Pork hamonado: Sweet, Salty, and Deliciously Festive

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Pork hamonado is a popular and staple dish in carinderias in Rizal. Instead of pork hock, pork belly can be used. Source: iStockphoto / ALLEKO/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Resembling ham, pork hamonado is pork marinated in pineapple juice and soy sauce.


Key Points
  • Instead of pork hock, a short cut is using pork belly.
  • Besides adding natural sweetness, pineapples tenderize the meat.
  • Pork hamonado is a popular and staple dish in carinderias in Rizal
  • Content creator Gregson Gastar hails from Iloilo, and is a hairdresser by trade.
  • He also shares how for the first time in his life, he’s truly proud of being Filipino.
With the holidays fast approaching, Kwentong Palayok catches up with Gregson Gastar, a food content creator whose signature dish is pork hamonado.

Sweet and salty and deliciously festive, pork hamonado will make an unforgettable addition to the Filipino table.

They talk about recipes, where the dish originated from, compare it to the pork hamonado of Rizal, and how it can replace the typical Chinese ham for your Noche Buena.
Filipino food is my thing. I would never have said this growing up, because it was always about fitting in the country. For the first time in my life, I could finally say that I'm proud of being a Filipino.
Gregson Gastar, Food Content Creator based in Queensland, Australia
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