Bicol Express

Bicol Express is a Popular Filipino Dish, before its only Pork Belly and Green Chilli now we have a lot of variants of this dish. But today we will stick with the original. 🙂

Ingredients

• 1 Kg. Liempo/Pork Belly
• 3 – 5 Cloves of Garlic (Minced)
• 1 Small Ginger (Minced)
• 1 Medium Onion Minced)
• 3 Cups of Coconut Milk
• 1/4 Kg of Long Green Chilli/Siling Mahaba (Chopped)
• Red Chilli (Chopped, optional if you want extra heat)
• 1/2 Cup of Shrimp Paste
• Salt and Pepper to taste

A little trivia. Did you know that Bicol Express is not originally from Bicol? It was popularize in Malate, Manila but cooked as a traditional Bicolano Style. It is named after the Train Trasport “Bicol Express” that travels from Manila to Bicol