Taguba or adobo with peanuts and bananas is a Visayan dish which is similar to adobo but made more flavorful by the addition of banana blossoms, plantain (saba) and roasted peanuts.
To cook adobo with peanuts and banana blossoms; In a medium side bowl or tupperware, marinate sliced beef and pork in soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, sugar. bayleaf, peppercorns and ginger for 1 to 2 hours. Soak banana blossoms in a cup of water for at least 30 minutes and set aside. Drain the marinated meat and reserve the liquid. Heat cooking oil in a heavy saucepan and stir fry the liver, pork and beef. Add the marinade and water then bring to a boil. Then lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until tender. Then add the banana blossoms and peanuts and simmer for half a minute more. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with fried saba bananas and serve hot.
How to Cook Adobo with Peanuts and Bananas (Taguba)
Ingredients
- 1/2 kilo beef slice into cubes
- 1/2 kilo pork slice into cubes
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp. garlic crushed
- 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 pc bay leaf
- 1/4 tsp. peppercorns cracked
- 1 Tbsp. ginger julienne
- 1/4 cup dried banana blossoms
- 1 cup water
- 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
- 1/4 kilo pork liver sliced into cubes
- 1/2 cup roasted peanuts
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 3 pcs plantain bananas saba bananas, sliced and fried
Instructions
How to cook Adobo with Peanuts and Banana Blossoms:
- In a medium side bowl or tupperware, marinate sliced beef and pork in soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, sugar. bayleaf, peppercorns and ginger for 1 to 2 hours.
- Soak banana blossoms in a cup of water for at least 30 minutes and set aside.
- Drain the marinated meat and reserve the liquid.
- Heat cooking oil in a heavy saucepan and stir fry the liver, pork and beef.
- Add the marinade and water then bring to a boil.
- Then lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until tender.
- Then add the banana blossoms and peanuts and simmer for half a minute more.
- Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with fried saba bananas and serve hot.
