Adobong Sitaw

Adobong Sitaw

(Stringbean Adobo)

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons cooking oil

10 cloves garlic, minced

1 medium bulb onion, chopped

3 tablespoons fish sauce

½ kilo stringbeans

½ cup soy sauce

½ cup vinegar

1 tablespoon black pepper, freshly ground

Cooking Instructions:

Heat the cooking oil in the pan.  Add garlic and sauté until medium brown.  Add the onion and stir until slightly tender.  Put fish sauce.  Mix until the fish sauce is reduced.  Add the stringbeans and soy sauce.  Cover and simmer in low to medium heat with occasional stirring.  Once the stringbeans are tender, add vinegar.  Do not stir.  Cover and just allow the mixture to simmer for at least three minutes.  Add more vinegar if necessary to balance with the saltiness of the soy sauce.  Add the freshly ground black pepper.  Cover and simmer for another minute. 

This recipe will serve up to four people.