Recipe: Delicious Marinated pork chops on soy sauce (Bistek)

Marinated pork chops on soy sauce (Bistek). Pork Steak is a variation of Bistek Tagalog. Pork chops are used in this recipe. These are marinated in lime and soy sauce.

Pork Chops marinated in soy sauce, kalamansi juice, ground pepper and sugar, cooked in garlic and onions. Pork Bistek marinated in citrus juice, soy sauce, and spices. This Filipino-style Pork Steak is hearty, tasty, and sure to be a family favorite. You can have Marinated pork chops on soy sauce (Bistek) using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Marinated pork chops on soy sauce (Bistek)

1. Prepare of Pork chops with bone and fats for extra flavor (or without fat).
2. Prepare of garlic.
3. You need of red onion (finely chop).
4. You need of red or white onion (sliced into rings).
5. It's of cornstarch.
6. It's of Soy sauce.
7. You need of salt.
8. It's of lime juice.
9. It's of pepper.
10. You need of sugar.
11. You need of cooking oil.
12. Prepare of hot water.
13. It's of for the marinate**.
14. You need of Soy sauce.
15. Prepare of lime juice.
16. It's of Black pepper.
17. You need of salt.
18. Prepare of sugar.

Pork Bistek is a delicious take on the classic Filipino beef steak. With tender pork chops and a tangy and savory sauce, it's sure to be a family favorite. Learn how to make Soy-Marinated Pork Chops. Place pork chops, soy sauce, vinegar and oil in a large ziplock bag.

Marinated pork chops on soy sauce (Bistek) instructions

1. Marinate the pork chops on soy sauce and lime juice season with sugar, salt and pepper you can adjust depends on your taste. marinate for about 2 hours, best if overnight.
2. Sear the pork chops or fry until the fats are rendered on high heat then set aside (save the matinate).
3. Fry the chop garlic and onion until fragrant.
4. Add the saved marinate to the pan and add some hot water then let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
5. Season the sauce with sugar, salt and pepper then squeeze some lime to add some acidity or to balance it so it wont be just sweet or salty.
6. On a small bowl mix the cornstarch with water then add it to the sauce together pork chops mix well and let it simmer.
7. Add the onion rings and let it cook for about 10 minutes or until the pork chop is tender.
8. Serve and enjoy your food.

Bistek or Bistek Tagalog is a Filipino version beef steak marinated in soy sauce and kalamansi juice. Try this savory and flavor-rich dish now. When I was a kid, I thought that 'Bistek" is a Filipino way of tagalizing the English word "beefsteak". I used to think that it is of American influence. A brief stint in the refrigerator with a soy-and-ginger marinade gives the pork flavor while tenderizing the meat.