Longganisa
Level up breakfast with homemade Longganisa. Serve these sweet and garlicky Filipino sausages with fried rice and eggs for a hearty meal!

- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 pounds lean ground pork
- 1 pound pork fat, minced
- 1 head garlic, peeled and minced
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons anisado wine
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoons paprika
- hog casings, about 12 to 15 feet
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- funnel
- kitchen twine
Instructions
- 1
In a bowl, combine ground pork, pork fat, garlic, soy sauce, anisado wine, vinegar, brown sugar, salt, pepper, and paprika. Stir until well-blended.
- 2
Refrigerate for about 2 hours to allow flavors to meld and to firm up the meat mixture.
- 3
In a bowl, soak casings in warm water for about 30 minutes and drain well. In the sink, run warm water through casings. Check for spots with leaks and cut these sections.
- 4
On one end of the casing, insert the nozzle of a funnel. Scoop pork mixture into funnel and gently pack into casings, leaving about 5 inches on both ends. Tie off one end into a double knot. Alternatively, you can tie it with fine kitchen twine.
- 5
To make individual sausage links, pinch sausage at intervals of about 4 inches. Gently twist the sausage link at this "pinched" point in one complete rotation.
- 6
Repeat this process down the coil but alternating the direction of twisting (towards you and away from you) from one link to the next. Tie off the other end into a double knot or with kitchen twine.
- 7
Place in a ziplock bag and refrigerate overnight or freeze.
- 8
When ready to cook, cut sausage into individual links and prick once or twice.
- 9
In a pan over medium heat, combine links and water and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and continue to cook until meat is cooked through and liquid is almost absorbed.
- 10
Add oil and continue to cook, stirring regularly, until sausages are caramelized. Remove from pan and serve hot.