Sinigang made easy by Aji Sinigang Cube

I don’t consider myself a good cook. But the fact that my kids enjoy whatever food is available and served them (cooked with tender loving care), I’m more than happy that I can be a good one. What do I mean cooking with TLC? Well, I see to it that I have the best ingredients, (but not necessarily the most expensive), I take time to cook, (no-no to short cut, if it should be slow cooking, I will lovingly do it), and I focus and enjoy my cooking.

Oh well but as a working mom, I simply can’t cook with TLC every meal time. That’s why it’s a great idea that cooking ingredients are readily available nowadays. But mind you I still go for the original and the instant ones are only used to further enhance my cooking.

One of the easiest yet complete dish to prepare is the Sinigang which is traditionally tamarind-based. Variations of the dish, however, can derive their sourness from ingredients such as guava, kalamansi, or kamias. Seasoning powder or bouillon cubes with a tamarind base are commercial alternatives to using natural fruits. In my case, I only use them as add-on of food-enhancer.

Meat in sinigang (e.g., fish, pork, beef, shrimp, or chicken) is boiled with tamarinds, tomatores and onions. Other vegetables commonly used in the making of sinigang include okra,  gabi, labanós,  kangkóng,  sitaw, eggplant (talóng) and green long peppers. 

A Filipino soup present nationwide, sinigang is seen to be culturally Tagalog  in origin, thus the versions found in the Visayas and Mindanao may differ in taste (mainly ginger is an additional ingredient). Fish sauce or patis is a common condiment for the soup.

The Sour-Savory Goodness of the new AJI-SINIGANG Cube

The whole family enjoys a bowl of warm and refreshing Sinigang dish in hot or cold weather conditions.

According to Ajinomoto Philippines Corporation (APC), the new Ajinomoto Sinigang Cube is all that you will ever need to cook Sinigang with the preferred blend of sour-savory (asim-linamnam) taste. It is perfect in providing the balanced rich, savory deliciousness and appetizing sourness to any sinigang dish. Each cube is “ZoopSiksik because it is packed with the right level of tamarind sourness and savory taste from meaty extracts.

APC recommends this easy to follow asim-linamlinam pork sinigang:

Ingredients: 2       pieces  AJI-SINIGANG® Cube ½      kilo      Pork liempo, Sinigang cut 90     grams  Tomato, quartered 30     grams  Onion, quartered 1 ½   liter      Water 90     grams  Gabi 80     grams  Labanos, sliced diagonally 45     grams  String beans, cut into 1 ½” 90     grams  Kangkong 1       piece   Green chili

Procedure:            1.       BOIL pork in water for 40-50 minutes until tender. 2.       SIMMER. Add gabi and simmer for 6 minutes. 3.       SEASON AND SIMMER. Add AJI-SINIGANG® Cubes and other vegetables. Simmer for 5 minutes until cooked. Makes 4-6 servings

AJI-SINIGANG® Cube is available in single 13g pillow pack cube for P5.00 and 8 pieces of 13g packed in re-sealable stand-up pouch for P38.00.

Ajinomoto Philippines Corporation (APC) is an affiliate of Tokyo-based Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Established in 1958, APC lives by its promise to provide consumers products that will always give the delicious taste to healthy and nutritious meals as embodied in APC’s slogan Ajinomoto® “Eat Well, Live Well.®” APC’s complete line of quality food and seasoning products are produced by international affiliates and local toll manufacturers using Ajinomoto’s license, quality standards and technological expertise. APC’s products include AJI-NO-MOTO® Umami Seasoning, Ajinomoto® Brand Ginisa Flavor Seasoning Mix, Ajinomoto® Brand Chicken Powder, PORKSAVOR® All-in-One Seasoning Mix, CRISPY FRY® Breading Mix, CRISPY FRY® Seasoned Crumbs®, TASTY BOY® All Purpose Breading Mix, AJI-SHIO® Seasoning Mix, Ajinomoto® Brand Sinigang Cube and “Amino Fres-C” Instant Drink Mix.