Pork Humba with a Twist!

My mom thought of something new for pork humba. She usually uses Coke for her humba, but today she used tomato sauce instead, that's why we called it pork humba with a twist! The outcome was very delicious! You should cook this for your family!

Ingredients:

1 kilo pork pata

2 tbsp. dried tausi, drained

2 tbsp. brown sugar

3 tbsp. oil

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1/4 cup vinegar

2 1/2 tbsp. soy sauce

1 pc. laurel

1/2 tbsp. peppercorn

1 pouch tomato sauce, 115g

1 pc. star anise

1/2 cup water

3 packs pineapple tidbits, 115g

Procedure:

1. Drain and pat dry pork pata.

2. In a pan, put oil, sugar and pork pata and wait for sugar to caramelize and flip pork pata when other side is slightly brown. Add tausi and garlic and saute for a few minutes.

3. Add vinegar, soy sauce, laurel, peppercorn, star anise and Del Monte tomato sauce. Let it simmer and leave uncovered for 2 minutes without stirring.

4. Add water and pineapple syrup. Cover and simmer over low heat for 1 hour or until meat is tender.

5. Add Del Monte pineapple tidbits and simmer for 2 minutes.

6. Serve hot with lots of rice and enjoy!