhang bopis naggawa ko ngayon

  8. Connie says:

    LOL Because the pieces were too small? Larger pieces take longer to cook but they’re juicier that way. :)

  9. arnold says:

    i tried every filipino dish you could think of but what i’m really looking is just like this one.kinda unique and easy to prepare.the trick to make the gizzard tender is that when trimming the meat , try to make some slices in it just like doing the trick in cooking squids.try to make some criss-crossed slices to break down the meat fiber…well anyway , nice recipe madam….i’ve tried it and made it a topping on a bowl of steamy rice and voila! great hit with the kids…hope you have more of this…godspeed!!!!!

  10. Madie says:

    Ma’am Connie, just wanna check: is soy paste the same as miso?

  11. Connie says:

    Madie, no they’re not the same.

  12. Madie says:

    ayayay, it’s good i checked with you first before buying it. thanks!

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