How to Cook Sitaw (String Beans) Gising Gising

I am a chef on a luxury world cruise liner. I love to cook and write recipes that are inspired by foods from all over the world.

Gising gising is a Filipino dish that typically consists of pork and vegetables cooked in coconut milk and chilies. The combination of creamy and spicy flavors makes the dish particularly delicious. In this gising gising recipe, I used string beans, which are known in the Philippines as sitaw. Let me share my recipe with you here.

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Utensils

For Preparing the Ingredients:

• 1 large plate
• 5 medium bowls

For Cooking:

• pan
• cooking spoon

Ingredients

• 300 grams sitaw (string beans), chopped
• 200 grams pork, sliced
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 3 tablespoons shrimp paste
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 pieces green finger pepper
• 3 medium eggplant, sliced (optional)
• 1 medium onion, minced
• 1 inch ginger, sliced
• Cooking oil, for sauteing
• Bird's eye chili, chopped (optional)

Instructions

1. In a pan, saute the garlic, ginger, and onion.
2. Add the pork slices. Cook until slightly brown. Pour in water to cook until almost tender.
3. Add in green beans, green finger pepper, and shrimp paste.
4. Pour in coconut milk. Let it simmer until the beans are tender.
5. Season with salt and pepper. Top with chopped bird's eye chili before serving.

Tips and Techniques

1. If you don't have access to fresh coconut, you can use powdered coconut milk.
2. To make it spicier, increase the amount of green finger peppers and bird's eye chilies.
3. Replace shrimp paste with fish sauce.
4. Choose ground pork as an alternative of sliced pork.
5. You can replace the pork with beef, chicken, or fish.

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Comments

Travel Chef (author) from Manila on June 07, 2020:

Hi Pamela,

This is indeed delicious even if it's a little spicy for me. Anyway, the spiciness level can be adjusted. I hope you try it.

Pamela Oglesby from Sunny Florida on June 07, 2020:

This looks like a delicous dish and the recipe does not look difficult. Thanks for sharing it.