Bicol Express

This Bicol Express dish has such a great balance of flavors.The chillies add a good amount of heat to the dish while the coconut milk cools it down a bit.The shrimp paste adds the perfect amount of saltiness and certain depth of flavor.Some other recipes i've shared that uses shrimp paste include PINAKBET and PORK BINAGOONGAN.The best thing about this dish is that is so quick and easy to make.

WHAT IS BICOL EXPRESS ??

Bicol Express is a spicy Filipino stew consisting of bite sized pieces of pork with chillies,coconut milk,shrimp paste(bagoong),onions,tomato and garlic.The dish is named after the train in the Bicol region of the Phillippines,known for its spicy food.

This is the INGRIDIENTS:

*PORK-You can use pork belly,pork shoulder or pork roast in this recipe,depending on how fatty you like your pork.Pork roast is the least fatty,then pork shoulder,with pork belly being the fattiestt one of them all.

*GARLIC

*ONION

*TOMATO

*COCONUT MILK-The coconut milk cools this otherwise spicy dish.

*SAUTED SHRIMP PASTE(Bagoong)-This is the popular condiment in the Phillippines.Its very salty and adds a lot of flavor to the dish.Shrimp paste may not be readily available everywhere,so you may replace it with soysauce.

*THAI CHILLIES-Adds the heat to the dish.I use Thai Chillies because it is what is most commonly available.Finally,feel free to adjust the spiciness by adding less or more chillies.If you like it extra mild,you may de-seed the chillies before adding them to the dish.