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Adobong Isaw Recipe – Sauteed Intestines

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Adobong Isaw Recipe

A delicious way to eat innards by cooking it in a marinade made of savory and aromatic ingredients. It's a great snack for a night of drinking

Adobong Isaw Recipe

Filipino Kitchen · Side Dish, Snack

Adobong Isaw Recipe – Sauteed Intestines

A delicious way to eat innards by cooking it in a marinade made of savory and aromatic ingredients. It's a great snack for a night of drinking

Prep
1 hr
Cook
20 min
Total
1 hr 20 min
Yield
6 servings

Ingredients

Units

Method

  1. Fill a cooking pot with 4 cups of water and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat.

  2. Add 2 teaspoons of salt, 2 pieces of dried bay leaves, and a splash of cooking wine to the pot.

  3. Put in the small intestine and let it simmer until it becomes tender. This should take around 30-45 minutes.

  4. Once the intestine is tender, remove it from the pot and cut it into 2-inch pieces. Set it aside.

  5. Heat a wok or frying pan over medium heat and pour in some cooking oil.

  6. Sauté some minced garlic and dried chili until fragrant.

  7. Add the intestines to the wok and cook for a minute.

  8. Mix in some whole peppercorns, a few more bay leaves, soy sauce, vinegar, and 1/2 cup of water. Bring the mixture to a boil.

  9. Stir everything together, then add some salt and sugar to taste. Cover the wok and let the mixture simmer for 15 minutes or until the liquid has evaporated.

  10. Transfer the sautéed intestines to a serving plate and enjoy!

Adobong Isaw Recipe – When you talk about isaw, the first thing that comes to mind is the Filipino street food. Isaw generally refers to barbecued pig or chicken intestines. It is also relatively simple to make hen you have an Isaw Recipe that works for you.

However, there is more than one way to enjoy intenstines. Not everyone is fan of innards but there are plenty of ways to cook them for anyone interested. One way you can try animal innards is by making adobong isaw. Adobong Isaw, as the name indicates, a variation of isaw made with the cooking method for adobo.

Cooking adobo involves a protein or vegetable marinated in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay leaves, and black peppercorns. It is then browned in oil, and simmered in the marinade. It is a great way to tenderize any protein and make it extra flavorful. A great example of this is “Beef Adobo.” If you want to have a go at making some delicious intestines, this Adobong Isaw Recipe is one to try:

Additional Points and Notes on Adobong Isaw

When it comes to cooking innards, one way to bring out the flavor is to properly clean them. Cleaning innards is an important step you cannot skip, no matter what kind of dish you are making with them. With an isaw dish, whether barbequed or made adobo-style, it’s good to keep notes for cleaning the intestines in hand. There are three min methods to cleaning intenstions.

If you are not satisfied with the work done by the butcher, one option is to massage the intestines with 1/4 cup rock salt and 1 cup vinegar per kilo then rinse it.

Conclusion

Compared to other meat dishes, Adobong Isaw is not the most popular. However, it does make a great bar snack along with dishes like “Chicken Skin Chicharon” or “Proben.” Otherwise, you can explore other meat dishes like “Lechon Kawali.” There is no shortage of Filipino dishes that uses every part of the animal for different meals. Other than this, you can enjoy some great vegetable dishes like “Ginisang Sayote.”

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