Bopis

   

     Bopis is a spicy Filipino dish made from minced pig’s lungs and heart. It consists of pork lungs, heat and fat sautéed in chillies. Most Filipino men eat bopis with their alcoholic drinks as pulutan, similar to sisig.




Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs pigs lungs, boiled in lemon grass and pandan leaves until tender and minced
1 lb pigs heart, boiled in lemon grass and pandan leaves until tender and minced
1/2 cup annatto seeds diluted in 1 cup of water
1 small carrot, minced (optional)
4 to 6 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons birds eye chili, minced
2 tablespoons ginger, minced
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 to 4 pieces dried bay leaves
1 cup water
3 tablespoons cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking procedure:

1. Heat a frying pan or wok and pour-in cooking oil.
2. Saute ginger, garlic, and onion.
3. Add the birds eye chili and cook for 30 seconds.
4. Put-in the minced pigs lungs and heart then cook for 3 to 5 minutes while stirring once in a while.
5. Pour in annatto water (water from the diluted annatto seeds) and stir.
6. Add the dried bay leaves and pour-in 1 cup of water. Simmer for 30 to 35 minutes or until almost all the liquid evaporates.
7. Put-in the minced carrots and stir. Simmer for 3 minutes.
8. Season with salt, and ground black pepper then stir.
9. Pour-in the vinegar and cook for 8 to 10 minutes more under medium heat.
10. Turn-off heat and transfer to a serving plate.