Our Utan is cooked Hawaiian style, without bitter melon or other ingrediments. Here is the list of all we put into it.
Ingrediments:
Belly pork with anykine pork, must have belly fat.
Long Egg plant
Long squash
Long beans (green beans)
Ginger root
1/2 Onion
1 can chicken broth
1 whole large tomatoe (or 2 smaller ones)
Directions: how fo cook
cut pork into edible bites, then begin cooking on medium high heat, into a pot while preparing the other items. (Make certain that pork is well cooked before adding vegetables)
cut egg plant into edible chunks
cut long squash into edible chunks
cut long beans
Cut off about a 2" chunk of ginger root and peel off old skin. Then cut into 1/8" wedges and add to the cooking pork
Dice up onion and add to the cooking pork
Dice up tomatoe and add to the cooking pork
Cut up long beans into 2" long
Add chicken broth & 1/2 can water
Let the long beans cook for about 10 minutes till edible then
Add all the remaining vegetables
Cook for another 10 minutes to allow all the flavors to blend.
Always serve with rice.
Serves about 6 adults
