Pork asado

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The name of the dish sounds Spanish but, surprisingly, it is also a staple in most Chinese restaurants in the Philippines. I’m pretty sure that the Chinese don’t call their version of this pork dish asado. It’s more probable that Filipinized Chinese used the term asado to refer to a Chinese pork dish that has a similar sweet-salty flavor. Of course, I’m guessing…

pork asado

Asado is basically a braised dish. The pork is cooked whole, cooled and sliced, then served with the thickened braising liquid. The Chinese asado, on the other hand, is roast marinated pork loin, sliced thinly and served as an appetizer, usually as part of an assorted cold meat dish.

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January 25, 2006  Print This Post   
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21 Responses to “Pork asado”
  1. eden says:

    hello there! can u pls. share the complete ingredients and how to cook this so called pork asado?

    keep it up :)

  2. sha says:

    alam mo sassy cook itong asado na to may it be pork or chicken.. I have not ventured my experiments on this level yet.

    star aniseed ha? did not think about this being used to pinoy cooking

  3. Connie says:

    Eden, there’s a link to page 2. It’s all there.

    We call it sanque, actually, Sha. Come to think of it, I don’t know of any other recipe that uses star anise except asado and its variations.

  4. auee says:

    I saw Delia (Smith) cook something like this which she says she learnt in Japan. I bought the star anise but never got to use it as I forgot the recipe!!! Buset na busy life. :roll:

    Anyway salamat at nagpost ka hehehe Hindi ko alam asado pala tawag dun!

  5. relly says:

    Hi sassy,
    The meat is miticulously cut “hating kapatid”.

  6. Maria says:

    Just to let you know that asado could also be Portuguese! we write it with double s – assado.
    regards
    from Portugal

  7. Connie says:

    LOL Auee, time to buy star anise again? :grin:

    Relly, I’m meticulous in that way, actually. I like equality. :lol:

    Maria, thanks for that info. :smile:

  8. auee says:

    Sassy, like all the recipes I got here, the asado was perfect! :razz: I’m really really happy hehehe

    Nandaya nga lang ako, I didn’t have hoisin sauce, I made do without it. Instead nilagyan ko ng sesame oil para mas aromatic.

    My hubby says “parang sa siopao”, it was meant to be a compliment.

  9. Connie says:

    Great, Auee! Before I discovered hoisin sauce, I made do without it too. :)

  10. Jose Luis says:

    Pardon my poor English because we do not speak it in my country. I believe you can understand too. I plan to travel Asia and maybe the Philippines so i look for information on the Internet. Now I know what food to try in the Philippines because of good information in your page. I be sure not to order food with the Spanish names because of many strange surprises.

  11. vham says:

    hello there…i just want to ask where can i buy the star anise? Thank you.

  12. Connie says:

    Yeah, Luis, because Spanish dishes have been Filipinized over the centuries. It’s the Philippines, after all, and our native produce are not the same as those of Spain.

    Vham, at the supermarket, dried spices section. You’ll also find star anise in most vegetable stalls in wet markets.

  13. vham says:

    Thanks Connie! More power on your website..This would be a great help for me once i followed my husband in U.K. to cook for him:) God bless!

  14. JoseM says:

    Hi,

    This was my favorite dish when I was in college in the University Belt. Thank you so much for the recipe as I can cook this myself now here in Britain. Again, thanks for this brilliant website. Mabuhay!!!

  15. Renato says:

    I purchased a slab of porkchops about 12 inches long (the pork loins with the bone still intack) last week intending to use it for noche buena but failed to find a recipe which calls for this cut of meat. All recipes I found calls for the loins. Coul’d I use it for this ASADO recipe?
    …Maybe you could suggest a recipe that uses this particular cut of meat.
    THANKS so much!!!

  16. Connie says:

    Renato, you can use it for asado. Or you may try the humba recipe.

  17. nerisse says:

    Im actually looking for chicken asado which Im planning to cook as one of our main dish in our town fiesta, but alas i found this pork asado. Oh well i just use the same ings. and use chicken instea. Thank for ur help. Can i invite u in our fiesta. Hehehe!

  18. emy M says:

    I did it!! It was the first time I used star anise
    and the 1st time I cooked pork asado. It was a
    success.The sauce was so gooood to put on top
    of a hot,steaming rice.
    Thanks…pic coming up

  19. Boo says:

    Hi po. I was wondering kung pwede gumamit ng pata slice instead of the usual shoulder or sirloin?

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