Comments on: Braised Pork Belly Recipe (Filipino Humba)

By: MyFilipinoRecipes.com

MyFilipinoRecipes.com — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:20:07 +0000

I love how this recipe is prepared. Delicious!

By: aaliyahfe

aaliyahfe — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:59:29 +0000

Rasa Malaysia or Franco:

When i cook humba, i usually fry (either deep or skillet fry)first the cut pieces of pork belly inorder to get rid of at least half of the liquid fats of each of the pieces of meat, before doing the rest of the procedure……just my way of preparing humba…….but i’ve tried your recipe, so yummy too!……thanks for posting food filipino.

By: Saz

Saz — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:33:51 +0000

it is a sophisticated looking humba eh? hehehe

franco is right, there’s so many version’s of humba/adobo so it really is hard to compare both. i have tasted my aunt’s adobo that has a lot of chile and yet its not that spicy at all. then my friends mom cooks her adobo really dry yet when you go take a bite of that meat. you’ll be surprised how tasty and flavorfull it is. humba in the other hand, as you can see, its not really advisable for the one’s that has a heart problem or you’ll have a heart attack with pleasure XD

humba is more into the salty side, the beans add contrast to it’s taste. the only difference i think is you can cook adobo with chicken or pork (or both at same time which i have seen a few times).

Humba got introduced to me by a friend from Camarines Norte(a province in the Philippines) and god… the dish made me eat a lot of rice, its just perfect =P

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:05:33 +0000

Hi!
I am so delighted to see this great filipino dish put on your page. I am half visayan (southern filipino) and I have asked many many other filipino’s and they have no idea what humba is! It is wonderful dish, I would almost say it is better than adobo.

Thanks for putting humba on your page as it is a great representation of delicious filipino food :D

By: ted

ted — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:13:33 +0000

thank you for posting this recipe…i’m pretty sure that my friends in dubai would be glad if send this to them…more power!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:36:46 +0000

Can someone tell me how sweet this dish is? I am not a huge fan of sweet things. I really do want to try it so I need to know. Would it be fine modified without so much sugar? Thanks!

By: Gourmet Mama

Gourmet Mama — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:49:27 +0000

I love how the dish looks. It looks so sophisticated. I have had this before but it didn’t look as saucy or as tender and appealing as the one on your photo. It tasted just okay. Your post makes me want to try it out again.

By: Alisa@Foodista

Alisa@Foodista — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:08:20 +0000

OMG, This is just the recipe I’ve been looking for! I love Adobo but when I tasted Humba, it really blew me away. I just couldn’t get the recipe right. The star anise makes all the difference. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:13:53 +0000

Haha, that’s what friends are for :)

By: Mica

Mica — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:11:09 +0000

Sarap! My gosh, that really looks good. I’d like to try it but hubby and sons aren’t into fatty pork. Maybe I’ll prepare these when friends come over!