Embutido (Filipino - ground pork meatloaf)
Embutido is a Filipino meatloaf from ground pork. Usually steamed, covered in aluminum foil, can be frozen afterward to last for a month. Eaten cold or fried dipped in ketchup or sweet chili sauce.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2 pieces raw egg
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 cup breadcrumbs (or 3 pieces sliced bread cut into really small pieces)
- 1 big carrot (- diced (small))
- 1 big onion (- diced (small))
- 1 medium green bell pepper (- diced (small))
- 1/3 cup sweet pickle relish
- 3 tablespoons tomato sauce (or ketchup)
- 2/3 cup raisins
- 1-2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoons pepper
- 6 pieces Vienna sausage (or 3 hotdogs)
- 2 hard-boiled eggs (- each cut into 4)
Instructions
- 1
Put all ingredients, except the last 2, in a large bowl.
- 2
Mix everything together using your hand to make sure that all is well incorporated. Set aside.
- 3
Cut 2 pieces of aluminum foil about 12 inches long each. Take half of the meat mixture and flatten it on of the foil, covering about a half. Don't forget to leave some space at the ends, about 2 inches each side.
- 4
Place the sausages and hard boiled eggs on the middle of the flattened meat.
- 5
Roll the foil so that the meat forms a cylinder or log, locking the sausage and egg in the center. Twist the ends of the foil to lock.
- 6
Steam for 50-60 minutes.