Ginataang sitaw with pork [String Beans Cooked in Coconut Milk] tita joy specialty

What can't be cooked with the coconut milk? Majority of the vegetables in the Philippines that can be used as an ingredient to the sumptuous meal with the coconut milk. You can also cook the Pork, the Chicken and seafood’s. This time, please let me show you how to cook the Ginataang Sitaw. If you search online, there are too many English translations of the "Sitaw", some calls it Green Beans, Long Green Beans, Long Beans, etc...



INGRIDIENTS:

- 1/4 Kilo of Shrimps (Shelled)
- 1/4 Kilo of Sitaw (cut at least 2 inches in length)
- Green Chili (Chopped)
- Cooking Oil
- Ginger
- Fish Sauce, Salt and Pepper
- Onions
- 1/2 Kilo of Pork Belly or Liempo (cut into cubes)
- Garlic
- 1 cup of water
- Shrimp Paste
- Coconut Milk (Powdered or Canned)


PROCEDURE:


- In the large pan, pour the cooking oil, sauté' the garlic and onions.
- Add the ginger. After few minutes of sautéing, the pour fish sauce. There is no exact measurement of the fish sauce or the salt and pepper, it depends on how you like the taste.
- After the pouring the fish sauce, add the shrimp paste until it's cooked, unless the shrimp paste was already cooked or sautéed'.
- Now you can add pork and cook it until its tender.
- When the pork is tender enough, add the shrimps and the chopped green chili’s.
- Sauté it for a minute and pour the mixture of  the one cup of water and the powdered coconut milk or in can.
- Once it boiled, pour the  sitaw or the long beans and cook it until it's half of the cooked. Or you can cook it very well.

Remember, this recipe is just a guideline to cook but the outcome of your cooking will always be your decision.

Do not be scared of experimenting different ingredients.