Dinuguan (Chocolate Meat) Recipe

Pork Dinuguan (also called dinardaraan in Ilocano, or pork blood stew in English) is a Filipino savory stew of blood and meat simmered in a rich, spicy gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili and vinegar.

Ingredients:
1/2 Kilo pork meat & pork belly (diced)
1/4 Kilo pork liver (diced)
1/4 Kilo pork intestines
1 Small head of garlic (minced)
1 Small/medium onion (minced)
1 Thumb-sized ginger, minced
3 Pieces laurel leaves
3 Tablespoons oil
1/2 Cup vinegar or 1 pouch sinigang mix good for 1 kilo
3 Tablespoons patis (fish sauce) or 3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 Cups pig's blood
4 Long green peppers
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Teaspoon black pepper

Instructions:
1. Store pig's blood in the fridge until needed.
2. Sauté garlic, ginger, onion in hot oil in a sauce pan or pot.
3. Add the meat & pork belly, liver & intestines, laurel leaves and sauté for another 3-5 minutes
4. Pour in water just enough to cover the meat. Bring to a boil and simmer until pork meat is tender.
5. Add in more water if it dries up before the pork is cooked or tender.
6. Add the vinegar or sinigang mix
7. Add the patis or fish sauce, salt, green peppers and simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
8. Meanwhile, take the pig's blood out of the fridge and put in a clean bowl and mash out or squeeze with your hands the jelly-like blood you see.
9. Pour the mashed blood into the pot then bring to a boil.
10. Simmer in medium heat for about 5 minutes while stirring.
11. Season with sugar, salt, black pepper to taste.