Ginisang Sayote (Saute Chayote)

There was a time I bought vegetables for my chopsuey recipe. There were carrots, cabbage, red bell pepper, young corn, cauli flower, string beans, black fungus and sayote. When I prepare all the vegetables, I decided not to include sayote anymore since there were lots of cut vegetables more than enough to make a chopsuey. Hence, I save the sayote for future recipe. After 3 days, I decided to cook a much known Filipino vegetable dish that comes with meat and tomato. There are variations in cooking this dish; some uses shrimps, beef or even chicken. What is important is that, everyone enjoys eating this authentic vegetable Filipino dish in whatever ingredients it comes with.

Ingredients:
250 grams ground pork
1 sayote (julienne)
1 tomato (sliced)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 small onion (chopped)
½ tsp. Ground pepper
1 tbsp. Fish sauce
1 cup water
1 Maggi pork cube

Procedure:

1. Wash ground pork in water, strain to remove excess water.
2. In a wok, sauté garlic and onion for 2 minutes then add tomato then sauté for another minute.
3. Add ground pork; mix well until pork brings out its own water. Cover for 5 minutes until water evaporates and tender.
4. Add ground pepper, fish sauce and sayote. Mix for another minute then add 1 cup water. Bring to boil. Add pork cube combine with the vegetable mix and simmer for another minute.